 
Trees don't hang around with the grass
Although they all started from the same place
Spend so much time for self improvement
That you have no time to criticize others
The magic you are looking for
Is in the work you are avoiding
If you are a friend of everybody
You are an enemy to yourself
There is no losing - only learning
There is no failure - only opportunities
There are no problems - only solutions
THESE ARE SOME OF THE BEST SELF HELP QUOTES I GATHERED FOR THIS EDITION OF ANITA SAYS. I HOPE THEY RESONATE WITH YOU TOO.
It has been literally a few hours since I stepped off the stage with
the 21st performance of NAACHIYAR NEXT, the fifth iteration of the
stage production on the life of the teenage mystic poet ANDAL. The
evening in Coimbatore was magical and the night for me was restless.
Coimbatore is one of the favourite cities for me. Generational
friendships, great food, timeless hospitality is a given when anyone
visits. To see friends of 40, 50 years in the crowd - endless hugging,
many teary eyed, loud laughter and chatter and posing for innumerable
photographs. The feet are always tired after a show but the body hums
with the vibrations and the applause. It is at moments like this that I
remember what a gift it is to be a dancer. As I wipe off the makeup,
remove my hair-do with the numerous pins, take a long hot shower, change
into a comfortable cotton kaftan and put my feet in a bowl of warm
water with rock salt and lemon, I think of my mother who fought so
hard to give me (and my sister Pritha) the opportunity to dance when
she was denied the chance by her strict father. I send a prayer of
gratitude for her stubborn fortitude and to my father who endured years
of censure from his elders for permitting his daughters to be on stage
and the object of the male gaze. In their eyes, NOT to learn dance or
music was like curtailing our chances to becoming the best versions of
ourselves.
How strange and wonderful life has been for my sister and me. Me on
stage and she, now a full fledged successful corporate, watching from
the front row with such pride and joy - tears flowing from her face at
the final moment of ANDAL's "becoming" a Goddess.
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URUBHANGAM
Glimpses from dance adaptation of Bhasa's Sanskrit play
At Kerala Kalamandalam on August 7 & 8, 2025
Choreography, music and design: Bharat Sharma
Pics: Raneesh Raveendran
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
Postmodern meets Pre-Dravidian
- Marc-Paul Lambert
It is remarkable to see how, some fifty years after Paris, the term
"contemporary dance" settled in hotspots like Mumbai or Chennai,
breaking with semantics of Indian classical legacy.
Connecting to Ramlila through its rituals
- Sunil Sunkara
The Ramlila has resonated with the Indian heartland and continues to do
so till date. This essay looks at the Ramlila from the perspective of
the audience who are a combination of observers, devotees and
satsangees.
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BIRTHDAY WISHES
Shovana Narayan: Sept 2
Kumkum Mohanty: Sept 10
Bharat Sharma: Sept 13
Rajika Puri: Sept 14
Alarmel Valli: Sept 14
Vanashree Rao: Sept 16
Kasi Aysola: Sept 23
Jhelum Paranjape: Sept 24
Ananda Shankar Jayant: Sept 27
Dr. Utpal K Banerjee: Sept 27
Navia Natarajan: Sept 27
Meera Sreenarayanan: Sept 29
Amrita Lahiri: Sept 30
Indira Kadambi: Sept 30
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