A couple of years ago, a photojournalism graduate student from Boston University named Varsha Yeshwant approached Chhandika, the dance group with which I am closely affiliated, asking for permission to create a multi-media project around our dance. Specifically, she said: “I want this to serve as a small window into the world of Kathak and [...]
Archive for January, 2012
Dance oasis
Posted in Dance/Arts, Moments, tagged ankle bells, Chhandika, dance class, dancing pregnant, Gretchen Hayden, kathak, Varsha Yeshwant on January 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Someone hand me a battering ram
Posted in Being the people, Writing, tagged being a writer, goals, publishing, starting a novel, writing on January 8, 2012 | 7 Comments »
I find myself confronted with an entirely new situation. I have a story in mind, and some partially-formed characters who are gradually emerging out of the haze, like a colorful and over-loaded truck whose contours and contents take shape in the smog as one approaches them headlong on a January morning in Delhi. (Horn OK [...]
