Anuradha Muralidharan
As a very small child I remember watching my father write and somewhere in my mind the wish to become a writer was already embedded. He died when he was barely forty and I was close to celebrating my eighth birthday. His success as a writer was abortive, struck down by his death and I believe that I write not just for myself but for his soul to rest in peace!
My first writings were journalistic in nature and I did many interviews with Indian film personalities. It was on a very rainy evening that I penned my first short story. After writing it, I wondered whether it was good and hesitantly passed it to a friend for his opinion. He found it quite interesting and advised me to send it to a publication. That first short story saw ten more and at least five of these were published in leading magazines and one story won me a Christian Dior pen from a magazine.
In 2000, my first book – a collection of short stories called `The Coconut Cutter and other stories” was published. In 2005 my first novel `Wingless’ was published. In the same year, I won the Highly Commended Commonwealth Award for my short story `Nimble Fingers’.
I now work with Akamai Technologies as Manager – Marketing Communications (Asia Pac). I have passed my Masters in English Literature with distinction and am pursuing an M.BA in Marketing.
I am very interested in topics related to `social issues' - we have a ton of them in India! I also like to read about `mind and soul'. I have my own thoughts on this topic related to Hinduism.
Hope you enjoyed reading my profile!
Anu
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Salsa Dance
The Spanish word Salsa literally means sauce or flavor. Take the literal meaning and add it to a dance form and you have Salsa - saucy, flavored and great fun!
Dec 14, 2007
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Lambada
Dancing can look a ritual or it can look like an absolutely sexy act. Lambada has its moves, but they are most definitely graceful and arty.
Feb 23, 2007
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Charkula
Whether it is to celebrate a heavenly wedding or mark a victory, Charkula is a top-heavy dance which has the dancers balance a 108-lamp structure on their heads!
Feb 13, 2007
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Bomba
The Bomba flourished wherever the West African slaves and their descendants lived and worked. In Puerto Rico, this was typically on the colonial plantations.
Feb 6, 2007
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Alcatraz - a dance from Peru
Dancing can be freedom. It can also be an erotic act where the two partner skirt around each other like birds and animals do.
Jan 28, 2007
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Barn Dance – Let the music roll
Dancing is all about shedding your inhibitions and letting your soul flow with the music. Barn dancing does exactly that!
Jan 21, 2007
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Bhangra
Bhangra is a popular style of dance perfomed to music that combines traditional drumming with modern Western instruments and rhythms.
Jan 8, 2007
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Salsa
The Spanish word Salsa literally means sauce or flavor. Take the literal meaning and add it to a dance form and you have Salsa! Saucy, flavorful and great fun!
Dec 17, 2006
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Vladimir Vasiliev - Ballet Dancer
Vladimir Vasiliev is a premier dancer who has made amazing contributions to the development of classical male dance. He has come to embody the strong new Bolshoi male.
Nov 27, 2006
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Egyptian Belly Dance
Egyptian, Oriental, Arabic... the dance has many names, but the one which describes it best is the one by which it is popularly known: Belly Dance!
Nov 8, 2006
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