Society & Culture
Shruti Ghosh is a trained Kathak dancer, teacher and choreographer from Kolkata. She has studied literature and has a Masters Degree in Film Studies from Jadavpur University. She has been performing and teaching dance for 15 years, more recently in Kazakhstan. She also writes about dance, film dance, film music and many other things close to her heart.
Some of the books mentioned in the podcast- Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation, book by Silvia Federici. Pearl by the River: Nawab Wajid Ali Shah's Kingdom in Exile by Sudipta Mitra. Blood Memory by Martha Graham Russian stories in Bangla translation Bangla classic novels and short stories
Link to Shruti’s work and writings-
https://youtu.be/y-15DII-W0E https://youtu.be/XSlRMFRnwec https://youtu.be/jdifengQGhk https://bengalurureview.com/2019/12/20/mithun-chakraborty-kazakhstan/ https://bengalurureview.com/2019/08/16/aap-ki-yaad-gaman/