A New Voice

This research project supported by a Junior Fellowship from the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, is based on the premise that the purpose and practice of the classical arts in the Indian sub-continent is fundamentally towards advancement of human knowledge. The key role of art towards this end lies in the training and sharpening of cognitive and intuitive skills. If this is indeed what the Indian performing arts are designed for at its core, could it fundamentally change the way we understand the social interface of our art forms? This is the main question that this project seeks to address.