In 1992, Diwakar Nigam and T.S. Varadarajan synergised their vision of ‘One World, One Workplace’ to form a software company in India.
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D Gukesh’s historic World Chess Championship title is a triumph of talent and parental sacrifice
The 18-year-old defeated Ding Liren of China to become the youngest ever world chess champion, capping a fabulous year in which he has hardly put a foot wrong wherever he has shown up to compete.
Singapore-based PIO entrepreneur helps violence-hit Manipuri women crochet stuffed dolls, sell products
Karam further said that his team had seen displaced women involved in making candles, incense, and washing powders, only to struggle with selling the finished products. He said they decided to make the doll-making project much simpler.
EXCLUSIVE: Wanted to bring life and levity to ‘Singapore Stories’, says National Gallery’s senior curator Dr Adele Tan
Tan, who received her PhD in art history from The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London, started as the Curator at the Gallery in January 2010. Her stint continued till September 2018, before she was promoted to her current post.
EXCLUSIVE: Amrit Ramnath opens up about mother Bombay Jayashri’s near-fatal illness, his musical journey and 100,000 Dreams Tour ahead of debut Singapore performance
Ahead of the event, a part of his 100,000 Dreams Tour, Amrit spoke exclusively to Connected to India’s Sudipto Maity, sharing various aspects of his musical journey, his mother’s near-fatal brain hemorrhage in 2023 and how he flipped the gloom into something productive.
EXCLUSIVE: Thespian Shalaka Ranadive looks to strike the right chord with Dastak’s India debut
The three-day festival will present five curated plays, each of 20 minutes’ duration, short films from Singapore and India and filmmaking workshops, among other activities. The upcoming edition is conceptualised and executed by WeCanDoIt — A Singapore-based theatre company, set up in 2009 by Shalaka — and Vadodara-based Page to Stage and 3 Peepul Productions. Founded in October 2013 by Suchitra Parikh and Neena Arora, Page to Stage is a theatre company. 3 Peepul Productions is a film production company set up in February 2021 by Arora, Parikh, and Priya Krishnaswamy.
Singapore has an “openness” that is special for performing arts, says Bharatanatyam dancer Mythili Prakash
Dancer Mythili Prakash comes to Singapore in November to participate in Kalaa Utsavam 2024 — as one of the artistes in GIGENIS – the generation of the Earth, directed by Akram Khan; and to conduct a masterclass in choreography in Bharatanatyam.
“Train to Pakistan tells us that societies are fragile and stability can’t be taken for granted”
Ahead of the play’s premiere at Kalaa Utsavam on November 20, Daisy Irani (executive producer and director) and Subin Subaiah (playwright, dramatist, and researcher) talk about why this India-Pakistan Partition story resonates with Singapore and with the wider 21st century world.
EXCLUSIVE: Singapore’s wunderkind Preihan makes live TV anchoring debut at Mediacorp’s Deepavali show
Preihan first came into national prominence as a three-year-old, after his mother send a home video to Mediacorp and the latter accepted it and cast him in a show.
Living Ancestor is heavily influenced by my relationship with Mahavidya goddess Matangi, says Singapore poet-performer ArunDitha
A unique show in Kalaa Utsavam 2024 in Singapore is Living Ancestor நம்முள் வாழும் முன்ேனார் by ArunDitha, SISTRUM & Beatroot Ensemble featuring Mohamed Noor and Munir Alsagoff.
