Shubhada Varadkar
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Reviews, features and reports on Shubhada Varadkar’s work, from 2012 to 2026 — in The Hindu, Hindustan Times, Times of India, Mumbai Mirror, Scroll.in, Mid-Day and others. Every entry links to the original.

2026
Sangeet Natak Akademi — Official declaration listing Shubhada Varadkar for a Scholarship in Performing Arts (Dance) for 2025.
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18 May 2023
Livemint — Lifestyle feature on the pickleball craze in India, noting Varadkar as the only Odissi dancer known to play the sport.
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31 May 2022
LatestLY Marathi — Announcement of the Maharashtra State Cultural Awards 2019–20, listing her award.
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20 Oct 2020
Hindustan Times — Coverage of ‘Kala Arpan’, an offering by 40 maestros of Indian classical art at the launch of the World Forum for Art and Culture.
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10 Aug 2019
Mid-Day — Coverage of the launch of her book The Celestial Plume at Crossword.
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27 Jun 2019
The Hindu — Review by Bhanu Kumar — training under Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra and Guru Mani, he writes, has made her “a versatile artiste and choreographer with a quest for perfection.”
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2019
DNA India — Report on ‘Flamencodissi’, her pioneering fusion of Odissi and Flamenco.
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14 Sep 2018
Scroll.in — Feature by Sruthi Ganapathy Raman on Peacock Plume, Shabnam Sukhdev’s documentary on her resilience through cancer and dance, screened at the PSBT Open Frame festival.
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29 Mar 2018
The Hindu — Feature on ‘Panchakshara Stuti’, a production she choreographed.
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3 Aug 2017
Mumbai Mirror — Review by Shanta Gokhale of ‘Sakhi he Keshi Mathana Muradam’ — “it was her abhinaya that raised it to a level above the ordinary.”
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28 Jul 2017
The Hindu — Review by Ranjana Dave of her Gita Govinda performance, “Love and war in the time of Krishna.”
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16 Jun 2017
Asian Age — Feature on the Varadkar family, including her comments, on Leo Varadkar becoming Taoiseach of Ireland.
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2015
DNA India — Report on a music and dance tribute to Swami Vivekananda, choreographed and performed by her.
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4 Jun 2014
Times of India — Feature on her battle with ovarian cancer and how she continued performing through chemotherapy, including her cancer-awareness productions.
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7 Dec 2013
DNA India — Review by Anita Aikara of her dance adaptation of Swami Vivekananda’s poems at Ravindra Natya Mandir.
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6 Jul 2012
Hindustan Times — Coverage of the Malhaar Festival, organised by the ICCR, featuring her performance.
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Undated features

Published without a visible date. Listed separately rather than given a year the source does not support.

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The Better India — Long-form profile: “Meet Renowned Odissi Dancer Shubhada Varadkar. She Fought Cancer with Dance. And Won.”
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ScoopWhoop — Feature on dancing through cancer treatment and the work that followed.
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The Live Mirror — Profile: “Shubhada Varadkar: The ‘Mayurpankh’ of Odissi Dance.”
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The Perfect Voice — Feature on her recognition as a cancer survivor and artist.
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