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Datuk Ramli Ibrahim Performes for Sri Narendra Modi Ji Prime Minister of India
Friends, The hugely popular Prime Minister of India, the Honorable Shri Narendra Modi Ji was given a stupendous reception by the Indian community of Malaysia when he arrived in Kuala Lumpur on 7 Feb, 2026. Modi Ji was accorded with tremendous adulation, even more than...
Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom Exhibition at Puducherry
Exhibition of ‘Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom’ & Chennai/Puducherry Yatra with Friends of Sutra Jan 2026. The ‘Yatra’ of Friends of Sutra was a great adventurous experience and our Malaysian guests rose to the occasion and relished the experience. Several had hardly...
Magnificent Folk Dance Drama of Kaliyattam at Puducherry Yatra
Friends, One of the most memorable events in the annals of our Puducherry Yatra was the performance of a magnificent folk dance drama of Kaliyattam. It would be incomplete if we didn’t include this in our diary. The performance was arranged by our Pondi host, the...
Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom Exhibition by Sutra Foundation at Lalit Kala Akademi (Chennai)
Friends, The launch of the photography & painting exhibition ‘Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom’ on the 23 January 2026 by Sutra Foundation at Lalit Kala Akademi (Chennai), was an unprecedented success and was enthusiastically received by Chennai-Vasis. This LKA launch...
Radhe! Radhe! at Prof CC Mehta Auditorium, Maharaja Sayajirao University (MSU) of Baroda.
Friends, Sutra’s India tour (New Delhi/Chandigarh/Vadodara) of Radhe! Radhe! in association with ICCR’s 11th International Dance & Music Festival, culminated with a grand performance at the Prof CC Mehta Auditorium, Maharaja Sayajirao University (MSU) of Baroda....
Radhe! Radhe! at Chandigarh University
Friends, The metaphor of the ‘Churning of the Ocean’ in the Indian myth is an apt description of the trials and tribulations AND for those lucky ones, the triumph of success and positive learning experience that comes with it. But beware! There is also the ‘Hala-Hala’...
Radhe! Radhe! at Baansera Park (New Delhi)
Friends, Sutra has just completed its first performance of Radhe! Radhe! (Odissi) at Baansera Park (New Delhi), as part of the 11th International Dance & Music Festival, presented by Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR). It was attended by HE Dato’ Muzafar...
11th International Dance & Music Festival, sponsored by the ICCR.
Dear friends, Sutra Foundation embarks on another grand tour of three cities of India for the 11th International Dance & Music Festival, sponsored by the ICCR. Sutra features their recent successful Odissi production, Radhe! Radhe!, taking in New Delhi, Chandigarh...
New Intake Enrollment of Bharatanatyam & Odissi classes, Commencing in February 2026.
Sutra Academy is now open for its new intake enrollment of Bharatanatyam & Odissi classes, commencing in February 2026. 05 February 2026 Odissi Every Thursdays 8pm – 9.30pm Age requirement: 9 years and above 08 February 2026 Bharatanatyam Every Sundays 10.30am –...
Art by Nature, Art by Man a Photography Exhibition by Eric Peris and Choy Khye Fatt
Friends, Art by Nature, Art by Man, a photography exhibition by Eric Peris and Choy Khye Fatt, 13 Dec 2025 was graced by Tan Sri Johan Jaaffar, former Chairman of the NST Group (where Eric Peris was photo-editor) as the Guest of Honour. For the two photographers,...
Taapita by Pritam Das (Bharatanatyam) & The Artiste’s Dream (TFA Music & Dance faculty)
Friends, I was privileged to attend the last performance of the 4-day Shantanand Festival of Arts, on 8 December, 2025. The last day featured Taapita by Pritam Das (Bharatanatyam) and The Artiste's Dream (TFA's Music & Dance faculty). Both performances were...
Sutra Foundation performed Odissi, Rich Encounters for the 18th Guru Debaprasad Nrutya Parampara
We spent Christmas travelling to New Delhi for our performance and today we shall proceed to Bhubaneswar for the International Odissi Dance Festival (IODF). Our new Odissi program ‘Rich Encounters’ at the Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi opened the...