P 2 THE DANCE INDIA CCCOOONTENTENTENNNTSTSTS Volume 3 | Issue 8 | February 2019 04 EDITORIAL TEAM 05 EDITOR’S DESK 12 06 CULTURAL BULLETIN 12 TORCH BEARERS Dr (s) Raja and Radha Reddy The Legendary Kuchipudi Couple 22 COVER STORY Pandit Bhimsen Joshi The voice that erased boundaries 22 30 RAYS OF HOPE Haimanti Basu Promoting Indian Culture Abroad 36 REVIEWS 52 REPORTS 54 ARANGETRAM Sujana Kalakota A Star is Born 60 MONTHLY PROGRAMMES 67 CLASSIFIEDS 30 P 3 THE DANCE INDIA EDITORIAL ‘The Dance India’- a monthly cultural magazine in English is our humble attempt to capture the "IF THE ART IS POOR, spirit and culture of art in all its diversity. THE NATION IS SICK." Articles may be submitted for possible publication in the magazine in the following manner. • Send in your articles to
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