ACADEMIC BACKGROUND :  
    M.A.(History) from Delhi University  
                           
   
B.A. (History) St. Stephens,    
University of Delhi.    
                  
A.I.H.S. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, New Delhi.   
               
             
POSITIONS HELD :    
              
Hon. Secretary, Support the Arts Society    
               
Hon. Secretary, Performing Artistes    
Service Association(1978-1983)    
                
Manager, Bhoomika Creative Centre &    
Artistes Research & Training Kendra.    
(1983-1984)    
            
Contributor to the Hindustan Times,    
Observer to Festival of India in France    
sent by ICCR,    
 
     
     
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
         
    Served Delhi State Academy as Assistant Secretary for Performing Arts (1985)  
               
    Commissioned by the Swedish Foreign Ministry to handle all aspects of  
    Festival of India in Sweden and Returm Event in India (1986-1988)  
                 
    Served INTACH as Director-Regional Chapters; In charge of Communications,  
    Information and Marketing Strategies (1989-1991)  
         
    Executive Director, Martand Singh Consultants. Handled projects in China,  
    France, Germany (1991-1992)  
         
    Columnist FirstCity; Contributor- The India Magazine & The Economic Times,  
    Sruti & Elite (1990 to date)  
           
      Dance Critic, The Times of India, New Delhi(1991 to date)  
           
      Editor , Rasamanjari, and Columnist Spic Macay's The Eye and Contributor  
      to New Age Mag Life Positive (1996 onwards)  
           
      Organisation of the Mohan Khokar Dance Research Repositiory (1998)  
           
      Editor, AttenDANCE India's first dance annual (1999)  
           
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
                  
         
           
      PUBLICATIONS : ARTICLES

1. “Gimmicky not Virtuosity” Hindustan Times
2. “Projecting India through ages” Sunday (National Herald)
3. “Minor Flaws; major Issues- FOI” Hindustan Times
4. “Peter Brooks MAHABHARATA” Hindustan Times
5. “French Festival Mahabharata” The Week
6. “Who after Ravi Shankar, Ram Gopal?” Hindustan Times
7. “The Story of Festival of India” Hindustan Times
8. “L. Subramaniam's art of Violin” The India magazine
9. “Ram Gopal ;A living Legend” The India Magazine
10. “Indrani Rehmans book Review” The India Magazine”
11. “Splendours of Indian textiles” The India Magazine
12. “China Feature” HT Saturday mag
13. “ A Brocade Menagerie” The Times Of India
14. “Fantasy in Indian Films” The India Magazine
15. “International Dance Fare” The Times of India
16. “Bikaner Book Review” The India Magazine
17. “Aina Mahal in Bhuj” The India Magazine”
18. “Theater Art of Chakyars” The India Magazine
19. “Uma Sharma's Kathak” The Times of India
20. “Festival of India in Germany” The Times of India
21. “Varnam” The Times of India
22. “On Festival of India” The Times of India
23. “Sanchari” The Times of India
24. “Peerless Ravana” The Times of India
25. “A guru called Vidyarthi” The Times of India
26. “Maratha Tanjore Bharata Natyam” The Times of India
27. “Chandralekha” The Times of India
28. “Valmiki Ramayanam” The Times of India
29. “Kathak Sisters” The Times of India
30. “Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam” The Times of India
31. “Dance Collection Lincoln Centre” The Times of India
32. “Kanaka Srinivasan” The Times of India
33. “Cultural Policy” The Times of India
34. “French Contemporary Dancers” The Times of India
35. “Swedish Puppets” The Times of India
36. “Bhoomika's Work of 20 years” The Times of India
37. “Greek Bharata Natyam” The Times of India
38. “SAARC Festival” The Times of India
39. “Kathak Jugalbandi” The Times of India
40. “Ibsen Women Play” The Times of India
41. “Lokutsav of SNA” The Times of India
42. “Ritual arts/dances” The Times of India
43. “Canadian dancer scholar” The Times of India
44. “ Navanayika lec-dem” The Times of India
45. “Poetry in Dance” The Times of India
46. “Odissi and Kathak Ballets” The Times of India
47. “Videshi Kalakar Festival” The Times of India
48. “Subramania Bharati's works” The Times of India
49. “Theatre of Gods” The Times of India
50. “Canadian Cultural Encounter” The Times of India
51. “Vazhuvoor tradition” The Times of India
52. “Mohiniattam film” The Times of India
53. “Kathak at Museum” The Times of India
54. “Two faces of Kathak” The Times of India
55. “Kuchipudi Festival” The Times of India
56. “Young Choreographers” The Times of India
57. “Seasons surprise” The Times of India
58. “Natyaarambha” The Times of India
59. “Odissi feat” The Times of India
60. “Chakravyuhu” The Times of India
61. “Whither Modern Dance” The Times of India
62. “Kuchipudi festival” The Times of India
63. “IGNCA Films” The Times of India
64. “Shovana Narain” The Times of India
65. “Krishna leela” The Times of India
66. “Krishana Lore; Alamel Valli” The Times of India
67. “Textual Dance” The Times of India
68. “Muthukumara pillai” The Times of India
69. “Cover Feature” SHRUTI, Madras
70. “Gangashtakam” The Times of India
71. “Dutch Troup” The Times of India
72. “Experimental kathak” The Times of India
73. “Hungarian Events” The Times of India
74. “New Direction in dance” The Times of India
75. “Chhau and Odissi” The Times of India
76. “Kuruvanji Tradition” The Times of India
77. “Kathakali Mahotsavam” The Times of India
78. “Kalakshetra Plans” The Times of India
79. “Odissi Star” The Times of India
80. “Shambhu maharaj” The Times of India
81. “Sanskriti Samman” The Times of India
82. “Aloka Panikar Students” The Times of India
83. “Yearly Round Up” The Times of India
84. “Maya. K. Rao” The Times of India
85. “Pratap Pawar” The Times of India
86. “Vande Mataram” The Times of India
87. “Puppet Exhibition” The Times of India
88. “Aloka Panikar returns” The Times of India
89. “Yuva Mahotsava” The Times of India
90. “Gopi Krishan” The Times of India
91. “Dane For Health” The Times of India
92. “Pina Bauseh” The Times of India
93. “Damayanti Joshi” The Times of India
94. “French Acrobat” The Times of India
95. “Govt. Patronage” The Times of India
96. “Khajuraho festival” The Times of India
97. “Jonathan Hollander” The Times of India
98. “Geeta Chandran” The Times of India
99. “Jnanapeeth Ceremony” The Times of India
100. “Chandralekha” The Times of India
101. “Sumitra Charat Ram” The Times of India
102. “Padma Subramaniam” The Times of India
103. “Seraikela” The Times of India
104. “Maya darpana” The Times of India
105. “Prakritm Vande” The Times of India
106. “Guru Govindrajan” The Times of India
107. “A Photo Alliance” The Times of India
108. “Sonal Mansingh's Draupadi” The Times of India
109. “Temples of Art” The Times of India
110. “Parikrama” The Times of India
111. “Theater in Education” The Times of India
112. “Calcutta artistes” The Times of India
113. “Deb Mukherjee Photos” The Times of India
114. “Culture and Development” The Times of India
115. “Madhumati Sengupta” The Times of India
116. “Deepika Nagaraj” The Times of India
117. “Jungle Folks” The Times of India
118. “Geeta Chandran” The Times of India
119. “A Renaissance” The Times of India
120. “Kathak Today” The Times of India
121. “Kiran Segal” The Times of India
122. “Bangla Bharatanatyam” The Times of India
123. “Draupadi in Court” The Times of India
124. “Lai haroba” The Times of India
125. “Women's Concern” The Times of India
126. “Kuchipudi Festival” The Times of India
127. “Krishnavataar” The Times of India
128. “Photography” The Times of India
129. “Naina Devi Foundation” The Times of India
130. “Nrityagram” The Times of India
131. “Jayalakshmi Eshwar” The Times of India
132. “Ramlial's new venue” The Times of India
133. “Tapas Sen” The Times of India
134. “UN Festival” The Times of India
135. “Uma Sharma” The Times of India
136. “Gauda Nritya” The Times of India
137. “The Dawn After” The Times of India
138. “Videshi kalakaar” The Times of India
139. “Navtej Singh” The Times of India
140. “Surdas” The Times of India
141. “Bangla music” The Times of India
142. “Bangladesh Festival” The Times of India
143. “Pina Bausch” The Times of India
144. “Museums of Delhi” The Times of India
145. “Parishad festival” The Times of India
146. Republic Day Folk Fest The Times of India
147. Indrani Rehman The Times of India
148. Sharmishtha Mukherjee The Times of India
149. Nrityagram 5th Annual The Times of India
150. Veronique Azan The Times of India
151. Photography The Times of India
152. Shiva Deeksha The Times of India
153. Pakistani Peace Dance The Times of India
154. Navanritya The Times of India
155. Khajuraho The Times of India
156. Kala Bindadin Mahotsav The Times of India
157. Soviet Artists The Times of India
158. Preserving traditions The Times of India
159. Art of Chakyars The Times of India
160. Hill Culture The Times of India
161. Chamanlal Remebered The Times of India
162. Vijanti's dignified BN The Times of India
163. veenu Dakshinamurthy The Times of India
164. Manipuri The Times of India
165. Egistic odissi The Times of India
166. Tagore on canvas The Times of India
167. Bengal's Folk Culture The Times of India
168. Shishyas do Proud The Times of India
169. SBKK's Uday The Times of India
170. Choreography The Times of India
171. Sujoy's Uday The Times of India
172. Flautist Rajan The Times of India
173. Chhau/Manipuri The Times of India
174. Uday Shankar's legacy The Times of India
175. Male Dancers The Times of India
176. Temptation of Vivekananda The Times of India
177. Decorative Dance The Times of India
178. Eugene Ballet The Times of India
179. Films on Dance The Times of India
180. Deepshika Datta The Times of India
181. Krishnavtaar The Times of India
182. Maihar Gharana The Times of India
183. Uzbek Dances The Times of India
184. New York Scene The Times of India
185. Sculpture Dance The Times of India
186. Lada The Times of India
187. Nana Gleason The Times of India
188. Dancing Dolphins The Times of India
189. Priya's Leap The Times of India
190. Quarry Dance The Times of India
191. Annual Roundup The Times of India
192. Pratibha Jena The Times of India
193. Harbans Mody The Times of India
194. Ritha Devi The Times of India
195. Folk Dance The Times of India
196. Kalashram The Times of India
197. Devanand The Times of India
198. Dancing Nataraj The Times of India
199. Maharaj's Genius The Times of India
200. Friday preview The Times of India
201. Protima's Dream The Times of India
202. Astad in Champaner The Times of India
203. Search for Tongue The Times of India
204. Amala Shankar The Times of India
205. Ketaki Narain The Times of India
206. Urmila The Times of India
207. Vasanti Shridhar The Times of India
208. Kavita Dwivedi The Times of India
209. Portraying India The Times of India
210. Kuchipudi Greats The Times of India
211. Friday Page The Times of India
212. Indian Sari in Sweden The Times of India
213. Ravana Sita The Times of India
214. Uma's Naina The Times of India
215. Parisien Pilgrimage The Times of India
216. Inder Sabha The Times of India
217. Shilpi Bhawan The Times of India
218. Rama The Times of India
219. ICCR's Heritage Series The Times of India
220. Kelubabu The Times of India
221. Meschke The Times of India
222. Temple to theater The Times of India
223. Global Symphony The Times of India
224. Master of Masters The Times of India
225. Ram Gopal The Times of India
226. Hampi Fest The Times of India
227. Bijoyni Satpathy The Times of India
228. Kalaikoodam The Times of India
229. ICCR's Series
230. Amir Khusru The Times of India
231. Kanak Rele The Times of India
232. Krishna veni The Times of India
233. Vinod Chopra The Times of India
234. Swarna Samaroh The Times of India
235. Krishna The Times of India
236. 50 years The Times of India
237. Legends Live On The Times of India
238. Sensitive Shadows		  
       

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