History through Dance !

I have decided to sketch the happenings of dance world in Hyderabad :)

On Sep 10th 2008, Avasthegen sponsored Mallika Sarabhai and her group Darpana's dance play “And Then They Came To India” - Story about the arrival of Parsi community in India !

What a visual treat it was ! Beautiful narration,realistic dance movements which any kid can understand,lights,costumes,music everything simple yet profound! I felt like I had attended a crash course on Parsi History.Next time I meet a Parsi , their 10,000 years of history will definitely come to my mind !

Mallika Sarabhai has clearly convinced me that story telling did create history in this world.It was very hard for me earlier to believe how a puppet show or play convinced millions of people to unite and fight for freedom in India !

Lets learn from this great dansuese Mallika on how to educate ourselves in History - worldly wisdom !
This is how we need to teach history to our children !

I also had an oppurtunity to see the other side of this dancer - Social Activist !
On Sep 9th 2008,Manthan group orgranised a talk on "Why do we need to be the change" by Mallika Sarabai.Thought Provoking talk with a strong message -

"JUST DO IT ! Show kindness in everyday activity..BE HUMANE ! Dont be happy that you live in a 'golden' cage.Mingle with this world freely and be compassionate!Stop this madness of competition.There is NO RACE in our life!You can never achieve that 'richness' as somebody else would be more richer than you anyways!Stop complaining and BE THE CHANGE !India needs it very badly at this moment"