I’m President of Dances of India in St. Louis, now in its 47th season! We’re a 2023 National Endowment for the Arts Award Recipient. Click hereto learn more. And please click here for my YouTube page.
I’m also a writer: an essay I wrote on my late father & growing up in STL will be included in Belt Press’ TheBestof the Rust Belt (Keep scrolling for details). This piece originally appeared in their 2019 The St. Louis Anthology.
In addition, I am Story Editor of the acclaimed NY-based international journal Parabola, the Search for Meaning. *Please Click the Button Below for my piece in their Summer 2024 issue, themed Reality.* One of the stories I’ve retold is inspired by a tale of Saladin and a Jewish merchant from the 14th-century Decameron by the Florentine writer Boccaccio. A wonderful tale to read for our troubled times…
It all started when… I performed classical Indian dance on St. Louis TV station KSDK’s kids’ show Corky’s Colorama. And a little while later, I won all those fourth-grade class writing contests.
And that’s how I ended up being a dancer, writer, and storyteller.
This website is a work in progress! Please check back soon.
In addition to writing, I perform, tell stories, & speak on art/history/dance/culture. Please visit the Contact Page for more info.
We—Dances of India— were just featured on Nine PBS’ Living St. Louis! Click Below: Dances of India on Nine PBS