What happens when you walk away from a secure career to follow your calling? Rahul Thomas' journey reveals how theatre became far more than an art form: it became a path to being fully human.
She was told the Chenda wasn't for girls. From challenging tradition to inspiring women across generations, her journey proves that talent knows no gender.
He first knew Chavittu Nadakam as the sound of home. What began with songs drifting through the evenings became a lifelong calling. Anson Kurumbathuruth's story is one of carrying a living tradition into the future.
What happens when theatre moves beyond auditoriums and into everyday life? The Sandbox Collective has spent over two decades proving that art can be a powerful space for belonging, dialogue, and change.
Britto Vincent never planned to become a Chavittunadakam artist. But an unexpected opportunity set him on a path that would make him a performer, writer and guardian of one of Kerala’s most treasured art forms.
For years, Sreeshma danced with the fear of making mistakes, constant comparisons, and never feeling “good enough.” But through Thudippu, the dancer slowly found something she had been missing all along: the freedom to move as herself.
For years, Fugdo survived quietly inside courtyards and community gatherings. Today, thanks to Maya P S and a collective of Kudumbi women, the centuries-old ritual dance is finding new audiences while holding on to its roots.
Through Thudippu, the institution she co-founded in Kochi, Ponnu Sanjeev is trying to build something radically different: a dance space rooted in safety, dignity, and care.
It takes resilience to push an artform’s boundaries and open it up for aspiring artists. Here, we meet Anjali Thudippu whose work embodies precisely this.
Shilanjani is a Germany and Netherlands-based academic, unfolding myths of indigenous societies and scribbling research notes in Bengali. Her research has involved travelling with Bengal’s Bauls and farming with Odisha’s Bodo Porojas. Here, we talk about folk music, culture, and her academics.
What if I told you that a spiritual society staunchly protests societal inequities through songs? A community leading a lifestyle deviant from mainstream society and sainthood alike. Read on to learn about the Bauls of Bengal through a conversation with Sumanta Das Baul and his family.
