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  Theatre Communications Group - American Theatre - Archives November 2004
Mallika Sarabhai is by no means the only person who has bravely challenged the government of Gujarat on its role in the post-Godhra massacres, and she is not the only person to have paid a high price for it.
Mallika Sarabhai's case, however, is a prime example of the machinations of a state that is intent on teaching high-profile celebrities and artists a lesson.
Mallika Sarabhai is an actor, classical dancer and the director of India's Darpana Academy of the Performing Arts, which was founded in 1949 by her mother, the esteemed Mrinalini Sarabhai.
www.tcg.org /publications/at/Nov04/saffron.cfm   (3868 words)

  
 Danseuse Mallika Sarabhai seeks help from friends
Sarabhai, who heads the Ahmedabad-based performing arts institute, Darpana Academy, has been accused of cheating students by promising to help them to illegally immigrate to the United States masquerading as performers in her troupe.
Sarabhai says the case has been fabricated by a government hell bent on punishing her for her critical remarks on its role in the riots.
Sarabhai, with two others, has filed a PIL in the Supreme Court demanding an independent inquiry into last year's violence and the subsequent distribution of compensation to the victims.
specials.rediff.com /news/2003/oct/28guj.htm   (644 words)

  
 India - Women - Mallika - The Many-Hued Chrysanthemum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Or as is also possible, as the daughter of Vikram and Mrinalini Sarabhai and, therefore, part of a legacy that is much too strong to delink from.
As part of the Sarabhai legacy, Mallika has carefully combined her management expertise to nurture and navigate Mrinalini Sarabhai's (or Amma as she is popularly called), dream, the Darpana Academy, to a successful, viable, golden jubilee year and make it an internationally recognised institution of performing arts.
Now I have a chance to do my bit.” Mallika's vision of the channel is to bring all her experience in to deliver a judicious mix and be popular without being populist.
www3.estart.com /india/women/mallika.html   (593 words)

  
 News | the darpana academy of performing arts
Sarabhai, who will appear with the members of her Darpana Performing Group at the State Theatre in New Brunswick on Sunday, is not just a maverick but a firebrand.
Sarabhai, 51, was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize earlier this year because of her political activism and her role in promoting social justice and development in her native Gujarat, where she is also known as a television personality and film star.
Sarabhai gained international renown during the 1980s as a lead performer in director Peter Brook's theater epic, "The Mahabharata," and she is among the most prominent artists working in Indian dance today.
www.darpana.com /press_media   (816 words)

  
 Interview: Anjana Rajan meets Mallika Sarabhai
Mallika Sarabhai, Bharata Natyam dancer, social activist, stage and film actress, choreographer and writer, is an example of such a dancer.
Mallika is particularly proud of the blossoming personalities of artists, who are discovering new facets of themselves, and the hearty team spirit.
Mallika mentions a comment from one of the Sakshi members that the audiences that come to plush auditoria to watch her shows are the toughest to communicate with on such sensitive issues, because they are part of that section of society that turns its head or muffles unpleasant topics under the clinking of crockery.
www.artindia.net /mallika.html   (1679 words)

  
 Mallika Sarabhai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mallika Sarabhai is one of the most renowned Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam dancers in India today.
Mallika is the daughter of reputed dancer Mrinalini Sarabhai and renowned scientist Vikram Sarabhai.
Mallika has won many accolades during her long career, the -French Palme d'Or being one of them, which she won for the Best Soloist Artist.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mallika_Sarabhai   (225 words)

  
 Mallika Sarabhai | the darpana academy of performing arts
Mallika is co-director of Darpana Academy of Performing Arts in Ahmedabad, a unique centre for the arts which has performed all over India and all around the world.
At the root of Mallika’s performance is her expertise and deep knowledge of two forms of Indian classical dance, Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi from Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh respectively.
Mallika performed in these and absorbed the ideas but it is only in the last decade that she has started to choreograph herself, her company and even her mother.
www.darpana.com /institution/mallika_sarabhai   (950 words)

  
 webindia123-Indian personalities-Dancers-mallika sarabhai
A multifaceted personality, Mallika is not only a dancer, but also a noted film-maker, internationally known choreographer, an actress, a TV anchor, an editor, a publisher and so on.
Mallika started her acting career when she was fifteen and starred in Gujarati and Hindi films.
Mallika, along with her mother co-directs the Darpana Academy of Performing arts in Ahmedabad, a unique centre for the arts which has performed all over India and abroad.
www.webindia123.com /personal/dancer/mallika.htm   (297 words)

  
 Mallika Sarabhai   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Mallika Sarabhai is many people at the same time and they all vie for brilliance.
She is the daughter of reputed dancer Mrinalini Sarabhai and renowned scientist Vikram Sarabhai - an excellent confluence of artistic zeal and scientific pursuit.
Mallika was the proud recipient of the French Palme D'Or, the Highest Civilian Award conferred by the French government, among many other awards.
taal.20m.com /mallsara.html   (748 words)

  
 Letters in support of Mallika Sarabhai facing harassment for speaking against fundamentalists
Mallika Sarabhai is one of our most distinguished fellows, who has inspired countless audiences worldwide-from heads of state to ordinary people-with her extraordinary talent, her brilliant intellect, and her devoted concern for the well-being of men, women, and children everywhere.
Yet Mallika Sarabhai, this treasure of India, is currently the victim of an outrageous persecution that threatens her with jail.
Sarabhai, speaks against the tragedy of Gujrat riots, she is being subjected to inquisition and harassments.
www.sacw.net /Alerts/MalikaSarabhai/lettersofsupport.html   (2042 words)

  
 Tribuneindia... Interview
HE name Mallika Sarabhai conjures up the image of a beautiful classical dancer, choreographer, theatre personality, scriptwriter and an activist all rolled into one.
Mallika then went on to become a catalyst-performer who challenged her audience to sit up and think of ecology, the women’s role in society, gender awareness and cultural atrophy.
Mallika Sarabhai — the dancer, artiste, performer and what have you — has an array of colours, shades and hues attached to her.
www.tribuneindia.com /1998/98sep13/sunday/view.htm   (1651 words)

  
 Petition to stop harrassment of Dr Mallika Sarabhai Petition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
I watched Mallika dance at the Philly art museum a couple of years ago and her stage presence and performance mesmerized and inspired us all specially my children.Stop this outrageous harassment and let her continue her work as India's greatest cultural ambassador.
Dr. Sarabhai has refused to withdraw her case against the State Government of Gujarat for lack of failure to prosecute the perpetrators of the senseless violence and also the failure of the State to provide adequate relief and rehabilitation of the survivors in the Supreme Court.
Dr. Sarabhai has categorically denied any wrongdoing and the charges of human trafficking against a person of her stature is absurd.
www.thepetitionsite.com /takeaction/260152273   (1061 words)

  
 Vikram Sarabhai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vikram Sarabhai was born on 12 August 1919 in the city of Ahmedabad in western India.
Mallika Sarabhai is a renowned dancer herself and has been awarded with the Palme d'Or.
This center was established at Thumba near Thiruvananthapuram on the coast of the Arabian Sea, primarily because of its proximity to the equator.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vikram_Sarabhai   (982 words)

  
 Mallika Sarabhai
Washington, Oct 22 (IANS) Mallika Sarabhai, known for her contemporary interpretation of classical Indian dance forms and advocacy of women's rights, will perform here later this month at "Experience India", a four-week festival of Indian dance and performing arts.
Sarabhai and her group will present "Hot Talas, Cool Rasas" at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center in College Park, Maryland Oct 29.
In recognition of her efforts to promote social justice through art, Sarabhai was among the 1,000 women nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
www.latestcinema.com /art-culture/Mallika-Sarabhai.html   (375 words)

  
 The Hindu : Case against Mallika Sarabhai
Sarabhai on the basis of the complaint filed by Manuben Shah that she allegedly did not refund a portion of the money for taking her along with her troupe to the U.S. for a performance.
Sarabhai said, ``officially I am not aware of any such inquiry, and if at all there is any, I have to say that there is not an iota of truth in it.
Sarabhai, who is also the Director of Darpana Academy of Performing Arts here, had applied for visas for U.S. and Brazil in December last for her troupe to participate in `Folklore Arts in World Fest- 2003'.
www.hindu.com /thehindu/2003/10/19/stories/2003101903141000.htm   (291 words)

  
 Clinton mesmerised by Mallika Sarabhai
Mallika was the chosen one to perform traditional Indian dance at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in honour of the US President and his entourage.
The President was obviously hooked on to the idea for he told her that he would love to have a Ganesha, since the only one he had was a coral Ganesha given to him by Hillary.
Promptly, Mallika handed him the Ganesha painting which she had painted with her feet during the course of her dance.
www.ahmedabad.com /news/2k/mar/24mallika.html   (279 words)

  
 Tehelka - The People's Paper
In April, seven months before the case was filed, on the basis of a letter by one 'VK Saxena', and with the blessings of Gujarat Home Minister Amit Shah, the state government constituted a police and charity commisioner's inquiry based on a newspaper report on the cancellation of the tour.
Mallika and the Darpana Academy were reported to have cooperated with the authorities and there was no malafide intention.
One of the prime objectives of the Hindutva brigade is to force Mallika to withdraw her PIL in the Supreme Court after the Gujarat killings.
www.tehelka.com /story_main.asp?filename=Fe022104hunt.asp   (632 words)

  
 Danseuse Mallika Sarabhai seeks help from friends
Sub: Mallika Sarabhai's travails in upholding her conscience.
Highly regrettable that a daughter of India's space scientist and from a family of Sarabhais is being treated for upholding her views.
Mallika, all the so called social service has just been a trick for cheap publicity, we all know that.
www.rediff.com /news/2003/oct/28guj.htm   (762 words)

  
 The Hindu : Why am I being crucified, asks Mallika Sarabhai
An emotional Mallika Sarabhai, the well-known danseuse and activist who had to get special permission from a court in Ahmedabad to visit Mumbai for a dance performance, spoke out against the "silence and vilification" by the Gujarat press that she had experienced in recent weeks.
But the cancellation of the tour because of the rejection of visas by the U.S. Consulate, she alleges, had prevented her from pursuing a "bright future in America", a statement that suggests she planned to use the tour to stay on illegally in that country.
Sarabhai decided to go ahead with the Brazil tour, but the participants refused and, therefore, the tour was cancelled.
www.hindu.com /2003/11/13/stories/2003111301541200.htm   (785 words)

  
 meraTicket.com - Your Ticket To Entertainment
The daughter of a renowned dancer, Mrinalini Sarabhai and a highly respected scientist, Vikram Sarabhai, Mallika Sarabhai has reflected the best of intellectual curiosity and artistic elegance.
Mallika Sarabhai and the Darpana Performing Group bring its audiences an evening of varied styles and ideas that form the contemporary dance in India.
Highlighting the performance is one of Sarabhai's favorite pieces, Tattakuzkhi, in which the dancers speak from the stage with only the music of a single ghatam, a percussion mud pot, playing in the background.
www.meraticket.com /contents/moviedetails.asp?eventId=383   (339 words)

  
 Songs And Dance For Kashmir's Future
Organised by celebrated Indian dancer, Mallika Sarabhai, the concert is aimed at highlighting human rights and women's issues.
Reaching out The group includes Mallika Sarabhai and two other Indian artistes besides two dancers from the US and Italy.
Mallika Sarabhai: 'Time to look beyond nationalities' Ms Sarabhai said it was time that people forgot about their nationalities and rose against the abuse of human rights and injustice against women.
www.jammu-kashmir.com /archives/archives2004/kashmir20040811c.html   (360 words)

  
 A Dancer and Troupe To Hold Recitals at the Alvin Ailey Studio - October 12, 2005 - The New York Sun
Sarabhai lives in the Indian city of Ahmedabad, where her family founded what is often referred to as India's Harvard Business School.
Sarabhai sees herself as a spokeswoman for women's economic empowerment in India's vast but languishing rural areas.
She points out that a majority of the country's 1.2 billion people live in some 565,000 villages, most of which have yet to benefit from the rapid economic growth seen in urban areas.
www.nysun.com /article/21338   (348 words)

  
 Mallika Sarabhai exonerated-India-NEWS-The Times of India (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Manushi Shah, a student of Sarabhai's Darpana Academy, had filed a police complaint in October last year accusing the danseuse of cheating her and 12 others.
Shah had claimed that Sarabhai had promised to help them immigrate to the US under the guise of the membership of her cultural troupe.
But the allegation was seen by many as a price Sarabhai had to pay for criticising Chief Minister Narendra Modi's role during the communal violence in Gujarat in 2002.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com.cob-web.org:8888 /articleshow/957098.cms   (177 words)

  
 SAHELI E-News
Mallika is an impressive speaker who spoke with infectious enthusiasm about her reform work, which is actually the brainchild of her mother, Mrinalini Sarabhai.
Mallika discussed how Darpana’s work, which empowers women, benefits not only the women, but also their families and the community at large.
It was apparent that not only is Mallika passionate about her reform work, but that she derives a genuine joy from the positive changes that occur as a result of it.
www.saheli-austin.org /enews/enews_nov_2005.htm   (1402 words)

  
 Review - Hot Talas, Cool Rasas - Aneal Krishnamurthy
On October 29, 2005, Mallika Sarabhai and Darpana Dance Company enthralled local rasikas at the Tawes Theatre (University of Maryland, College Park) with their deep understanding of and passion for traditional Bharatanatyam as well as their experimentation with modern dance.
Mallika Sarabhai's stylized abhinaya was effectively conveyed during a solo interlude.
After a brief intermission, Mallika Sarabhai appeared on stage in a simple kurta/pyjama and quipped that now that they had established their classical dance credentials, the dancers would now showcase more abstract contemporary items.
www.narthaki.com /info/reviews/rev307.html   (806 words)

  
 Tehelka - The People's Paper
But the jewel in this crown of thorns is certainly the incessant, ridiculous and groundless harassment of one of Gujarat's most famous citizens: Mallika Sarabhai.
Clearly, if Mallika Sarabhai-internationally renowned dancer, actress, choreographer and champion of human rights, the daughter of no less a national hero than Vikram Sarabhai-if she can be silenced, bankrupted, harassed into oblivion or exile, then what hope have mere mortals of resisting?
The Modi government forgets that Mallika embodies the proud Gujarati tradition, the Gandhian tradition, certainly, but also that of her indomitable ancestor, Ansuya Sarabhai.
www.tehelka.com /story_main.asp?filename=Fe022104mallika.asp   (1234 words)

  
 Mallika Sarabhai to dazzle Delhiites : Mallika Sarabhai, Staying Alive, Western Woman, Hot Taals Cool Ras : IBNLive.com ...
MARVELLOUS MAVERICK: Mallika is a noted film-maker, TV anchor, an editor, a publisher and a doctorate from the Indian Institute of Management (Ahemedabad).
Her troupe Darpana's performance during the 30th Vikram Sarabhai International Arts Festival at the Indian Habitat Center, in the Capital, conveys the same attitude.
The performances are a part of the 30th Vikram Sarabhai International Arts Festival, which is being orgainsed outside Gujarat for the first time.
www.ibnlive.com /news/mallika-sarabhai-to-dazzle-delhiites/3909-8.html   (350 words)

  
 Indian Celebrities - Actress, Actors - Mallika Sarabhai - ShaadiTimes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
With a figure that would put a teenager to shame this mother of two is very particular about what she eats.
Though Mallika may not cook a typical meal, her colleagues insist she conjures the best sandwiches.
Mallika shares a unique recipe, which is a hit with whoever is lucky to sample it.
www.shaaditimes.com /ch/celebrities/ffactor/040719-mallika-sarabhai   (608 words)

  
 Project India: India's Pathway to Peace
Operating from a culturally rich and tastefully decorated institution in the affluent residential areas forming the heart of Ahmedabad, Darpana was founded by Mrinalini Sarabhai and is now managed by her daughter, Mallika Sarabhai, who is an instigator of community projects.
Mallika Sarabhai is the founder of Center of Nonviolence Through Arts.
The Center, launched on Oct. 2, 1996, Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary, is housed at the academy which aims to focus the attention of artists from all fields of the arts and literature toward issues of violence.
www.mssu.edu /international/mccaleb/India/schooltakes.htm   (711 words)

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