Remembering Birju Maharaj, the Guru Who Took Kathak to New Heights

The maestro who passed away on January 17 brought a chiselled form of kathak to the modern proscenium transcending all ‘gharanas’. Moreover, his grasp of the essence of his dance vocabulary enabled him to communicate across the north-south divide in India and globally.

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