Bharatnatyam

Bharatnatyam is a classical form of dance which originated in South India . In bharatnatyam, in the initial few years basic steps called ADAVAS are taught . Then with the combination of these adavas many items are made like Alarippu, Jathiswaram, Padams,Varnams,swarajathi,Thillana etc. and a lot more of them. Most of the songs in this form of dance are spiritual in nature and the stories of all the various gods are expressed through performing them through adavas and gestures.One of the most important part of Bharatnatyam dance is Hastas or Mudras which are hand gestures that are used to express feelings . The movement of the eyes and neck is very important to express certain parts of the story in the dance.
Some of the items have more of adavas (steps) called jathis like thillana, jathiswaram,swarajathis etc . Some of the items have more of gestures and facial expressions and eye movements and have a story that has to be conveyed through the dance . These include Krishna nee be gane baaro, Kaalai tuki aadum, Padams,shankari shankuru etc. and many more. There are some items which are formed by a combination of adavas called jathis and sahityam through which the storyline of the song is expressed with the help of gestures and hand movements like varnams, kautwams. Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Sanskrit are traditionally used languages in Bharatanatyam.
A bharatnatyam programme always starts with a ganapati kautwam then allaripu, jathiswaram, varnam then there are some light dances like padams shabdams. The dance performance is always accompanied by carnatic(classical music).The accompaniments include a singer,a violin,a mridangam,flute,nagaswaram,and veena (stringed instrument traditionally associated with Saraswati the Hindu goddess of the arts and learning). The last item of the programme is the thillana which is a very brisk and tiring dance and finally the mangalam which symbolises the thanksgiving to God.
Arangetram - This is a stage performance given by a bharatnatyam dancer after she has learnt the dance for quite some years and is ready to perform on stage . It is very important for a dance student and gives her a lot of honour and she is blessed and gets an opportunity to portray her talent to the world.
Costumes are a very integral part that have to be looked upon in a dance perfornmance. The costumes are very symbolic and it is generally a saree but tied in a different way so that the dancer has the flexibility to perform all the movements. They also symbolise our tradition and add beauty to the performer. Thus bharatnatyam is a very ancient form of dance and has been prevailing till today. Even today it has the same respect and popularity from the time of the birth of the dance form and is also taken up as a profession by many people who have kept the dance alive till today and will do it forever.

caught for the 1st time in college

This incident happened when i was in the first year of my graduation. We had not even finished half year in the degree college and we had already started breaking rules. My college was quite strict in many aspects.


It was the last day of our first semester exams. We were all very excited and relieved that our exams were getting over. It was the 23rd of october. One of our friend's birthday from our group was there on that day. One friend's bday was der on 25th october so we thought of celebrating both together. We were actually overexcited as our exams were over and we were in full mood to enjoy.


We were really pissed with the strictness in our college and wanted to do sumthing totally against the rules. Im a bmm student and in my college we bmm students were already blamed for not following rules in college but we follow the footsteps of our seniors .We were terribly facing identity crisis in college (:D) and we wanted to get noticed.


In my college campus we have one main building , an engineering building and an annexure building. The main building has classes for all the other streams of graduation except for bmm. In the annexure building only the bmm classes are conducted. My college management threw the bmm section in the annexure building coz they found us too noisy.


As i said it was the last day of our exams and we wanted to give the birthday pple a surprise. So one guy from my class went to buy a cake. We are 15 people in our group .We were all waiting for my friend to cum bac. Then finally he came bac with a lovely mouth watering ,super tempting, rich chocolate cake .Celebrations and cake cutting is not allowed in my college and we like the owners of the college had decided to break the rule. We were actually thinking where to cut the cake. The canteen was crowded so that was out of option The main building and the annexure building face each other . So one of my friend got his bike, kept it rite in between both the buildings and we kept the cake on it. The two birthday people started cutting the cake and we started not singing but screamt the birthday song for them. It was great fun. Actually the exams of the other streams were still not over but we were least bothered and were engrosed in our fun.

Then finally as expected we got caught by one peon and he took 3-4 of us straight to the principal's cabin There it was even more fun. The peon narrated wat all we had done outside and as usual our principal started shouting at us and for our great luck (sarcasm) our vice-principal was also der in the principal's cabin at that time, so double dose for all of us. Both of them got an awesum chance of taking our case and they gave us a big lecture saying that this is not the place to celebrate bdayz or sumthing else and that in the first year itself we are like this thn wat v gona do further and all that crap . My god!!! All 4 of us actually felt like laughing out asses out but we cudnt do that. With great difficulty we controlled our laughter hahhaahah!!! We heard all that she said .S he told us to write an apology letter and we did that and gave it to her rite away and she said that she'll display it on the notice board so that no one else repeats it again which was even more funnier and then she kicked us out of her cabin . We all came out and told everything that happened inside to the other guys and all of us burst out laughing. That day we all felt proud of ourselves and felt like real bmm students who are known to not follow rules . Looking at the college office and the principal's cabin, we all told that this is just the beginning. Therz a lot more to go and a lot more crazy stuff that we are gonna do in college further .Then after that we all went out of our college proudly with our heads raised high .Then all of us went to Mc Donalds and relished the cake and enjoyed a great treat


I think no on from my group will ever be able to forget this birthday incident and especially the shoutings of our principal. :D lollzz cya

cockroach dissection

This is probably one of the most funniest and memorable incidents of my life. When the incident actually happened to me it was a serious matter but now when i think of it i start laughing .

This incident happened when i was in my 12th std. I had taken up science as my stream in the 11th std. From the time i have come into existence in this world i hv hated cockroaches from the bottom of my heart. I have always been scared of insects and specifically super scared of cockroaches. We had cockroach dissection in our syllabus in the 12thstd. When i came to know about this i was terrified. I cudnt manage to see a cockroach 4 feet away how on earth will i be able to dissect it ?? there was no chance of me dissecting the cockroach . I was just praying to god that some magic should happen and the university should scrap cockroach dissection from our syllabus . but nothing of that kind happened.

Then finally the D day had cum . Our practicals were at 11.30 am. I was praying that sumthing shud happen to me or i shud fall sick or there shud be so much traffic that i get really late or the pracs shud get cancelled or it shud b a public leave or it shud rain so heavily that our pracs get cancelled but my luck dint favour me on that day and nothing of that sort really happened. I had no option left but to go for my pracs. I reached college at 11.15 . then we finally entered the laboratory. The dead cockroaches were kept one on each plate for every student on a big table. My luck was so bad that i cudnt even do it with sumone i had to do it all alone. We all sat in front of one dead cockroach. I was getting really scared to sit in front of the cockroach. But finally my friends they told me that nothing will happen and made me sit. then after sum 10 min. our mam called us in front to show us how to dissect the cockroach i had to go. i thought that they will be providing us with gloves and that we will have to dissect the cockroach with foreceps .but i soon realised that cudnt do it that way. Our mam took one cockroach in hand and started dissecting it slowly. I almost felt like puking out when she was dissecting. How can sumone hold a cockroach in hand and moreover dissect it??? I was feeling even worse by the thought that even i will have to do the same. I saw how mam dissected it and then we all went back to out places and i sat in front of the cockroach. I started feeling very creepy. I requested people near me to do the dissection for me .They helped me out a little but cant blame them they had to finish their work also. I was just sitting dumbstruck and scared in front of the cockroach . I made many attempts to touch it but i cudnt. Unluckily the mam whom we got for my batch was very strict and heartless. I requested her so many times if i cud not do the dissection but she dint agree. I was praying that those 2 hrs pass really fast and i get out of that hell. Every second became a terror for me . Some guys who were sitting in front of me started scaring me all the more saying that the cockroach will start flying now such idiots! Rather than helping me out they were scaring me all the more. Then finally after sum time you wont believe but i started crying . I was feeling as if i was put in jail and was forced to do the work . i cudnt go out neither cud i do the dissection . I'm not exaggerating but i cried so badly in the lab that day. I have never in my life cried in public and i hate it but i dont know wat happened to me that day. I was feeling so embarassed . But that mam dint seem to sympathize me even a bit. She was screaming at me even more . Then finally my friend who had finished her dissection came to me dissected the cockroach in front of me .I dint even touch that creature once. All i did was called the mam to show the dissected cockraoch in front of me which my friend had done. Then finally that mam signed my journal and the first time in my life i ran away so badly out of my college.

It was the worst and most embarassing day of my life. When i told this to my friends outside they burst out laughing and i hated them at that time. But now when i think of that incident i also start laughing and i still cant believe that a dead cockroach made me cry.

This is one disastrous incident that has happened to me and i will never be able to forget this incident all through my life.:D