Meet the Artist • Dr. Gowri Ramnarayan • Register
06 Thursday Feb 2020
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The Meet the Artist for February 2020 features Dr. Gowri Ramnarayan in conversation with Aarabi Veeraraghavan.
Dr. Gowri Ramnarayan is a multi-faceted personality with an immense contribution to Indian performing arts, literature and culture. She is a musician, playwright, theatre director, writer, journalist, and columnist.
A former deputy editor with The Hindu for more than two decades, she is now senior associate with Sruti magazine.
Gowri has been a vocal accompanist to Smt M.S. Subbulakshmi for over a decade.
As an author, Gowri Ramnarayan has written several books for children – Abu’s World, Abu’s World Again and Past Forward. She has also published translations of plays.
In 2005 she founded JustUs Repertory, whose plays and productions have been staged in India, USA, UK, and south Asia. Her productions have featured many of the leading performing artistes of India – Bombay Jayashri, Priyadarsini Govind and Vijay Siva. These plays are witty, thought-provoking, visually-interesting and make use of music, poetry, dance and painting to present a rare amalgam of aesthetics and scholarship.
Gowri’s first play Dark Horse won two national-level Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards in 2007. In the year 2015, Sri Krishna Gana Sabha awarded her the title Nataka Choodamani for her contribution to theatre.
Gowri has served as a FIPRESCI jury member at international film festivals in India and Europe.
Aarabi is a trained contemporary dancer and a gifted writer. She enjoys penning articles about and for the arts.
It will be held on Sunday, February 16th between 8.30 and 9.30 am. Breakfast will be served at 8 am.
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7 comments
February 10, 2020 at 12:12 pm
When is the program sheduled to close?
February 10, 2020 at 1:17 pm
Breakfast : 8 am.
Event : 8.30 – 9.30 am
Thus, event is scheduled to close at 9.30 am.
February 15, 2020 at 5:54 am
Hi Raju, noticed that you’ve registered for the event. Hopefully, you’ve received a mail confirmation from us. Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow morning.
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February 14, 2020 at 5:02 am
Look forward.
February 15, 2020 at 5:53 am
Hi Rajagopalan, didn’t notice your name and email ID in the list of registrants so far. Kindly ensure that you register due to limited seating.
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February 14, 2020 at 9:56 pm
I would like to register for the above event
February 15, 2020 at 5:51 am
Hi Sudha, noticed that you’ve registered for the event. Hopefully, you’ve received a mail confirmation from us. Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow.
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