The ways in which visual arts and a martial art like Silambam intersect, provide an interesting marriage of embodied ...

Today, the humble staff may seem to be of no match against the deadly virus that has gripped the world, but a seven-minute-long documentary on Silambam, the traditional Tamil martial art form with ...

Aishwarya Manivannan impressed the audience by demonstrating the beauty of silambam at the inauguration of exhibition of paintings Dynamic Energies of Existence by Thejomaye Menon at Sutra Gallery ...

That’s Silambam for you. It appears city youths are showing an increasing interest in Silambam these days. M. Shahul Hameed, State secretary of Silambam Sports Association, who runs Simashan ...

When Aishwarya Manivannan wanted to learn silambam a decade or so ago, she struggled to find a class in the city. “At that point, not many people knew about it,” says the Chennai-based artist ...

A practitioner of Silambam for the past four years now, Aishwarya Manivannan wears many hats, including being a teacher of visual arts and interior design and a handloom evangelist. HYDERABAD ...

On intersections, riding pillion on bikes and cycling along parallel roads are the children of Kannagi Nagar, armed with their prized possessions: the Silambam staff (kambu). Come 6am, they ...

RAMANATHAPURAM/MADURAI : In the quiet town of Ramanathapuram, S Anthony Athis, a 29-year-old commerce graduate, carries around an unusual belonging: a bamboo staff, the one used for Silambam.

Fateh Randhawa, the grandson of Bollywood icon Dara Singh, is redefining legacy in a unique way. As the co-founder of FRST Foundation, he channelizes his resources into making India inclusive for the ...