P 2 THE DANCE INDIA P 67 THE DANCE INDIA Registered with the Registrar of Newspapers for India under No. APENG/2016/68616. Date of Publication 5th of every month and Posted between 5th to 10th of Every month under License No. VM/219/2016-2018 P 68 THE DANCE INDIA CCCOOONTENTENTENNNTSTSTS Volume 3 | Issue 12 | June 2019 04 EDITORIAL TEAM 05 EDITOR’S DESK 10 06 CULTURAL BULLETIN 10 TORCH BEARERS C Rajendiran: A Savant of Thirukkural 22 COVER STORY Guru Gopinath: A Legacy Revisited 20 32 RAYS OF HOPE Leena Mohanty: Transcending beyond barriers 40 SCHOLARLY CORNER 44 REVIEWS 54 ARANGETRAM 58 VEDIKA 32 65 TRIBUTES 66 CLASSIFIEDS P 3 THE DANCE INDIA EDITORIAL ‘The Dance India’- a monthly cultural magazine in English is our humble attempt to capture the "IF THE ART IS POOR, spirit and culture of art in all its diversity. THE NATION IS SICK." 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On behalf of The Dance India magazine, I congratulate the newly formed NDA government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The NDA has won most of the seats in the recently concluded general elections and the newly formed government is in a seat of absolute power. As the popular saying goes, with power comes responsibility. Prahlad Singh Patel, who has taken charge as the minister of state (independent charge) of the ministry of culture; and minister of state (independent charge) of the ministry of tourism, has a Herculean task in front of him. Protecting and propagating Indian arts and culture has been a challenge for the former ministers and the art fraternity though let down in the past is hopeful of the new minister-designate to deliver on mandatory tasks in the interest of Indian arts. The welfare of the artiste and propagation of the art forms should take the front seat. Critics from the art fraternity have been accusing autonomous bodies under the ministry of culture on various accounts of corruption such as misuse of funds, misuse of power and extensive lobbying. Only time would tell, how effective the governance under the new leadership would pan out. The country looks forward to a rich cultural development laced in Indian roots, principles and values. Jai Hind! BR Vikram Kumar P 5 THE DANCE INDIA Source: PIB Prahlad Singh Patel takes charge as the minister of state (independent charge) of the ministry of culture rahlad Singh Patel assumed charge as the minister of state (independent charge) of the Pministry of culture, Government of India, in New Delhi on May 31. The five-time MP, Prahlad Singh Patel represents Damoh Lok Sabha Constituency in Madhya Pradesh. He has previously been a member of many Parliamentary Committees in the 16th Lok Sabha. The 59-year-old minister takes interest in a wide range of social and cultural activities including preservation of Indian culture, development of rural areas, farmers’ welfare and promotion of sports. Addressing media persons, soon after taking charge, am sure my ministry will work to build a ‘New India’ by the minister said, “Under the visionary leadership and actively investing in strengthening our cultural roots guidance of our Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, I and preserving civilisational continuity.” A high-level team of ASI officials visits Puri and Konark high-level team of Archaeological Survey of India The chemical cleaning and consolidation of the eastern (ASI) officials led by DG ASI, Usha Sharma visited face will be completed on priority. The monument will AOdisha to assess the nature and quantum of be restored back to normal within about a fortnight. damage caused by cyclone Fani to Shree Jagannath The team also visited Sri Jagannath Puri Temple to Temple, Puri and Sun Temple, Konark. assess the damage. The state government had sought The team visited Konark in the forenoon on May 10. help from the ASI to assess the damage caused to The team observed that by and large there is no these world heritage monuments. The team will also structural damage to the monument. The team has suggest restoration exercise needed for the informed that there is some dislocation in the scaffolding monuments and the surrounding areas. provided for chemical cleaning at upper level which is Earlier, the superintending archaeologist, Bhubaneswar being set right. More than 200 trees have been Circle ASI, had inspected the monuments including damaged which are being cleared. The electric and Shree Jagannath Temple at Puri. He found certain illumination system including internet access has gone damages on the surface but no major damage to the out of order, restoration of which will take some time. structure of the temple. P 6 THE DANCE INDIA NEWS PRESS COMMUNIQUE The President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, has directed the allocation of portfolios among the following members of the Union Council of Ministers: Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister and also in- charge of: Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space; and All important policy issues; and All other portfolios not allocated to any minister. Cabinet Ministers 1 Shri Rajnath Singh,Singh, Minister of Defence. 2 Shri Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs. 20 Shri Pralhad Joshi, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines. 3 Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of Micro, 21 Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey, Minister of Skill Small and Medium Enterprises. Development and Entrepreneurship. 4 Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda, Minister of 22 Shri Arvind Ganpat Sawant, Minister of Heavy Chemicals and Fertilizers. Industries and Public Enterprise. 5 Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance; 23 Shri Giriraj Singh, Minister of Animal Husbandry, and Minister of Corporate Affairs. Dairying and Fisheries. 6 Shri Ramvilas Paswan, Minister of Consumer 24 Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Minister of Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. Jal Shakti. 7 Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister of Ministers of State (Independent Charge) Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Minister of Rural 1 Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj. State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of 8 Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Law and Labour and Employment. Justice; Minister of Communications; and Minister 2 Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State of Electronics and Information Technology. (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics 9 Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Minister of Food and Programme Implementation; and Minister of Processing Industries. State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of 10 Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot, Minister of Social Planning. Justice and Empowerment. 3 Shri Shripad Yesso Naik, Minister of State 11 Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister of (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayurveda, External Affairs. Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH); and Minister of State in 12 Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, Minister the Ministry of Defence. of Human Resource Development. 4 Dr. Jitendra Singh, Minister of State 13 Shri Arjun Munda, Minister of Tribal Affairs. (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of 14 Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, Minister of Women Development of North Eastern Region; Minister of and Child Development; and Minister of Textiles. State in the Prime Minister’s Office; Minister of State 15 Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Health and Family in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Welfare; Minister of Science and Technology; and Pensions; Minister of State in the Department of Minister of Earth Sciences. Atomic Energy; and Minister of State in the Department of Space.