  
Happy birthday NARTHAKI. 25 years old!
How time has flown!
Who ever thought that this online infant, created and launched on April
14, 2000, would continue uninterrupted for a quarter of a century and
make the impact that it has!
Thousands and thousands from the global Indian dance eco system have
nurtured, cheered, applauded and welcomed our presence
online.
 
As I write this, it is still sinking in that a small spark in 1992
caught fire to birth two best selling phone books and finally - this
online web portal. I salute the small and dedicated team that has kept
the back end of this "passion project" of mine going, in spite of all
the pressures to give up and cave in.
As we congratulate ourselves in our Chennai headquarters, we also send
out a collective cheer to all of you who read my thoughts and scour the
site for news, interviews and information about dance across the globe.
Thank you, readers, members and subscribers. Your positive feedback has
been crucial for our sustained motivation.
March has been a gruelling month for my ensemble and particularly for
me. There were two shows to navigate, various venues to negotiate, and
multiple communication blips between the organisers and us. These days
the back end of a performance is getting more and more important. It is
not enough to just have a programme booking. As artistes, we are also
responsible for generating content for social media postings and to
maintain the excitement and momentum leading up to the main event.
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MEANWHILE ELSEWHERE, a DARPANA production celebrating 75th anniversary of DARPANA, on March 20, 2025 at Natarani, Ahmedabad
Photos: Vedant Anand
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
An African spell
- Priti Mastakar
I had stepped into the performance hall and my eyes fell on a tremendously tall, athletic figure. 6' 2" I thought…
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BIRTHDAY WISHES
Parvathy Ravi Ghantasala: April 7
Nandini K Mehta: April 8
Madhur Gupta: April 8
Mythili Kumar: April 10
Renjith Babu: April 14
Usha RK: April 15
Shanmugha Sundar: April 15
VP Dhananjayan: April 17
Ambika Panicker: April 20
Swarnamalya Ganesh: April 22
Uma Dogra: April 23
Uma Sathyanarayanan: April 24
Aruna Mohanty: April 25
A Janardhanan: April 25
Pritam Das: April 26
Sonal Mansingh: April 30
QUOTE
When you start as a dancer, you think as a dancer the rest of your life.
- Damien Jalet, choreographer
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