EXOTICA
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MAY 2018
LADY’S A GENT’S SEAT, AND SEAT AKID’S TOO A
SEAT,
KALA YATRA MEANS A JOURNEY OF THE ARTS THAT NEVER ENDS. LAST YEAR, MY DANCE FOUNDATION COMPLETED OVER 40 YEARS IN INDIAN CLASSICAL ARTS. IT WAS THEN THAT WE DECIDED TO DO A SHOW EVERY YEAR, TO KEEP THE FLOW GOING. THIS EDITION WAS SPECIAL BECAUSE IT WAS MY 75TH BIRTHDAY AND MY CENTRE WAS ESTABLISHED AND REGISTERED ON THIS DAY
I AM A WOMAN, GODDESS, WIFE, MOTHER AND THE SLAYER OF THE EVIL AND I WILL NOT TOLERATE ANY NONSENSE WHETHER IT BE MY FATHER, HUSBAND OR SON
THE MEDIA IS SO STRONG TODAY THAT IT DOMINATES EVERY FACET OF AN AVERAGE INDIVIDUAL’S LIFE. IT HAS AN OUTREACH THAT IS UNIMAGINABLE. A LOT OF PEOPLE TELL ME THAT WE LOVE TO HEAR YOU TALK. WE LEARN SO MUCH MORE
I HAVE BEEN LIVING ALONE IN DELHI SINCE DECADES BUT I HAVE STARTED FEELING SCARED IN THE LAST THREE YEARS. BECAUSE WE HAVE AN ARMY OF LITERATES WITHOUT THE REAL EDUCATION THAT COMES FROM SOCIAL EVOLUTION, UNDERSTANDING OR TEMPERING
TODAY POLITICS AND CULTURE HAVE NO CONNECTION BUT IT WAS NOT THE CASE THEN. FREEDOM FIGHTERS AND POLITICIANS PATRONISED CULTURE. MY GRANDFATHER WOULD HOST LEGENDARY VOCALISTS IN RAJ BHAVAN, NAGPUR FOR SEVERAL DAYS
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CUTTHATLOSS
KEEPCALM
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