Aishwarya

Reader. Dancer. Selectively Social.

[The Federal @TheFederal_News]

Notes from the Sagarmatha (#Everest) base camp trekking trail, a journey that makes one appreciate the immense feats our bodies and minds are capable of, writes @ash_ms19.

#Himalayas #Trekking

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[Atharva Pandit @AtharvaPandit3]

#Hurda is out in the wild! 😬 Please do consider buying it from your local bookstore! Delhi folks: Hurda is available at @Bahrisons_books. Also wish to thank them for this stunning picture. A dream come true, obviously 😇

[Slurrp @Slurrpapp]

On a high-altitude #Himalayan trail, the hot meals dispensed by ingenious cooks are a feat of planning, labour and teamwork — and they impart a whole lot more than nourishment to fatigued #trekkers | @ash_ms19 writes - https://t.co/QqQFzDg73F

[Aishwarya @ash_ms19]

@aishparikh Deepest condolences!! The way you have looked after your dad through the toughest of days has been infinitely inspiring. Wherever he is, his light shines on you! 💜

[News9 @News9Tweets]

In #Nireeswaran, author #VJJames weaves into the novel questions of morality and truth, extremism and hypocrisy, while exposing the fragile human mind gullible to "external rites" whilst "forgetting the dignified inner truth." | writes @ash_ms19

https://t.co/LwqgVRi3pY

[News9 @News9Tweets]

In a writing career spanning over five decades, 70-year-old #DamodarMauzo’s works have explored themes of religious fundamentalism, patriarchy and the adverse effects of industrialisation | writes @ash_ms19

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[Devansh Sharma @inkedinwhite]

Did not see this result coming at all. Thanks guys :*
@ReelReptile @PouloCruelo @MadameSengupta @LakshmiG_Javeri @nadsatspeak @zico_gh0sh @populapette @subhajrao @anupamachopra @baradwajrangan @das_speak @Manik1Sharma @aditya_mani_jha @pradflix @ash_ms19 @eisha_nair @smritikiran

[News9 @News9Tweets]

Edited by Volga, a new anthology brings together the best of #Telugu #fiction to English language readers.

@ash_ms19 chats with translators Alladi Uma and M Sridhar about the endeavour.

https://t.co/TksMp40I4K

[Firstpost @firstpost]

#KnowYourClassicalDances | #Kathakali demands arduous physical and emotional feats from its artists and the costumes only add to the remarkable portrayals of the mythological characters that come alive on stage, writes @ash_ms19
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#KnowYourClassicalDances | #Sattriya has now emerged as a significant body of art that makes relevant the universal ideas of infinite faith with its practitioners continuing to explore and expand the contours of its performance style, writes @ash_ms19
https://t.co/zMWduRryPd

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#KnowYourClassicalDances #Odissi | "Complexities of passionate, romantic love intermingled with elements of spirituality, liberation quickly came under attack during the British Raj for their seemingly lascivious and seductive leanings," writes @ash_ms19 https://t.co/sbQGXRrEY2

[Firstpost @firstpost]

"Not only does the #ManipuriRaasLeela set out to showcase #Krishna in his various colours, but also explores the anxieties and predicaments of the #Gopis through its study of the nayika," writes @ash_ms19 | #KnowYourClassicalDances
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[Firstpost @firstpost]

"In each recital, #Kuchipudi has retained at its core the flavours of the sensual, romantic, and erotic shringara rasa that have shaped its oldest renditions," writes @ash_ms19 #KnowYourClassicalDances https://t.co/CIhlYDiMLn

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"From being categorised as a dance of vaishya or prostitute to receiving recognition as a prolific art form, #Mohiniyattam has been one of the few dance styles to have undergone humongous shifts through history," writes @ash_ms19 #KnowYourClassicalDances https://t.co/MfGn4zns5t

[Devansh Sharma @inkedinwhite]

Regional delicacies also had several takers. Starting with @ash_ms19 going back to her Ajji's puran polis through the lens of #Gulabjaam

https://t.co/cXfp3NoQjm..

[Devansh Sharma @inkedinwhite]

Starting a limited series on classical dance with @ash_ms19 so that you guys can go beyond the "ta-thai-tat-thai" 🤓

[Firstpost @firstpost]

#Kathak "has seldom been performed as an offering to a deity; instead from its earliest stages, it has been a recital directed at an audience comprising patrons as well as common people," @ash_ms19 writes in Part 1 of her series #KnowYourClassicalDances https://t.co/HHTISPdltj

[News9 @News9Tweets]

"Freedom to write – it's not something that someone else has to allow; it is something that we seize through the act of writing," S Hareesh tells @ash_ms19, in a joint interview with Jayasree Kalathil, who translated his latest short story collection.

https://t.co/C1bXsgReND

[Firstpost @firstpost]

@ash_ms19 #FoodForFilm | An utterly lip-smacking journey of regional cuisine, Gulabjaam is a warm insight into cooking as a skill that transcends the adding of one ingredient to another to perfect a recipe.

[News9 @News9Tweets]

"What a writer does to the language that permanently changes the face of that language: that's what is worth translating" | J Devika tells @ash_ms19, of translating short stories by acclaimed Malayalam author and poet Shihabuddin Poithumkadavu.

https://t.co/7wuqbxfjKX