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	<description>This is a collection of my observations on Art and Culture, especially Indian classical dance</description>
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		<title>Rasaanubhuti 3</title>
		<link>http://thoughttrees.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/rasa-in-daily-life-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Rasaanubhuti 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Rasanubhuti</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Dance of Life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beautiful smile of Diane&#8230; Originally uploaded by * Ahmad Kavousian * Such warmth of emotion! Note the movement the photographer has caught. I have to say, this is my favourite. No matter how many times I see it, I come back for more. There is a kind of addictive simplicity!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thoughttrees.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3034761&amp;post=97&amp;subd=thoughttrees&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rose tinted glasses</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:51:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When parents enroll their kids in dance classes, it appears to me, they put on a pair of multicoloured spectacles, which they almost never take off. From then on, their vision of the world is tinted. Whether consciously or not, they imagine their child will be one day (in the near future, mind you) a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thoughttrees.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3034761&amp;post=90&amp;subd=thoughttrees&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Food mania</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[food bank]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I spend another lazy morning going over the dailies and weeklies I spot two parallel food trends in today&#8217;s world. One, prices are rising and so are concerns rise about the survival of those Below Poverty Line, Marginally above Poverty Line and such. Experts say that after enjoying the economic boom, we are just [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thoughttrees.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3034761&amp;post=24&amp;subd=thoughttrees&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why should one learn classical dance? part 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:38:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continuing from my previous post: The next 5 reasons to learn: #6 Indian Classical Dance requires intense and perfect body and mind coordination. e.g the variations in footwork -are based on rhythm/beat (Taala) cycles which run into mathematical multiplication &#38; combinations. This develops higher mental abilities and students have been seen to perform well academically [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thoughttrees.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3034761&amp;post=49&amp;subd=thoughttrees&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why should one learn classical dance? part 2</title>
		<link>http://thoughttrees.wordpress.com/2008/07/19/why-should-one-learn-classical-dance-contd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So why should one learn Indian classical dance? As a student, teacher, performer and mother, I offer Ten reasons: #1 It is an excellent form of exercise as it includes yoga based stretching, aerobic and high-endurance movement levels. Besides the basic grammar of movement, in pure dance or nritta, the focus is on developing speed, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thoughttrees.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3034761&amp;post=45&amp;subd=thoughttrees&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why should one learn classical dance? part 1</title>
		<link>http://thoughttrees.wordpress.com/2008/07/19/why-should-one-learn-classical-dance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kathak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rumba]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After my previous post on what it takes to succeed in a classical dance career, it seems to me I have put the cart before the horse. Why should one learn it in the first place? Unless one was smitten in childhood or even later owing to some inexplicable karmic connection (as in my case) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thoughttrees.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3034761&amp;post=36&amp;subd=thoughttrees&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What does it take to have a successful dancing career?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bharatanatyam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gender perception of Indian classical dancers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kuchipudi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Odissi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[play by Mahesh Dattani 'Dance Like A Man']]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am asking this question specifically for the Indian Classical Dance scene ( primarily because that is the one I am familiar with, though I also believe it is not very different from the performing arts scene elsewhere in the world) and also in relation to gender. &#8216;Success&#8217; is a much debatable term, however for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thoughttrees.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3034761&amp;post=7&amp;subd=thoughttrees&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What to say?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[on blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[on writing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I didn&#8217;t have a blog, I had a lot to say. As I went about my daily chores, my mind would be bombarded with themes, ideas, vehement opinions and surprises that I wanted to announce to the world, wanted to pour into discerning ears. There must be so many like me that mankind invented [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thoughttrees.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3034761&amp;post=25&amp;subd=thoughttrees&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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