Arangetram Fever – Deccan Herald

“This is criminal for our time,” says the veteran Bharatanatyam dancer when she addresses a young crowd at the dance conference. She is referring to the money that was being spent on arangetrams (dance debut on stage). She cites an example of how $75000 was spent on one such arangetram in the US. She points out, do we have a social responsibility of how much we spend on such events? What is the real purpose of an arangetram?
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