Re: Anita Ratnam's letter to City Express

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:  Well said Manavantara.
: Today, APril 16, NIE has a feature on me.. perhaps the residue of all that I spoke to young Sharanya. It is flattering profile compressed into about 300 words.
: What I wish for is a short workshop for dance and theatre writers. Padma Subrahmanyan and I have devised a 7 day course to help young writers understand the salient points of classical and contemporary dance. Guess what? There were no takers. Ah, but then we must not give up. If I am still able to perform today it is also because perhaps I still have something to say through my dance. I would also like to mentor young dancers as to how they should prepare their press kits and how they should announce during their shows. The quality is apalling.
: I know.. I know.. thare is a lot to be done besides the dancing itself. But then.. that is why I started narthaki.com 9 years ago.. and look how much all of you are enjoying it.. although it does become an excuse to vent one innner frustrations to the point of t"taking a crap" on the net! 
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:  All too often, reporters/reviewers do not seem to understand just how important their job is! I have seen critics/reviewers attend just part of a program and then proceed to write a report about the entire program! Recently, a friend of mine told me that she was featured in an article about birdwatching - this was about a walk that she and her two friends had had in Lalbagh, specifically to watch and note down about the birds there. The reporter had neither walked along with them nor spoken to all three of them, but the next day, out came an article about them and the walk!
: : Writing a review for a dance/music program is not easy and that is something critics/reviewers need to understand - they need to prepare themselves for it - and that cannot be done overnight!
: : In this case, I suppose the editor thought it was a rather smart/attractive/funny title to the article! He/she did not realize it was in bad taste!
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: : Anitaji, you were right to write to them. :)
: : And thank God for democracy!

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