Academics
Jiwan Pani, from his early years on, showed a keen interest in music, dance and theatre. There was no aspect of Indian art and aesthetics that he was not familiar with. This is a collection of Jiwan Pani's articles which have been put together themewise. This book reflects his wide-ranging itnerests: the cult of Jagannatha, an individualistic and an in-depth study of the Geetagovinda, the Oriya systems of music as the third school along with Carnatic and Hindustani, his numerous scripts for dance-dramas, tele-serials and films, his deep study and understanding of Hindu and Buddhist systems of philosophy. This handsome volume with numerous photographs is a celebration of the true vidwan that Pani was.
Jiwan Pani joined the Sangeet Natak Akademi in 197. In December 1983 he was appointed the Director of the Kathak Kendra, New Delhi, and continued to hold the post until he retired in 1994. The Orissa Sangeet Natak Akademi conferred on him an award for his outstanding study of the performing arts of Orissa. His in-depth studies of Chhau and Oddissi dance forms, and puppets and masks of India are truly pioneering works. In 1997 Jiwan Pani received the Sahitya Akademi Award for his Oriya translation of Federico Garcia Lorca's poems. One of the leading poets and lyricists in Oriya, he has published a collection of poems in Oriya, a monograph on the Ravanachhaya, another on the Purulia Chhau dance. His other publications include The World of Other Faces: The Masks of India; The Living Dolls: The Story of Indian Puppetry and Celebration of Life: Folk Dances of India.
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