Gift Of The Gab Of Indian Community
Walk into any Indian restaurant and the first thing that overwhelms you beside the spice odours and Tamil cinema songs
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Opinion
Activate True Role Of Vivekananda Ashram
The Vivekananda Ashram in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, once a venue for intellectual and religious discourse now stands still in time
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The Visitor
One of Malaysia’s leading artists has been active all through the Covid19 lockdown. He is proof that this stay home
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TAMIL NEW YEAR: A TIME TO REFLECT, REDISCOVER, RENEW & REJOICE.
For too long, popular culture has dictated the meaning and relevance of religious and cultural festivities of Malaysians (especially with
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A Journey Completed
Moving on is most beautiful when one has almost completed the journey (nobody I guess can say…I’m done!) Some say
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Being A Dancer
Reflection : I often think how the arts can shape persons who willingly want to be dancers. As we start
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Knowing Deepavali Better
The significance of Oil Lamps on Deepavali The story of Satyabama killing her son Narakasura…another says, Rama’s victory over Ravana
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Independence 60 Years After Merdeka
Merdeka Day achieved on 31st August 1957 was a somewhat `rushed’ independence for Malaysia. Power relinquished by the British imperialists
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Saving The Malaysian Indians In New Malaysia
Not all Indians came to Malaysia as coolies imported here by the administrators of the British Crown Colony. Indians have
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Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Indian Cultural Centre In Kuala Lumpur
The much awaited direct link to Indian art and culture for Malaysians in the form of a dedicated cultural centre
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The Blind Religionists
They dwelling in the dark regions bound by the arrogance of ignorance Arrogance deep set in their being Drummed weekly
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Wedding Packages That Kill Culture
I just returned from a Tamil wedding dinner the previous night convinced that wedding package operators and ignorant young couples
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Palani Muruga Revealed # Video
Photograph by Thinesh Moorthi Kanawathi: Visitors viewing Jeganathan’s painting at the Sri Siva Subramaniar Temple in UPM, Serdang. The recent
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Happy New Year 2018
The New Year around the corner And my thoughts rally aimlessly Seeking a sanity lost in humanity 59 years of
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Stoking the Ambers of Colonialist (Slave) Culture
Ettappan, is adopted as metaphor for traitor in Tamil although the original Ettappan, a chieftain of Ettayapuram is said to
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Retrieving the Cultural and Spiritual Heritage of India
The crop of anglicised over-liberal journalists constantly in the news these days attacking everything Indian are the products of an
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The Limelight On Indian Culture
This surely must be the Age of Indian cultural resurgence. There is no sure indication of this new fame other
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Sri Valli Thirumanam Backstage Revelation (Losing Oneself In Dance). By Kamini Manikam
REFLECTIONS: ‘Sri Valli Thirumanam’ “Ok…Let’s start!” And the show began at 7.45pm with the Artistic Director instructing the emcee to
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Interact with Southeast Asian Dancers says Padma Bhushan Dr Padma Subrahmanyam
There is a pressing need for dance practitioners of Southeast Asia to interact with each other to consolidate their common
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We are opening up our portal theindianraas.com to columnists and art enthusiasts to state their opinions about Indian Arts
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