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{{short description|Indian writer, dancer, musician, musicologist and fine arts research scholar}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}{{Use Indian English|date=December 2020}}

'''Sujatha Vijayaraghavan''' is an Indian writer, dancer, musician, [[musicologist]] and [[fine arts]] research scholar,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Swaminathan|first=G.|date=2016-09-15|title=The multifaceted Kothamangalam Subbu|language=en-IN|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/theatre/The-multifaceted-Kothamangalam-Subbu/article14639417.ece|access-date=2020-12-31|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Srikanth|first=Rupa|date=2019-10-17|title=Margam with Bharatidasan|language=en-IN|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/dance/margam-with-bharatidasan/article29724991.ece|access-date=2020-12-31|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Chatterjee|first=Jagyaseni|date=2016-12-22|title=Where the twain meet|language=en-IN|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/dance/Where-the-twain-meet/article16925602.ece|access-date=2020-12-31|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> tenured as a professor at the [[Pondicherry University|University of Pondicherry]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=6 March 2012|title=National seminar on women in Indian English fiction on March 9|url=http://www.coastaldigest.com/news/37191-national-seminar-on-women-in-indian-english-fiction-on-march-9|access-date=2020-12-31|website=[[Coastal Digest]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|title=Women in Alice Walker's Fiction|journal=Indian Journal of American Studies|publisher=American Studies Research Centre, [[Osmania University]]|volume=27|pages=88}}</ref> She is affiliated with Natyarangam, the dance wing of the classical arts institution Narada Gana Sabha in [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=Swaminathan|first=Chitra|date=2017-08-10|title=Freedom of expression|language=en-IN|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/dance/natyarangams-ode-to-independence/article19464361.ece|access-date=2020-12-31|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> and associated with the Natya Dance Theatre, a classical [[Bharatanatyam]] company based in the city of [[Chicago]] in the [[United States of America]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Warnecke|first=Lauren|date=9 November 2019|title=Review: Natya Dance's world premiere 'Inai' asks, what if there were no differences, racial or otherwise?|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/reviews/ct-ent-natya-dance-review-1111-20191109-csje2h3iynchtcvoz4nffw27dy-story.html|access-date=2020-12-31|website=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref> She was also associated with the pioneering Bharatanatyam dancer [[Kalanidhi Narayanan]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2016-02-25|title=Icon of Abhinaya|language=en-IN|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/dance/kalanidhi-narayanan-a-teacher-of-abhinaya/article8280515.ece|access-date=2020-12-31|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

Vijayaraghavan has a senior fellowship at the Tamil Pada Varnam Project and has directed a number of [[documentary films]] on the life and works of Bharatanatyam dancers such as [[Andavan Pichai]] and [[Kumbakonam Bhanumathy]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Srikanth|first=Rupa|date=2013-05-30|title=Ode to Muruga|language=en-IN|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/ode-to-muruga/article4766041.ece|access-date=2020-12-31|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Ramani|first=V. V.|date=2017-11-02|title=Styles, past and present: Documentary on Kumbakonam Bhanumathy|language=en-IN|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/dance/documentary-on-kumbakonam-bhanumathy/article19967705.ece|access-date=2020-12-31|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> She has also collaborated in Bharatanatyam dance production projects with dancers such as [[Anitha Guha]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sudha|first=T. R|date=2016-12-01|title=Kshetras through vivid imagery|language=en-IN|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/dance/Kshetras-through-vivid-imagery/article16735951.ece|access-date=2020-12-31|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> and is noted for composing ''Devi Bharatam: The Mother and Liberator'', a musical and poetic rendition of [[Vande Mataram]], the national prayer song written by [[Bankim Chandra Chatterjee]] and translated to Tamil by [[Subramania Bharati]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kumar|first=Bhanu|date=2019-09-05|title=Devi Bharatam: The Goddess in all her hues|language=en-IN|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/dance/devi-bharatam-the-goddess-in-all-her-hues/article29340691.ece|access-date=2020-12-31|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==

* ''Oru piṭi vairam'' [''A Small Diamond''] (in Tamil). Vān̲ati Patippakam. 1990.
* ''Araṅkam: Naval'' [''Arena: Novel''] (in Tamil). Vān̲ati Patippakam. 1993.
* ''Entayum Tayum'' [''Mother of Anything''] (in Tamil). Vān̲ati Patippakam. 1995.
* ''The Silent One''. (2009) [[Penguin Books]]. {{ISBN|978-0-14-306346-9}}.
* ''Hundred Tamil Folk and Tribal Tales''. (2010; with Ramanatan, Aru) [[Orient BlackSwan]]. {{ISBN|978-81-250-3920-4}}.

== References ==
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