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Illuminating Sisyphus
Watching lovers, handholding, KDrama and an ancient verse Indian classical dancers live by.
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XYZ is an emotion
Everybody in the world is out to touch the oldest part of you; this is what stories, brands, regimes, toxic partners set out to do
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the forgotten pleasures of finitude
We are a culture in love with infinity. We want ever-expanding horizons; a world of abundance and plenitude, where we never run out of inspiration. In…
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the poetry of male beauty
It's not as if there are no beautiful men outside Odissi; it's just that I was never given the language to describe them
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This Radha is beyond my understanding
When I dance this dance, I smile too, because this is nothing like the ideas of romantic love between a man and a woman - that evergreen trope I grew up…
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These listicles called ancient dance treatises
We all need to whittle the madness of our (dance) world down to manageable numbers. That doesn't mean that our world is just that finite; it merely…
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losing yourself to find out what you're made of at the core of it all
We think dance is about remembering steps, performing with precision, showing them consciously, being in control of our bodies. But dancing, I…
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The Riddle called Chaali
Sometimes I think that what dancers really are looking for, when they unconsciously stare at everyone's bodies, are these hidden Chaali-s that can…
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