Interviews
Durga Charan Ranbir (Narthaki.com interview from 2001)
Nrityagram, Lynne and Vasantahabba (Narthaki.com interview from 2004)
Dona - Odissi dancer (Narthaki.com interview from 2001)
Neelashree Patnaik (Narthaki.com interview from 2002)
Sonal Mansingh (Narthaki.com interview from 2003)
Madhavi Mudgal (Narthaki.com interview from 2004)
Ileana Citarista (South Asian Womens Forum from 2003)
Mardala
4to40 - a site for Indian music (Do a search in this article. A little bit of Odissi Mardala history)
A tribute to Hinduism (Again, this site has some tidbit of Mardala history burried in there. Do a quick search.)
Tabla Vermont (If you need new Pitha (tension straps) for your Mardala (or even your Tabla or Pakuaj) this guy sells these great ones that are guaranteed to last a lifetime. They are synthetic and strong! I've seen a sample of the material)
Misc
Flickr (A group of developers in Vancouver, BC started this site. Excellent place to start your own photo gallery.)
Waxy Links (Links to the best on the net...)
Protopage (Create your own sticky page. Now how cool is that! Try it out and you'll see what I mean...)
America Blogspot (Great source of news and commentary.)
Artwork of Penelope Merrell (When you get some time, browse my mothers artwork. You can see her gallery at http://www.merrellart.com/gallery.php and if you enjoy a picture you can leave a message in the guestbook!)
Indian Music site (Great little spot about Indian music.)
Odissi dance
Chitralekha (CODC) (Eastern Canada offers one family of Odissi dancers and musicians worthy of many praises. Devraj Patnaik is an excellent Odissi Mardala musician. Now if he'd make it to Vancouver more often...)
Srjan (Padmabibhusan Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra, the "Godfather" of Odissi. If you don't know him you will now)
Urvasi (Guriji Ratna Roy - Olympia, Wa Odissi dance ensemble. This is part of my "roots")
Jyoti Kalamandir (Jyoti Rout offers classes, performances, workshops, workshops in Orissa, etc. Great site to check out)
Bhava Dance (Barbara Mintz is a dedicated dancer in many disciplines as well as many artistic ventures around the world)
Gallery - Odissi.us (Great gallery from the Washington DC festival of 2003)
Odissi.us (Odissi.us website. Please help out and post in the forums. It would be nice to see a forum dedicated to Odissi arts.)
Narthaki.com (Great site about Indian dance, including Odissi.)
Odissi music
Chandrakantha (Good article on Odissi music)
Chitralekha (CODC) (Lists with a short description the major musical players of Odissi music)
Odissi Workshops (Music and Dance)
Seattle - Ratna Roy (Orissi dance classes in the mahari style of Guru Pankaj Charan Das)
Photo Galleries
Pbase (Excellent north Indian photographs)
Travelphoto (Again, some great north Indian photos)
Hanshendriksen (More great north Indian photos)
Trek Earth (Great photos all over India, including Orissa)
Photo India (Lots of tourism photos)
Travel Freak (I met Makoto Suda in Bangkok in 1995. Those were some of the funnest times of my life. I also think he is going to be one of the greatest photographers of our time. He takes nice people pictures. Check out his gallery!)
David Capers (So how could I forget the man with the moustache, my main man, number one Odissi photographer *drum rolllllllll* David Capers!!! He does have some beautiful and well-documented photos of Odissi culture. As well as some spectacular video work, including a rare documentary on the lost art of Orissa , Dhokra. )
Videos
IGNCA (This has got to be the coolest site ever! Videos of key artists performing great works of Odissi culture.)
World percussion
Peyman and his Tonbak (Excellent site with a lot to read. Peyman is genuine and has humbly offered us a site worth spending time and reading. Please check it out!)
A brief intro to Tabla and North Indian Tal (A great article written by Peyman Nasehpour.)
East Indian Music (Great site with lots of links for East Indian music.)
