Well, its 4 something in the morning and thought of writing of what i had in my mind....around 11 pm came back from Serdang after cordinating the Indian Classical Dance Classes... I have been teaching indian classical dance in three major universities in Klang Valley...As usual the mudra's, navarasa, the adavus etc etc.... Most of my students are either Chinese or Malay followed by small number of Indian students....The Non Indians do come for classes , do extra works on internet and use proper attire for class. No complains. Now when it comes to Indian Girls, they feel they know everything about dance... One always busy with her handphone smsing .... One comes to class with jeans or trousers..... One blurs when Alaypayuthey Kanna abhinaya when a sarawakian chinese girls can sing and dance at the same time. Sir what time i time can go back asks one because the next day she has exam....arent the Chinese and Malay students have exam on the next day??? Arent they are there to finish the dance choreography??? Every semester we see, Indian Students taking everything so light in the dance class..... Then there are so called Mayats. They dont take part in any activities,neither join Indian Dance Cocurriculum. Eventually these are the hypocrites who "konon" want to "memupuk semangat perpaduan " and " memelihara seni dan budaya India" via their annual concerts in Universities....Well dancing for Silambattam " Where is Party" and Kanthaswamy " En Peru Meenakumari" songs are some sort of Budaya they see in their eyes. We cant run away from these commercial genres but what happens to other part of the Indian heritage that was build in centuries by our forefathers when they came to this land.... Now three main Universities are offering Indian dance under the co curriculum section, but the so called Indians who are proud of the Indian root rather click to register for easier co curriculum subject rather than learning what is Bharathanatyam, Kuchipudi or Kathak. At one point i asked why not Indian Dance??? Her Reply " Nolah Senior, couldnt concentrate if dance...." I asked myself, so you are getting 4 flat each semester for not being active in cocurriculum ??? Arent these people understand about dance energizes you mind .....Dont Temple of Fine Arts has dancing doctors??? I even have corporate communication friend who does Salsa and Latin.... At one university, due to factions of anti and pro raggers, the partisans cant meet eye to an eye and both loose out taking Indian Classical dance in another height. The victim is the arts itself.When the Malay Artis Budaya perform indian dance, the question is "Yen Tamizhan Illaya namma dance seyya??"...Mutha Kaariyum nee vanthataane..... How long we gonna keep hitting the Kolattam Stick for every single opening of the universitis Malam Kesenian??? I feel the word kesenian itself is being prostituted by the so called seniors and followed by the freshmans. And there is this scenario,every semester the pengarah persembahan of the concerts will call " Sir Engalukku Indian Cultura patri nalla opening dance venum, creative ah venum" Oklah, i agree and create all these beatiful openings events such As Techno Tillana, Velli Chalaingkal, Vande Mataram, The Shiva Shakti Dance, Om Namashivaya etc etc....but after a period i feel, these dance are only there to compliment the event for beginning and no one appreciates end of the day . Ithuellam Kalakshetra and Swarnamalaya Story. I write this another day. So now i have decided that if Indian dont appreciate Indian Dance, I am not gonna choreograph for any University concerts......pull stop.... Now let the senate of the universities take out Indian Classical dance from its co curriculum subject....Is this where the so called politician and Indian Based NGOs comes after the administration of Universities??? Another Indian Language Department case in UM? issue to pop it in Tamil Nesan and Makkal Osai??? You know what, Indian Dance Subject is not only for Indian but also for others.....so the pride of such paper should be also more with Indian students and be pro active.....but thats not the case here....And there are small numberIndian students that are very supportive of Indian Arts in UM, UPM and UKM. Thank You Girls. For Simple arts cant be appreciated by us, how we gonna appreciate what we have in Malaysia....Every day we are seeking for Indian rights, be it in politics , social and welfare.....but are we appreciting with what we have already to ask more????
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