A Journal of Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya

for her has been the one at Chidambaram,
an ancient and renowned shrine in Tamil
Nadu noted for its cultural significance
and associated with Nataraja or Lord Shiva
in his Ananda Tandava in the cosmic golden
hall. She says it was a dream come true
to perform there and is grateful to her
Guru Smt. Rajamani for bestowing the
opportunity on her.
As a teacher she is satisfied with her
disciples who are now teachers and have
opened their own dance schools and feels
that they are doing well individually and
when required, work together in unison
to give great shows like Mother Earth,
a charity show to create awareness about
sensitizing people . Of the teachers Ms.
Sadhana Mohan is doing her masters in
law and proudly mentions that she has
not taken a vacation since she started
her own dance classes. She loves to fuse
the classical and the modern in order
to make it interesting to her students.
Namita Ajodhia, Kavita Ramphal,and Maalti
Nidhaansingh are other teachers
dedicatedly taking Bharatnatyam far in this
multi ethnic society.
Bhawna Sexena is Hindi and Cultural attache in Indian Embassy
of Suriname. She lives in Paramaribo.
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