GS RAJAN's articles on various subjects are regularly published by national dailies
such as The Statesman, The Hindu and others. Here are some of them:

Indian Bamboo Flute / Sarabha Shastri Baani (Gharana or School/style)
The flute is perhaps the most endearing of all instruments. From Lord Krishna with his hypnotic tunes to the rustic semi-literate piper whiling away his free time, to the...........Click here to read this article.

Photograph of Palladam Sanjeeva Rao (disciple of Sarabha Shastri) - sitting left, H Ramachandra Shastri (disciple of Palladam) - standing.

Spirituality in Indian Music
Whenever there is talk of the spirituality of Indian music and dance, there is always one bunch of cynics who insist that there is no spirituality left in the arts, and that if any matters of the spirit are left at all, they are in the bottle that is uncorked after................Click here to read the article.

Drawaing on left: Saint Thyagaraja

Dancing after 45
Some sections of the print media reported that the petition filed by the 60-year old Bharata Natyam dancer, Komala Varadan asserting that her name should be under the performing artists' category and not under lecture-demonstration category of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations was rejected by Justice AK Sikri. The ruling pointed out that the rule of the organization being challenged does not allow a dancer above 45 years of age...................Click to read the article.

Picture ofKomala Varadan.

Look back in ecstasy
Appeared in The Hindu dated 2 January 2006

As 2006 gets off to a start, G.S. RAJAN speaks to some creative beings about their most memorable experiences in the year gone by ..................Click here to read the article.

Photograph of Geeta Chandran (left) and Shovana Narayan (right)

Over to Delhi's winter capital.
Appeared in The Hindu dated 30 December 2005
With the `Madras Music Season' in fine flow, Chennai is on every Delhi artiste's itinerary............ Clcik here to read the article.

Left: Amjad Ali Khan

BRAHMA GANA SABHA, Chennai. Music Season concert review
appearred in The Hindu dated 26 Dec 2006.

Supple and soothing

G.S. Rajan abstained from shrill notes and extravagant excursions for kalpanaswaras.

by G. SWAMINATHAN

Masala Natyam

Festival of Choreography -
Review by GS RAJAN
The 9th Festival of New Choreography was held at the India Habitat Centre last weekend........
Appearred in The Statesman.

Subbudu - A tribute by GS RAJAN

Appearred in The Statesman dated 30 March 2007.

When the man who took me to writing on Indian classical dance and music told me that I should write his obituray I took it as one of those normal jokes he always cracked.