Ever since I was a child, I had a natural gravitation towards classical dance forms. I say this because I remember when I was a child I would come back from school and diligently watch a TV program on Doordarshan showcasing classical dances. If there was a song playing on a TV, I would get up and dance randomly. My dad used to reminisce these movements much later on too. I was also recognized by my school principal and she called my parents to school and said that I should be a trained classical dancer. but at that point of time, I probably didn't have the strong conviction about it hence didn't pursue it. Maybe these kinds of small incidents etched in me and much later on it became my passion to pursue it. Honestly at that point in my life I didn't know the difference between Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi or any other classical dance forms. It's as if Bharatanatyam choose me rather than me choosing Bharatanatyam. Where I lived, most popular teachers were teaching Bharatanatyam. However, when I approached a local teacher in 2018, she refused to teach me because of my age (I was 34 at the time). But I'm very thankful for those rejections. If not for those rejections, I wouldn't have met my current Acharya Dr. Subashree Narayanan.

We all know it is very ancient classical Indian dance form. And I won't bore you with the definition of it. I found this interesting analogy online (source Mythili Prakash and project Shivoham) and I'm quoting them here.

'Bharatanatyam doesn’t just come with movement, vocabulary, repertoire, technique etc. It also comes with drama, mythology, philosophy, characters, emotions, relationships.'

It is a display of “Nava Rasa” (9 emotions). Bharatanatyam in conjunction with Sangeetham and Sahithyam is a medium for propagation of knowledge, which emotionally connects with the audience to impart a message. Message that will stick with Audience forever.