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Rituparna Pal

Rituparna is a dancer/writer from kolkata/chennai, navigating around the fault lines of gender and caste in the context of Indian culture.

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Bharatanatyam: The Choreography of a Brahmanical Past

How hereditary dancers’ communities were shamed and “rescued” by a Brahmanical morality that could not accommodate women whose sexuality transgressed the norms.

by Rituparna Pal

10 min read

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