It has indeed been a honor and privilege to contribute to the cause of the movement of SPIC MACAY, through my passion for Photography. Capturing all performing arts and activities during the convention has been of value in propagating the cause of SPIC MACAY. While the convention was underway, every evening, photographs taken there, flew into the media offices! Even after the convention, there have been many an article, feature and review in media wherein my photographs accompanied.
I am trying to put these things together here… Thanks to Tiwariji and Manoj, NITK student volunteer for media, who were tailgating the media to publish. My sincere thanks to Leela ji and Manjari ji for carrying my photos to accompany their reviews; also kind of them for sending across the links to and copies of the articles.
FOR READING ANY ARTICLE, CLICK ON THE RESPECTIVE PHOTOGRAPH…You will go to the larger versions or to the article directly that is easily readable…thanks
For my daily reportages that I did from the venue, kindly go to SREENI on SPIC MACAY Stage. You will be able to go through every day reportage by choosing the respective day of the convention, from the series of articles there.
The Hindu – Leela ji’s Friday Review in Delhi, e-paper and other editions
- My photo of Sugreeva appears with the article here
[the photo has been labelled wrongly in The Hindu edition – The character shown in the picture is Sugreeva and not Bali, and the performer is not Margi Madhu. Madhu was Bali]
Here is the photo from my series…
- Sugreeva trying to enlist Rama and Lakshmana for his cause : Bali Vadham
Jansatta – Manjari ji’s article in Delhi
- Guru T N Krishnan’s inaugural concert
Here is the photo from my series…
- Guru T N Krishnan’s inaugural concert
The Statesman – Manjari ji’s article in Delhi
- My photo of Padmashri Shri Chittani Ramachandra Hegde..Yakshagana with article
Here is the photo from my series…
- Padmashri Shri Chittani Ramachandra Hegde..at 79, still going strong
The Times of India – Mangalore and Bangalore
Though Times of India published a longish column with two of my photographs, I wish I had written the column too… Look at the headlines “Musical Extravaganza” and “Six Music groups enthralled”, while we had six of the most prominent and celebrated exponents of the Indian Classical forms of the nation performing! It is insensitive, ignorant and of course hilarious for those who are serious about the purpose and the vision! In the era of paid reportage, this is the standards so called ‘national newspaper’ dishes out!
Yet, we all should be happy that the news appeared in one of the most followed ‘colorful’ newspapers… It is another story to figure out how many read this article in this ‘colorful’ daily!
- NITK sways to nightlong musical extravaganza?!
and here are the photos that appeared in the above articles. Click on the photos to see the larger versions on FLICKR
- Pt Rajan Mishra and Sajan Mishra setting the pace for the overnight
- Friends from Pakistan giving final touches to their work in the intensives
The Times of India 31st May
- Guru Margi Madhu as Bali in Bali Vadham, Koodiyattam
and here is the photos that appeared in the above articles. Click on the photo to see the larger versions on FLICKR
- Guru Margi Madhu as Bali in Bali Vadham, Koodiyattam
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The Deccan Herald, Indian Express and Udayavani
- SPIC MACAY 27th national convention coverages in the three newspapers
The Deccan herald covered reasonably well about the convention, still if you go through the text, you feel, as a participant you would have produced a much better reportage. Scribes do only superficial work. Rush to the venue, catch hold a few and ask some random questions and make a ‘pulao’ of it in half-an-hour! After all they all are doing their ‘job’! Why do not the newspapers really ask the participants to write about?
Even after mentioning clearly in the text that went along with the photographs, about the details there in, they publish in a way that can add ‘sensation’! In India Express, instead of “Students (from Pakistan and India) of Guru Dhananjayans performing Bharatanatyam during the intensive presentations” it appears “Pakistani artists performing Bharatanatyam during ……”.
And the article in Indian Express should have spoken about Gandhi Smriti that facilitated charkha spinning!
The Udayavani
- Pt. Rajan and Sajan Mishra and the Bharatanatyam intensive presentation
Here are my photographs that you can see in the aforesaid newspapers –
- Discussion time at Hatha yoga session; Yoga starts at 4am!! It is magical
- Gandhi Smriti facilitated the students to learn Charkha Spinning and creating yarn
- Students (from Pakistan and India) of Guru Dhananjayans performing Bharatanatyam during the intensive presentations
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Indian Express and Prajavani
- The guru sishya duo – Madhavi ji with Arushi Mudgal performing
The photograph is here…
- The guru sishya duo – Madhavi ji with Arushi Mudgal performing
- In prajavani – The puppetry intensive performance practice
The photograph is here…
- The puppetry intensive performance practice
I also gather that in may cities and towns, we have used the photos and reports to keep the media abreast of the happenings in SPIC MACAY national convention. I will be delighted and obliged if you could send across links or reports that have appeared in your city or state with my photographs.
Kindly feel free to use any photo from the SPIC MACAY stream (link given under) to use it in your city – for media, SPIC MACAY publications and collateral..
I hope you enjoyed the journey as much as I did, bringing to you….the live action
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