Hands move constantly during conversation. They signal emotion, stress a point, and form full languages such as American Sign Language. Behind this everyday motion lies a complex challenge. Each human ...

Researchers at IIT Bombay and Southern Methodist University are using classical dance form Bharatanatyam to robots more like ...

In Vidhya Subramaniam’s Cupertino garage there is lightening-fast movement, the booming sounds of feet shuffling over the wood floor and quick and deliberate hand gestures. This is the world of Mudras ...

Keep your hand straight my child,” coddles the teacher. Little hands contort into a 2,000-year-old mudra. Fingertips touch, neurons fire, and that little brain processes neuroplasticity at a magnitude ...

Here’s why Sakuntalam, Venu’s Kutiyattam piece, is as central to contemporary India as it is to classical dance One day in late December, Gopalan Venu, more popular as G Venu sat holding his knees, ...

Mudras are symbolic hand gestures used in various spiritual and cultural practices, particularly in Hinduism, Buddhism, and yoga. The word "mudra" comes from Sanskrit and can be translated as "seal," ...