Puppet theatre is much more than the doll with strings says Anurupa Roy as she and her team from Katkatha prepare for their production, The Mahabharata

The idea of a performance like Blank Page, directed by Sunil Shanbhag, came out of Tamaasha Theatre troupe’s exercises where poetry is employed to understand multiplicity of meaning

‘Maniyosai’ recounted Palghat Mani Iyer’s musical journey. Suganthy Krishnamachari writes

Ramchandra Singh and Himani Shivpuri, recipients of this year’s Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for theatre, moved the Delhi audience with their talent at the National Festival of Performing Arts, says Diwan Singh Bajeli

Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream staged by E.M.G.Yadava Women’s College students brought to fore Elizabethan society, sense and sensibilities

Laugh non-stop, that’s what the audience did watching ‘Crazy Thieves...’

Rani Balbir Kaur’s production of Balwant Gargi celebrated play “Kanak Di Balli” touched the hearts of the audience.

Written by Girish Karnad in 2004 and directed by Alyque Padamsee, the play has seen Shabana make the character her own.

The Soorpanaka episode staged by Yakshagana artists at Niram Thiram stood out for its unusual treatment, writes Rupa Srikanth

Nimmy Raphel and Sharanya Ramprakash discuss the challenges theatre faces after the pandemic

Meanwhile, the dollar index gained 0.16 per cent to 102.85 points

At the interbank foreign exchange market, the local unit opened at 83.86 but soon pared the gains to trade at 83.92, unchanged from its previous close

Rupee weighed down by a firm dollar, geopolitical tensions in West Asia

While traders expect the rupee to weaken below 84, interventions from RBI have kept the currency well-supported above the psychologically important level

Rupee edges up, taking a cue from other Asian currencies

The dollar index is coming closer to a crucial support

Rupee settles at 83.9175 to the dollar, compared to its previous close of 83.8625

The reserves perked up in the reporting week as foreign currency assets (FCA) and gold holdings were up by $2.057 billion and $726 million, respectively.

RBI changed its stance to ‘neutral’ on Wednesday, spurring bets that the country is on the path to cut interest rates 

The rupee’s performance was also impacted by the volatile situation in the Middle East, which is expected to keep oil prices elevated and exert further pressure on the currency

At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 84.06 against the greenback and traded in a tight range

At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 84.06 against the greenback and traded in a tight range

At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 84.03 against the greenback

The reserves shrunk by $10.746 billion during the reporting week to stand at $690.43 billion as on October 11, 2024

Forex traders say the selling rush by foreign investors sent the domestic equity markets into a tailspin, dragging the benchmark indices down

Meanwhile, the dollar index was trading 0.28 per cent lower at 104.54

Rupee weighed down by foreign fund outflows, month-end dollar demand

Meanwhile, the dollar index was trading 0.62 per cent lower at 103.63

Meanwhile, the dollar index was trading 1.34 per cent higher at 104.80

Meanwhile, the dollar index was trading 0.22 per cent lower at 104.86

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