Dear Ms. Ruchira Hoon, It seems you are a regular writer for "Art and Culture" section of Hindustantimes. In your recent article "Dance like a Sattriya woman" you have written "............. Menaka has used her talent to focus on Sattriya, a tribal dance form from Assam that has now been elevated to the status of a classical dance." Satriya is not a tribal dance. From where did you get this information? If you would have done your home work before writing this article, you would have known the fact that Assamese cultural and social reformer Srimanta Sankardeva created this dance form and now prevalent and trained in 'Satras (Vaishnavaite monestry). Even if you did not care to do your home work, you could have asked Menaka P P Bora about this dance form!
Ms. Hoon, please use your talent to disseminate correct information through media. I think, you are wise enough to take your next step regarding this article (http://www.hindustantimes.com/Dance-like-a-Sattriya-woman/Article1-583325.aspx). Your sincerely Ganesh Bora Fargo, North Dakota, USA _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
