Obit/Tribute - Radha Bhaskar Menon: A life in rhythm, a legacy in grace - Bijoy Anand Shivram and Neethi Srikumar

In the evolving cultural tapestry of Ahmedabad in the 1970s where classical traditions had already found fertile ground through pioneering institutions like Mrinalini Sarabhai's Darpana Academy, Kumudini Lakhia's Kadamb Dance Center and Elakshiben Thakore's Nrityabharti, emerged a school that was intimate in spirit, uncompromising in discipline and luminous in vision - Mudra School of Indian Classical Dances, co-founded in 1973 by Radha Bhaskar Menon and her husband and fellow artiste Bhaskar Menon.

For us - Bijoy and Neethi, a brother-sister duo who would later become the first such pair in Gujarat to perform their Arangetram - Mudra was more than a school. It was our sanctuary, our forging ground and most profoundly, our home of art. At its heart stood Radha chechi and Bhasker aettan, as we fondly called them - our beloved Gurus, mentor and the guiding light of our earliest encounters with Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi. 

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