February 29th is a unique day & this lady who was born on in 1904 was not only unique, but also extraordinary.
She protected our Dharma from treacherous missionaries and her name was #RukminiDevi.
The Christian missionaries and British officials presented
"nautch girls" of Uttara & "devadasis" of Dakshina Bharat as evidence of "harlots, debased erotic culture, slavery to idols and priests" tradition, and Christian missionaries demanded that this must be stopped, launching the "anti-dance movement" in 1892.
The anti-dance camp
accused the dance form as a front for prostitution, while revivalists questioned the constructed colonial histories.
In 1910, the Madras Presidency of the British Empire altogether banned temple dancing.
And then, there were widespread protests across Tamil Nadu, but for couple
of decades nothing progressive happened, finally with the help of #KrishnaIyer, this story's Heroine #RukminiDeviArundale came as saviour for the great art #BharataNatyam.

Rukmini Devi Neelakanda Sastri (29 February 1904 – 24 February 1986) was an Indian theosophist, dancer and
choreographer of the Bharatanatyam, and she was also an activist for animal rights and welfare & the first woman to be nominated to the Rajya Sabha.

Rukmini Devi featured in India Today's list of '100 People Who Shaped India'.
She was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1956,
Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship in 1967.

Rukmini like her father got inspired by theosophical society and in 1920 married a Brit, George Arundale.

In 1928, she befriended a Russian Ballet Artist Anna Pavlova & their friendship grew, Rukmini started learning Ballet from one of
Anna's troupe girl and Anna insisted Rukmini to learn Bharatiya Natya instead.

In 1933, at Madras she watched SADHIR, Devadasi style of dance.
Infatuated by what saw, Rukmini started learning from Mylapore Gowri Amma & with the help of Krishna Iyer, she continued her studies
under Meenakshi Sundaramman Pillai.
In 1935, at Golden Jubilee Fest of Theosophical Society Rukmini gave her first performance.
In January 1936, along with George Arundale, Rukmini established #Kalakshetra at Adyar, Chennai.
The forgotten dance form #BharataNatyam was revived
by Rukmini & Krishna Iyer and brought it to Global Attention.

They included Violin, established new kinds of sets, designed temple jewellery accordingly, took enormous pain in reviving Bharatanatyam.
Please remember British had banned due to Christian Missionaries.
(Same bunch of Anti Hindu brigade under Leela Samson showed Jesus's and Bible through Bharatanatyam later, hypocrites)

She approached many famous artisans across fields from priests to musicians to sculptures to painters.
The result was Magical and Magnificent.
Rukmini Devi Arundale brought Ramayana, Mahabharata, Geeta Govinda, Usha Parinaya, Kumara Sambhava, Shabhari Moksha, Seeta Swayamvara ON STAGE.
Rukmini Devi was nominated for Rajyasabha in 1952 again in 1956.
She during her tenure brought Prevention of Cruelties for Animals Act
and under her Chairmanship, was instrumental in bringing Animal Welfare Board in 1962.
Rukmini was also VP of International Union of Veg's from 1955 till her death in 1986.
In 1977, Morarji Desai offered her the post of President of Bharat which Rukmini declined.
The life of a legendary artist & the woman who revived Bharatanatyam came to an end on February 24th 1984 at Chennai.
#ForgottenLegends
#VANDEMATARAM

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#NotMyMahatma - 6

Contd from yesterday,

Gandhi moved resolution congratulating Viceroy Irwin & his wife for escaping from bomb attack, by saying he see himself as a trustee of the safety of British lives.

But what about the lives of the Congressmen, or other freedom fighters,
who were required to sacrifice without demur. Many Congressmen opposed the resolution, eg, HD Rajah from Tamil Nadu wondered "What did it matter to them whether the bomb hit the Viceroy or a donkey?'' The resolution won by a narrow margin, 904 in favor and 823 against ''
(later the word "donkey'' was replaced by "any other'')

H D Rajah, a great SC leader from TN and proud Hindu was later sidelined by Congress & Ambedkar, got politically marginalised, this blunder of Congress gave way to EVR, DK.

Disappointed that Congress was a divided house
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ಚಿತ್ರ: ಸ್ವಯಂವರ
ರಚನೆ: ಆರ್. ಏನ್. ಜಯಗೋಪಾಲ್
ಸಂಗೀತ: ರಾಜನ್-ನಾಗೇಂದ್ರ
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ನಿನ್ನ ಕಣ್ಣ ಕನ್ನಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ, ಕಂಡೆ ನನ್ನ ರೂಪ
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ಕಣ್ಣ ಮಿಂಚು ನೋಟದಲ್ಲಿ, ಕಂಡೆ ಪ್ರೇಮ ದೀಪ

ನಿನ್ನ ತುಂಟ ಹೂ ನಗೆಯಲ್ಲಿ, ಏನೊ ಏನೊ ಭಾವ
ನಿನ್ನ ತುಂಟ ಹೂ ನಗೆಯಲ್ಲಿ, ಏನೊ ಏನೊ ಭಾವ
ನಗೆಯು ತಂದ ಮೋಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ, ನಲಿಯುತೆನ್ನ ಜೀವ

ಬಾನ ಹಕ್ಕಿ ಹಾಡೋ ವೇಳೆ, ಉದಯರವಿಯು ಮೂಡುವ ವೇಳೆ
ನೀನು ಬರುವ ಹಾದಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹೃದಯ ಹಾಸಿ ನಿಲ್ಲುವೆ

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ನನ್ನ ಮನವ ಆಳಬಂದ ನನ್ನವನೆ ಚೆನ್ನಿಗನೆ
ನಿನ್ನ ಕಣ್ಣ ಕನ್ನಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ, ಕಂಡೆ ನನ್ನ ರೂಪ
ಕಣ್ಣ ಮಿಂಚು ನೋಟದಲ್ಲಿ, ಕಂಡೆ ಪ್ರೇಮ ದೀಪ
ನಿನ್ನ ಕಣ್ಣ ಕನ್ನಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ

ಹಸಿರು ಎಲೆಯ ಸೀರೆ ಧರಿಸಿ, ಹೂವ ತಿಲಕ ಹಣೆಯಲಿ ಇರಿಸಿ
ಹಸಿರು ಎಲೆಯ ಸೀರೆ ಧರಿಸಿ, ಹೂವ ತಿಲಕ ಹಣೆಯಲಿ ಇರಿಸಿ
ಒಲಿದು ಬಂದ ವನದೇವತೆಯೋ, ಸೊಗಸು ಏನ ಹೇಳಲಿ

ಹೂವ ಸಂಗ ಕೂಡಿ ಆಡಿ ಕಂಪು ಕದ್ದು ಮೆಲ್ಲನೆ ಓಡಿ
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#NariShakti
#SwatantryaSangram

On the Janma Divas of Brave #SuhasiniGanguly, I write a brief tribute for the woman who was a rare figure in male dominated bastion of revolutionaries.

Born on this day Feb 03 1909 at Bengal, she passed matriculation and joined as a teacher at
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She shifted her base to Chandannagar as it was French ruled, the Chittagong Armory Raid was one of the biggest attacks on British & Suhasini with Shashidhar Acharya
disguised themselves as Married Couple & gave shelters for those freedom fighters at her place. On September 01, 1930 British raided her house & in the melee Jiban Ghoshal got killed, Suhasini for the first time got arrested.

Again in 1932, Suhasini was caught with #BinaDas
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#NotMyMahatma - 5

CONSPIRACIES & TREACHERY.

In the early part of 19th century, the freedom fighters across India came together & decided to go all out against British.
Abhinav Bharath, Anushilan Samithi & Gadar party were formed to liberate Bharath.
By #Violence, they built
pressure & with Pen, they caught the attention world over.

At this crucial juncture, when Independence was inevitable, the British planned to bring Gandhi to India in early 1915.

How they did? Read on…

The British themselves enhanced his stature among the general public,
which in due course, contributed to his emergence as the Mahatma. On the eve of his return to India in Jan 1915, Gen Smuts, the South African min, told the press: "I am convinced that Gandhi is sincerely anxious to come to a fair settlement, and his power while it lasts, is an
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Feb 2
Manmohan Singh gets
Lifetime Achievement Award from NISAU.

Out of curiosity I happened to visit their website & looked at Patrons.

1 - Virendra Sharma - An MP from Ealing.
He is the son of Congress Leader Lekhraj Sharma.
Lekhraj was brutally attacked by police for disagreeing Image
against Bombay congressman & Nehru confidant S K Patil.

2 Lord Karan Bilimoria - Knows Nehru & Gandhi Kandhan from 3 generations & good friend of Gopal Gandhi who was director of Nehru center.

3 Shashi Tharoor - No need of any introduction.

4 Lord Rami Ranger - The only person
who condemned BBC's vicious act & accused them for hurting billions of Indians by spreading propaganda.

These 4 are the deciding authority & there are a few youngsters who are in committee without any powers to take decision.

Coming back to this award, even after a thorough
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ರಚನೆ: ಉದಯಶಂಕರ್
ಸಂಗೀತ: ರಾಜನ್-ನಾಗೇಂದ್ರ
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ಎಲ್ಲೆಲ್ಲಿ ನೋಡಲಿ,
ನಿನ್ನನ್ನೇ ಕಾಣುವೆ

ಆ ಕೆಂಪು ತಾವರೆ, ಆ ನೀರಿಗಾದರೆ
ಈ ಹೊನ್ನ ತಾವರೆ, ನನ್ನಾಸೆಯ ಸೆರೆ

ಮಿಂಚೆಂಬ ಬಳ್ಳಿಗೆ, ಸ್ನೇಹದ ಆಸರೆ
ಈ ಹೆಣ್ಣ ಬಾಳಿಗೆ, ನಿನ್ನ ತೋಳಿನಾಸರೆ

ಓ...ಯುಗಗಳು ಜಾರಿ ಉರುಳಿದರೇನು
ನಾನೇ ನೀನು ನೀನೆ ನಾನು
ಆದ ಮೇಲೆ ಬೇರೆ ಏನಿದೆ

ಎಲ್ಲೆಲ್ಲಿ ನೋಡಲಿ
ನಿನ್ನನ್ನೇ ಕಾಣುವೆ
ಕಣ್ಣಲ್ಲಿ ತುಂಬಿರುವೆ, ಮನದಲಿ ಮನೆಮಾಡಿ
ಆಡುವೆ
ಎಲ್ಲೆಲ್ಲಿ ನೋಡಲಿ, ನಿನ್ನನ್ನೇ ಕಾಣುವೆ

ರವಿಯನ್ನು ಕಾಣದೆ, ಹಗಲೆಂದು ಆಗದು
ನಿನ್ನನ್ನು ನೋಡದೆ, ಈ ಪ್ರಾಣ ನಿಲ್ಲದು

ಕಡಲನ್ನು ಸೇರದ, ನದಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಣುವೆ
ನಿನ್ನನ್ನು ಸೇರದೆ, ನಾ ಹೇಗೆ ಬಾಳುವೆ

ಓ..... ವಿರಹದ ನೋವ ಮರೆಯಲಿ ಜೀವ
ಹೂವು ಗಂಧ ಸೇರಿದಂತೆ
ಪ್ರೇಮದಿಂದ ನಿನ್ನ ಸೇರುವೆ

ಎಲ್ಲೆಲ್ಲಿ ನೋಡಲಿ
ನಿನ್ನನ್ನೇ ಕಾಣುವೆ
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