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Dusshera 2024
Started the Golu tradition this Navratri with the able assistance of the little one 💕, who helped setup our DIY steps with my books, who placed the very first one so they may grow just like her every single year, who rang the puja bell for Arati every single day – morning and evening and…
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Aliveni ❤️
From soaking, living, being the Aliveni and her sakhi – First attempt at a Mohiniyattam performance!
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Chennai – July 2024
The city was still in slumber as our auto navigated the predawn streets. A peculiar enchantment washed over me, a sense of the city awakening, stretching its limbs. I found myself blurting out, “If not for Bangalore, I’d choose Chennai as my home.” The words were as spontaneous as the city’s nascent energy – The…
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Kadamotsava 2023
Rehearsals scheduled and spread over a month. The originally ensemble of 8 dancers reduced to 5. Changes. Shifts. Apprehensions. Planning. Planning. Planning. Preparing for each detail, every minute of that one hour performance. Repetitions. Repetitions. And some more. Above all, The joy! Of togetherness, of learning, of blessings, hours spent getting ready. Oh! The unmatched…
Bindu Mohan 