IN DISCUSSION...

Vasanthi & Nirmala

Photograph courtesy Yann Pitchal

Vasanthi Sankaranarayanan is a writer and translator. She translates from Malayalam to English and vice versa. She has a doctorate in film studies from Madras University. She is a freelance journalist, critic of cinema, theatre, dance and painting. Her other interests are women and their empowerment and improvements in education. She lives and works in Chennai.

Nirmala Seshadri is a performer, choreographer, arts educator, researcher and writer. A recipient of the Singapore National Arts Council’s “Young Artist Award”, Nirmala has recently joined the Board of the Council. Her choreographic work is experimental in nature; she seeks contemporary expression through her classical form Bharatanatyam.