Rituparna Pal

dancing, writing, forever self-doubting ✌🏽

[Nrithya @nrithyapillai]

Here is a solidarity statement that I have signed in support of @kirubamunusamy ,I request everyone who understands how important it is that we stand by her at this juncture to sign and share the statement !

https://t.co/A9yobXlTk2

[Nrithya @nrithyapillai]

Let’s make Kalakshetra great again ? Because brahminic cultural nostalgia is the dominant rasa of CLASSical dance . Also there is no caste because , Nairs , Menons and non Brahmin students are the majority and all of them learn kalakshetra style.:)

https://t.co/wCgLQ9iMpg

[queerbeat @queerbeat_media]

In 2014, Komal Dubey found herself stuck in a bleak stretch of depression. No one took her relationship or grief seriously. @gaachburi spoke to her and writes about how the average queer woman in India struggles to find mental healthcare.
🧵 1/n
https://t.co/4JV8xHeRET

[Nrithya @nrithyapillai]

Keeping away from savarnas -they benefit from my discourse and writings and better their understandings and then silence ,tone police and gas light me .Somehow their caste affiliations always take priority . I have realised relationships with them will always be a one way street

[Nrithya @nrithyapillai]

To Dravidian peeps who want Tamizh Sadir reclamation, don’t tag me or use my writings to further your reductionist understandings ! I am not in agreement with your understandings - particularly this differentiation between thevaradiyar and devadasi. Love and Eros are not dirty !

[Nrithya @nrithyapillai]

If there is a source of information that is available on Bharathanatyam and it’s history from government organisations will cultural nationalism still not be the driving force of such content? Nationalism and politics of some kind is always the driving force of any content !

[APPSC IIT Bombay @AppscIITb]

Massive protest in @iitmadras by students demanding a fair and independent enquiry on the suicides, and institutional changes against harassment by faculties and support systems for students.

[Nrithya @nrithyapillai]

The reason I am able to call out these powerful folks is ONLY because I have given up on wanting to dance or be part of their CLIQUE! I take it upon myself to make people see how horribly casteist the Indian CLASSIcal Arts world is ! That is all I want !

[Nrithya @nrithyapillai]

Here is Dr Anita Ratnam talking about caste - calling it a “hot topic” . After being subject to covert and not covert bullying , casteist attacks and threats from both Dr Ratnam and writers who write on her platform , this triggers me to no end .

https://t.co/5F6PUvYB8N

[Rituparna Pal @rituparnahere]

https://t.co/GPEfSyHIbs this was what "reform" and formation of "classical" dance was all about - caste.

[Rituparna Pal @rituparnahere]

https://t.co/orzSDtqnN8 perfect example of oppressor caste impunity. Narthaki has time and again published casteist content. They are yet to acknowledge the harm they have caused in the recent past to dissenting, politically aware dancers and thinkers from hereditary community...

[Rituparna Pal @rituparnahere]

Now what quote would the reporter have got from her, that there's no jati hasta? I have had the misfortune of attending theory class in kalakshetra where gestures denoting caste were taught. Go to YouTube, look it up, you'll also find kathak kendra's video on jathi hasta.

[Nrithya @nrithyapillai]

Just putting this out here. Journalists speaking of narthaki website and it’s editor in light of the #Kalakshetra issue should know of this too. This happened not so long ago in January this year , I have been subject to repeated casteist harassment !
https://t.co/hpbBbC6SXW

[Rituparna Pal @rituparnahere]

@nrithyapillai @oomaaraa Yep, and not only no labour on their part but outright denial while they also continue to benefit from their caste privilege

[Bharathy Singaravel|பாரதி @KuthaliPu]

Casteism, colourism, body shaming: How Kalakshetra’s culture lets harassment thrive, @AzeefaFathima @kunalshankar and I report.

#Kalakshetra
https://t.co/fUglbqh4zh

[Nrithya @nrithyapillai]

Casteism, colourism, body shaming: How Kalakshetra’s culture lets harassment thrive https://t.co/GpJZQikgRm

[Nrithya @nrithyapillai]

Breaking
@dhanyarajendran @KuthaliPu @kunalshankar

State human rights commission has taken suo motto complaint to investigate Kalakshetra issue. Report within 6 weeks

[Nrithya @nrithyapillai]

Will never forget the time Anita Ratnam , Mallika Sarabhai and Swarnamalya Ganesh went as “brown bodies in Global dance” and shared the platform with Australian indigenous artists . Whitest or white in India , but brown and oppressed outside India .Such a special phenomenon this!