by Staff Writer | Sep 27, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Event Previews, Not For Profit
Sankara Eye Foundation has a message for you: SEF Dandia is here! SEF’s mission to eradicate curable blindness is funded by various fundraisers organized throughout the year. One of those, the flagship SEF Dandia event, is a multicultural extravaganza celebrating the...
by Preeti Hay | Sep 9, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Features
Summer in the South East lingers on like an old friend. Fall waits patiently to move in. Winter is a distant dream in books about Christmas, and long days are still a tangible reality. While others around me await cooler weather, I rejoice holding on to every balmy...
by Ipshita Mitra | Sep 2, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Books, Features
Pitter patter…rim jhim…isn’t it safe to claim that the monsoon is the most musical season? And, the most sensual too. The piyu of the cuckoo, the honey-laced aroma of the wet soil and the rain-drenched streets, the visual delight of the blue sky and the green of the...
by Neha Kirpal | Aug 28, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Profiles
She is a leading dancer and choreographer in the classical Indian dance form of Kathak. Regarded as one of the leading dancers in both the traditional and contemporary idiom, Aditi Mangaldas has performed traditional and contemporary Kathak across the world. She is...
by Staff Writer | Aug 27, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Not For Profit
It was another crowd-pleasing musical extravaganza by Sankara Eye Foundation (SEF). Singing queen Shreya Ghoshal performed at the San Jose State University Event Center on Friday, August 23. All of this was for a magical cause of brightening the world. Shreya Ghoshal...
by Pavani Kaushik | Aug 15, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Culture, Heritage Arts, People, Profiles
Some things are hardwired into our DNA no matter where we might travel across the globe. Language and vocabulary feature right at the top of the list. The words ‘Karnataka’ and ‘handcrafted puppetry’ jumped out at me from my email inbox one morning. I was intrigued...