Writer's Block

In the past few months I have contemplated withdrawing from writing on dance and also withdrawing from editing the journal Nartanam not because of financial hardships but because of :

lack of good academic writers,
lack of professionalism in the field,
lack of courage and conviction in one and all to raise issues haunting the dance field.

But as the publisher of Nartanam, and as a believer of the need for a journal like Nartanam I cannot help but continue with the crusade of publishing Nartanam every quarter- one bumper issue after the other, all in time and to great appreciation from one and all. The joy of compiling the content is as immense as is the pain and tears behind putting it together.

Amidst all the efforts at Nartanam, the  desire to update my blog took a back seat. But I am delighted that my blog is read by many like minded people.

I give here links to my editorials in Nartanam which was pretty much what I wanted to say in the past few months. One may check out page number seven in each of following links or on www.nartanam.in

http://nartanam.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/special-issue-on-spic-macay.pdf
http://nartanam.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/60-years-of-jawaharlal-nehru-manipur-dance-academy-imphal.pdf
http://nartanam.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/special-issue-on-dance-criticism-and-photography.pdf

http://nartanam.in/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/nartanam-vol-xiv-4.pdf

http://nartanam.in/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/nartanam-issue-jan-march-2015.pdf

http://nartanam.in/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/nartanam-issue-apr-jun-2015.pdf

Having said all that, the latest issue of Nartanam with a brand new editorial is in the press  and will be out in a  fortnight!