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I let out a yelp as my face contorted itself into a crumpled mess of agony. That was how my day started in bed, not out of it as one would naturally hope for. With clenched teeth on a half-bitten lip, I propped myself up to lean against the bed frame. The cool brass onContinue reading “Living with a condition”

A painfully honest self-appraisal on what it was like to learn the age-old art form of Bharatanatyam in a diaspora, fall through the cracks, and pick oneself up bruised but more battle-ready than ever.       Grovelling in the dark With my body erect, chest puffed up but not in pride, and fingers configuredContinue reading “‘Dilettante- Dancer’ In The Dark”