Is it the perspective or context?

By |2020-03-17T20:04:21+05:30February 23rd, 2020|Categories: Dance|

If a picture speaks a thousand words, I wonder what these pictures communicate. it's the same person in two pictures. And yet, each conjures up a different image. One in a wedding outfit and the other in a belly dance costume and yet when I dress in each of them I have two uniquely different experiences. One on the inside which reveals a different part of my personality and one experience on the outside.... And what I receive from the outside is something that baffles me and pushes me to think. Questioning eye brows raise with judgement in one situation and the same pair of eyes show no [...]

The True Meaning of Belly Dance

By |2020-02-13T07:08:21+05:30February 13th, 2020|Categories: Uncategorized|

I’m inspired to write this today - about what Belly dance truly means to me. I was 15 when I had the opportunity to attend a belly dance session conducted by one of India’s finest belly dance artists – Meher Malik. It was my first time and truth be told - I was awestruck and in that moment I wished to have that kind of grace and beauty in me. That was the day I decided to learn this beautiful dance form and become good at it. Reality check of the world we are living in - my heart pains to see how Bollywood and the music industry [...]

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