Despite resisting Bharatanatyam dance classes as a little girl, Anita Ranjani, Kanakavalli’s August Vignette, now spends almost all of her time dancing, teaching, learning, and passing on the traditions of this classical art form that she has grown to love.
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Radhika Bapat, Kanakavalli’s July Vignette, is extraordinarily multifaceted. She is a clinical psychologist who has worked at the forefront of this field in India, and is now also running a factory that blends alcohol. An avid reader and writer, she has not only published articles in academic journals, but has written a children’s book.
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For Kanika Subbiah, who grew up in Chandigarh, Chennai’s sari culture was a revelation. In Kanakavalli’s June Vignette, Kanika describes her discovery of the kanjivaram, the evolution of her sense of fashion, and how Chennai has come to feel like home.
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This Mothers' Day, we bring you a very special edition of Vignettes, featuring Kanakavalli Founder Ahalya S, her mother Swathanthra Saktivel, and her daughter Anya. In this conversation with Aneesha Bangera of The Kanakavalli Journal, memories ebb and flow, spanning three generations.
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Dr. Shanthipriya, Kanakavalli’s April Vignette, is an inspiration. An ophthalmologist, a mother, a wife and a friend, she was diagnosed with Early Onset Parkinson’s Disease in 2012. Reluctant at first to talk about her condition, she participated in an international pageant last year which helped her transform her approach to life.
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Kanakavalli’s March Vignette, is Radhe Jaggi, a Bharatanatyam dancer who believes that the classical arts are truly contemporary in their grammar and expression. Spanning the past and the present, Radhe reminisces about a childhood spent climbing trees, and on the road with her father, Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev
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