During her Pandavani performance Teejan Bai transforms the tamboora from a mere instrument into a versatile prop At the age of 12, young Teejan was already married, like most girls of her age in the ...

Ranbir Kapoor and Imtiaz Ali recently met with Teejan Bai, an exponent of Pandavani, a traditional performing art form from Chhattisgarh where she enacts tales from the Mahabharata with musical ...

Teejan Bai has found ?Chhoto Teejan Bai? in Calcutta. The guru of the Pandavani style of performance, recently in the city to conduct a workshop hosted by theatre group Kasba Arghya, said she had ...

New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): Pandavani folk singer Teejan Bai has been chosen as a recipient of this year's Fukuoka Prize. She has been announced the winner of the Arts and Culture Prize. The ...

Despite being economically weak, her parents were very strong, says Teejan Bai, the contemporary exponent of Pandavani, a narrative singing of the ancient epic Mahabharata. She adds that even poverty ...

Teejan Bai, one of the country’s most celebrated Pandavani folk artists, is currently facing immense financial hardship. She is a living example of how many folk artists, despite being gifted with ...

As part of the 11th death anniversary tribute performance to Damu Jhaveri, Founder of Indian National Theatre, Pandavani (folk art form of Chattisgarh) exponent Teejan Bai will perform in the city ...

Lavanya Karthik’s book is a brief introduction to the life of Teejan Bai, who was constantly forbidden to sing but is now synonymous with Pandavani music I first heard Teejan Bai during my sophomore ...

Even with a nasty sore throat and fatigue brought on by travel and age, Teejan Bai remains a formidable figure on stage. She is 71 but when she appears on stage, her trademark red sari tucked ...

The Student Activity Centre (SAC) of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela organised ‘SPIC MACAY’, an event to promote intangible aspects of Indian cultural heritage. Padma Vibhushan ...

The opening lines will be the same for anyone who meets Teejan Bai: her feistiness is unnerving. Dressed in a synthetic pink sari with a shawl that hung helplessly over her robust shoulders, Teejan ...

Padma Bhushan Teejan Bai will be in the city tomorrow for a special performance. The artiste, who is a globally-applauded exponent of the Pandavani art form (popular in both MP and Chhattisgarh), will ...