Literature

6
Jan

Book Launch – The High Priestess Never Marries by Sharanya Manivannan

Prakriti Foundation launched the book The High Priestess Never Marries by Sharanya Manivannan on the 6th January 2017 at 7 pm at Amdavadi Snack House. The author was in conversation with Prof. K. Srilata. About the Book A Sri Lankan mermaid laments the Arthurian Fisher King, a woman treks to a cliff in the Nilgiris with honey gatherers of the Irula

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5
Nov

Book Launch – A Madrasi Memoir by Renuka Narayanan

Prakriti Foundation launched the book A Madras Memoir by Renuka Narayanan on the 5th November, 2016 at 7 pm at Amethyst, Royapettah. About the Book The radically westernised ‘whiskey-sambar’ Tamil brahmins of twentieth century India were a law unto themselves and broke every last taboo of five millennia of orthodoxy, while unable to wholly tear out their brahminical roots. This unsparing personal

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19
Apr

Book Launch – ‘ book of BEASTS ‘ by (Late) M. Krishnan

In association with Prakriti Foundation, The launch of (Late) M. Krishnan’s ‘book of BEASTS’ took place on 19th April, 2016 at 7 pm at Amdavadi Snack House. Tara Gandhi spoke about M.Krishnan and the reading was presented by Theatre Nisha. About the Book The hispid hare is rather rare— in fact, outside north-eastern east it lives nowhere, and even there it is

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12
Jan

Over Tone – Documentary Film on Dr.Umayalpuram K Sivaraman

Prakriti Foundation in association with Rajiv Menon Productions presented ‘Over Tone’, a documentary on Dr.Umayalpuram K Sivaraman which was written and directed by Rajiv Menon on the 12th of January, 2016 at 7 pm at Amethyst. About the Movie Over Tone is a documentary based on the life and music of the legendary South Indian Classical percussionist, Umayapuram K Sivaraman. Apart from

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