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Ep 326: Pushpesh Pant Feasts on the Buffet of Life

The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma

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Kathakal: A Language of Gestures

When I saw Katharh dancers like Charan Giffer Chaj who later became my guru when I thought I would learn Katharh dancer dancing, I met Jotzna in that school. Her brother-in-law was one of the greatest musicologist and Katharh experts,. Dr. S.K. Saxena, professor of philosophy in Delhi University opened my eyes to what music was. He exposed you to dance Hekya which is a human body in motion and it is a language of gestures. So then he came to study it a little more sensibly that like the Nati Shastra aphorism, we go back to Sanskrit. You have

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