Contents

• When you become aware
• Scholar-monk’s dream comes true
• Stinking problem
• Aditi Mangaldas tells the story of Kathak
• Contrasting styles in ‘trading places’
• Kohomba Kankariya for Chitrasena’s school
• Kala Korner by Dee Cee
• Best among the bravest
• Why Sidhu is missed
• A grand old lady of the south
• What three scholar monks saw and did
• Rice and curry days and the toffee man
• Avocado: that much-maligned fruit

A burst of Daha Ata Sanniya

Fire dancers bending backwards while they lowered flaming torches into their mouths. Drummers accompanying them while rhythmically beating on two Yak bera. A Gurunnanse (master of ceremonies) holding out a pouch of flammable powder for the dancers to light their torches. And finally a dancer dressed up as a Yakka (devil) performing a scene complete with witty, humorous dialogue.