Tuesday, November 6, 2007

A 70's movie scene

Therayil House Sunday afternoon.
Upstairs:
I am in my room, first practising mridangam and then tabla.
Leanore (from France) and Evie (from Scotland) are in Leanore's room practising Carnatic singing.
Dan (from England) was in his room practising tabla but now is in the upstairs common sitting area doing yoga, with candles lit around the room.
Downstairs:
Valerie (from France) is in the downstairs common sitting area practising Bharatanatyam classical dance.
Soon the upstairs common room wil be a massage space as the table is the right height and Evie, who has studied massage, has a long list of students wanting massages.
I am reminded of the 70's movie "Fame" and I reflect that I could be in an Indian version of it.