Esplanade’s Raga 2020 brings alive the legend of Shakuntala as modern day Shaku

Written by playwright Hemang Nandabalan Yadav, the dramatised reading of Shakuntala is Brown Voices Collective first event of 2020 and will be presented as part of Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay’s Raga Series.

Singapore ministers including the President take a voluntary pay cut while rewarding frontline workers with bonus

Amid the Covid-19 crisis all political office holders in Singapore will take a one-month pay cut while public health officers on the frontlines will get up to one additional month of bonus.

Kalaivani and Aarthi channel strength and grace for the Raga 2020 Odissi performance

Connected to India speaks to dancers Kalaivani Kumareswaran and Aarthi Subhash in this special Spotlight interview on their upcoming production at Esplanade’s Raga 2020 titled Quintessence – An Odissi Dance Duet.

Multi-talented Srividya and Vaishnavi’s dance compositions to take centrestage at Raga 2020

Srividya Sriram, accomplished Carnatic violinist and vocalist and Vaishnavi Anand talented Bharatanatyam dancer and vocalist, speak about what brings them together on Connected to India’s special on Esplanade Theatre’s on the Bay’s upcoming Raga 2020.

Singapore 4th, India 80th in corruption perception rankings

Singapore was the fourth least corrupt country in the world while India ranked 80th among 180 countries and territories in the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) prepared by Transparency International.