Thread by @veejaysai

Shocking news from Kerala. Eminent Mohiniyattam dancer Dr Neena Prasad was literally driven off the stage in the middle of her performance because a local district judge Kalam Pasha was irritated by the show!

Absolutely humiliating!

Wth is happening in Kerala?! 😡

Neena trained in Mohiniyattam for a dozen years under Gurus Kalamandalam Sugandhi and Kshemavathy, in Bharatanatyam under Guru Adyar K. Lakshman for dozen yrs, in Kuchipudi under Vempati Chinna Satyam Garu, and in Kathakali under Vembayam Appukuttan Pillai.

She is not a nobody!

She was invited to perform in Palakkad by an organisation. In the middle of the performance, everything was stopped because this Pasha sent orders via the local police. He was apparently irritated by the performance. Neena and her group of dancers had to leave.

If this is the treatment given to such eminent artistes like Neena, wonder how much more is meted out to normal people!

What authority does this Pasha have to insult an artiste and bully his way to get a performance stopped midway?!

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Neena has an MA in English lit, a PhD from Rabindra Bharati University for her thesis on "The concepts of Lasya and Tandava in the classical dances of South India - A detailed Study". She was also awarded a post doctoral Research Fellowship from the University of Surrey.

With equal academic brilliance and a very successful performance career, today Dr Neena Prasad is one of the top five Mohiniyattam artistes in the world!

She is training a number of students.

And she has to face this humiliation in her own state!

Really sad!

This Pasha guy has an illustrious history of being an asshloe it seems! He gave a triple Talaq to his wife.

Wasn't this abolished?! How the hell did he get around this?!

opindia.com/2021/02/kerala…

Kerala is full of such idiots sitting in very important positions and public offices.

Imagine the damage being done! In so many ways!!

Won't be long before we have #KeralaFiles around!

Will @ShashiTharoor and the likes raise their voice now?!

The British Raj had banned Mohiniyattam in 1931. It was cultural activists like the great poet Vallathol who fought for the rights of artistes and established the Kerala Kalamandalam. They have trained hundreds of dancers over the decades.

Today, Kerala is filled with Mohamm@dean bigots occupying high offices who bully the system and get everything their way. They have the support of the establishment

The LeLis and those suffering from seculariasis will not open their mouths now!

Arts and culture suffer.

Hundreds of musicians and dancers have already been suffering without any performances because of the dreaded virus over the last two years. It is only recently that live performances have restarted.

And now eminent artistes like Neena have to deal with such asshloes!

For those who can read Malayalam, Neena has shared her experience here.

This Pasha fellow must be punished! No compromise!

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Which @IndianExpress is this?! @NewIndianXpress ?!

How come you haven't named that judge?! What are you trying to hide here? Or what are you trying to prove?! What sort of garbage reporting is this?!

Stop making a fool of yourself!