Book Excerpt The Non-Brahmin HostelAkshaya MukulAn excerpt from Writer, Rebel, Soldier, Lover: The Many Lives of Agyeya by Akshaya Mukul (2022). The Madras of 1920s was where Sachchidanand Hirananda
The tale of two villages Sleemanabad in Madhya Pradesh and Akarbad in West Bengal share an unlikely link.
SlideshowStepping into a male bastionWith their entry, it’s curtains for a 90-year-old, male-only tradition at the Kalamandalam.
