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Life-size Raindrop

Seasons change, life changes. What of love? Does it change with time? Here is a poem exploring the beauty of falling in love. Bhargavi Chandrasekharan’s translation of Manushyaputhiran’s original (“Aaluyara Mazhaiththuli”) in Tamizh.

Kurinji – Floods, Arts and Madras

December 2015 has been an unforgettable month for the people of Tamil Nadu, with the unprecedented floods wreaking havoc and the collective spirit of the state countering it heroically. But, what of the unexpungable traces it leaves? Here’s Bhargavi Chandrasekharan’s account of coping with utter low of the disaster through the artistic explorations of Sangeetha Kalanidhi Sanjay Subrahmanyan. 

Tribhanga

Bhargavi Chandrasekharan envisages a mercurial artist in the equipoised wife, rearranging the little pieces of the grand old Tamizh epic, Silappadikaram. Here is the tale of an innocent woman, treading into the frightening and fantastical folds of her mind ,one thought at a time.

Correspondence

Set in the pre-independent era, two men, one a fiesty Bengali and the other a rebellious Tamizh, share the moments from their life and times, through words, hued with utmost respect, patriotic vigour and a tinge of poetry. Bhargavi Chandrasekharan presents a series of moving handwritten letters, as seen from the vantage point of one of the pen pals.

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam – A Rare Hero

Bhargavi Chandrasekharan pays a tribute to the man who led by example, to the President who listened to his conscience and to a visionary who inspired a generation of Indians to dream beyond the skies.

Hitting a High Note: An Interview with Sanjay Subrahmanyan

Catch Sanjay Subrahmanyan, one of the foremost Carnatic musicians of our time, in a crisp-as-Kalyani and deep-as-Bhairavi conversation with Bhargavi Chandrasekharan.

Bokeh

A tale of friendship, betrayal, transgression and hope of two strangers. A puff of spook from Bhargavi Chandrasekharan.

Sitarekha

Sita, the heroine of Ramayana, is the symbol of an ideal woman in India. But what if she had a chance to be a little less ideal? In this mythological fiction penned by Bhargavi Chandrasekharan, Sita questions her life choices, discovers her repressed dreams and busts her own myths.