"Actually, dance forms an intrinsic part of worship in the temples. . . . India alone has a concept of a God who dance…"

"It is the spirit of Purusha and Prakriti, an expression of evolution of movement, a truly creative force that is hand…"

"For the modern physicists, then, Shiva's dance is the dance of subatomic matter."

"In Hinduism, classical dance is conceived as an internalized spiritual practice: using movement, sound and emotion to…"

"Muslim rulers and nobles always patronised music throughout the medieval times... Indian classical music survived thr…"

"Music in India has a history of at least three thousand years. The Vedic hymns, like all Hindu poetry, were written t…"

"Then there are ragas and raginis designated for dance. Dance in its art form is as elaborate as music, and is based o…"

"From the seventeenth century onwards, Christian missionaries made scathing attacks on the Indian classical dance-form…"

"Many of the English-educated elites of India accepted the colonial condemnation of their heritage and apologized for …"

"At a time when the British showed no particular enthusiasm for cleanliness, Indian women for example introduced Briti…"