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Madhulika Srivatsa

Madhulika is a Bharatanrtya dancer and research student. She is currently working as an Assistant Professor for the Department of Performing Arts at Jain University, Bangalore. She has keen interest in Natyasastra and Aesthetics both in terms of research and its application in performance.

Translations by Madhulika Srivatsa

4 Translations

Profiles Dec 09, 2019

A Few Distinguished Dancers (Part 2)

Venkaṭalakṣmāsānī Among the popular dancers of my village, Bairakūru Venkaṭalakṣmāsānī’s dance and histrionics[1] became famous. Apart from the know...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Madhulika Srivatsa

Profiles Dec 02, 2019

A Few Distinguished Dancers (Part 1)

There once lived an elderly veśyā who went by the name Sītakka in the Guniguntipalya area of Mulubagilu town. She had a foster daughter. I remember her name...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Madhulika Srivatsa

Arts Aug 05, 2019

Respectability of the Art of Dance - Part 2

The Debauchery of the Art of Dance No one would mistake the intention of deterring the profession of prostitution. But it cannot be accepted that the art of da...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Madhulika Srivatsa

Arts Jul 22, 2019

Respectability of the Art of Dance

The mind and the intellect (manas and buddhi) are the two-primary means by which a man perceives the world and lets himself be perceived. The eyes, the ears an...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Madhulika Srivatsa