Western to Classical

Hey folks, guess its been a while since my last post! Been terribly busy. Hope your all doing fine! Anyway with this short prelude here comes the post!

The other day was the best and one of the funniest experiences ever! One of my friends who is a western dancer through and through we made him do Bharathanatyam! He knows only to dance like Prabhu Deva (western), Michael Jackson, Hrithik Roshan, Usher etc.. He is a really good dancer & totally flexible and can dance really fast! It seems when he's dancing that there is no dance that is impossible for him.

Hmmm but boy were we wrong. We taught him a set of Bharathantyam steps and asked him to do it. LOL! Here is where the fun began.

Just imagine if the skeleton in 'Jeans' was a robot and had no bit of grace and just fast movements which rather resembled a robot doing Tai Chi/Karate/Any maritial art (kind of seemed like watch out don't come near me, I'm lethal! ;-) )! Hmmm how so??? God I have no idea! It was just very hilarious.

To be extremely precise it can be described as,

• A robot going out of control with certain programmed movements on an apparently infinite loop
• The head and the body also moving along with the hand and feet movements (so basically the whole body moving when its just the feet, hands and eyes that need to move).
• The hand movements, imagine or just go to the fly swatting post of mine, check out the video link. Yep you guess it, It was pretty much the same!

I don't think I can describe it anymore. Its something everyone has to see for themselves ( a person who does mostly western dancing (all types) doing pure classical Bharathanatyam dancing)! Too much fun to watch! But I have to give credit, when that person was asked to do it again three days later, it was obvious he had been practicing. The robots movements had become more graceful & boy he had the look of utmost concentration on his face like he could achieve even the unachievable.

Moral of the story: Classical dancing is harder than it looks. You need the training and/or the natural affluency!

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I loved this picture. I felt it had soo many things to convey. Overall the simplicity of the people amidst the colourful clutter was what caught my attention. Only in India is such a sight available.

Click on the pic to see it more clearly & discover its beauty.

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Four Leaf Clover

The four leaf clover is said to bring luck to people. Yet if you think about it all the four leaf clover is, is a normal clover with a deformity. Yet all other things with deformities of the sort are shunned upon. Imagine if a person had an extra hand. Unless they were God they would be frowned upon, or just looked at as an outsider.

So how is it that a four leaf clover is supposed to bring luck? What makes it so special? Anyhow if the clover actually brings luck if found. Here you go all. By coming to my blog you found one! Wish you good luck!

The reason for this post, we went trekking today and I was looking for a four leaf clover. But couldn't find any! :(

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Prayer with a cause!

The ritual in our families like many other families is to say prayers in the morning. This is instilled at a very young age. My little cousin (now 8 years old) also has this habit. Only one day though we came to know about the particulars.

He never prayed without expecting to have his prayers answered (which I guess is the ultimate approach). One public holiday he was praying. However today he left out certain prayers such as the ones for Goddess Lakshmi. When asked why, he said

"Why do I have to today? Its a public holiday. The stock market will be
closed!"

Kid's say the darnest things!

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Spread a Smile :-)

Last week we performed at a charity show. This experience, the thought before it made me realise something.

A smile is said to be contagious. Therefore bringing a smile upon the faces that may not be smiling gives utmost satisfaction. Charitable work and even being a comedian can be some of the most rewarding things. One cannot be fully satisfied with oneself, therefore why not give satisfaction to others from which you can be satisfied yourself.

The satisfaction that one can feel most content with is the sense of achievement. A huge sense of achievement comes when there is a positive response from others. The best sort of positive encouragement that people can get are smiles. Therefore us spreading a smile, by smiling ourselves and bringing smiles to others faces by whatever means there may be, is the best way of being totally satisfied!

A smile is a very natural thing, which doesn't need anything but heart and soul to it. A true smile shines, no matter what. The perfect smile does not come with someone with perfect teeth, but indeed just someone with heart and soul behind it.

A smile is just a frown turned upside down! Keep Smiling!!! :-)

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Bang!

A funny incident happened when I was reading Harry Potter. In a bid not to spoil the story for those who haven't read the book yet, I won't mention what part I was reading but here is what happened.

I was reading a really suspense filled part of the book. Eating my lunch without knowing what I was eating, all my focus was on the story. What was going to happen next I did not know. Just as I reached the part where what happened was going to be revealed. Bang!!!!!

A lady with a pram hit my chair! I jumped from my seat atleast 2 feet in the air. The book shut closed and the page was lost. The lady appologised by saying, "sorry" and then as quietly as possible was found to be laughing at this sight. Aaaahhh.... Embarassment to the core! Not only was the lady laughing, but all those nearby shared a hearty laugh. But nevertheless none of this stopped me and I was back reading the book, after finally discovering the page I left off at. LOL!

p.s This book seems to be as promising as the fourth! Thus far (after 17 chapters of reading) the book is going good.

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Who Am I?

The more I think about you

The harder it is for me to get to you.

NOTE: For those of you who don't really understand what this is... Its a riddle... You folks who read this need to guess the answer!!! So keep your guesses coming in.... As far as I know there are one or two answera.... Perhaps a few more floating around... Guess away folks!!!

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