This happening in the National Capital!! Elderly people are not taken care by their children, by their shishyas or by the Government!! They have to fend for themselves! It looks too harsh but that is the current reality!!
[h=1]80-Year-Old Classical Dancer Who Trained Hema Malini Is Living In Penury[/h] [h=2]An exponent of Kathak, Kathakali and Bharatanatyam, Tara Balgopal has had a stamp released in her honour.[/h]
08/09/2016
Prajakta Hebbar
News Producer
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File photo of veteran dancer and former English lecturer Tara Balgopal.
Veteran dancer Tara Balgopal's plight came to light with an online petition and in response, the Delhi government decided to come to her rescue.
A classical dancer who is an exponent of Indian dance forms such as Kathak, Kathakali and Bharatanatyam, Balgopal once trained the likes of Hema Malini, but was reduced to penury after her husband passed away and she lost her savings in a decade-long court battle.
But while the Delhi government had decided in July this year to intervene and help her, three months later, she has yet to receive any form of help.
According to India Today, one of their journalists brought the matter to the government's attention again on 28 August.
The Minister of External Affairs, Sushma Swaraj, responded to the tweet on the same day, assuring that help was on its way.
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Swaraj said on Twitter that Subhash Arya, a BJP leader and former Mayor of South Delhi was Balgopal's neighbour and was in constant touch with her. She also assured the veteran artist's well-wishers that she would be monitoring the situation personally.
Balgopal is a celebrated personality because of her accomplishments and illustrious students. Reportedly, she was close to the Nehru-Gandhi family, especially with Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Indira Gandhi. At one point, the government had even issued a stamp in her honour.
The feisty Balgopal is also known to have participated in charkha weaving competitions with Mahatma Gandhi.
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[h=1]80-Year-Old Classical Dancer Who Trained Hema Malini Is Living In Penury[/h] [h=2]An exponent of Kathak, Kathakali and Bharatanatyam, Tara Balgopal has had a stamp released in her honour.[/h]
08/09/2016
Prajakta Hebbar
News Producer
File photo of veteran dancer and former English lecturer Tara Balgopal.
Veteran dancer Tara Balgopal's plight came to light with an online petition and in response, the Delhi government decided to come to her rescue.
A classical dancer who is an exponent of Indian dance forms such as Kathak, Kathakali and Bharatanatyam, Balgopal once trained the likes of Hema Malini, but was reduced to penury after her husband passed away and she lost her savings in a decade-long court battle.
But while the Delhi government had decided in July this year to intervene and help her, three months later, she has yet to receive any form of help.
According to India Today, one of their journalists brought the matter to the government's attention again on 28 August.
The Minister of External Affairs, Sushma Swaraj, responded to the tweet on the same day, assuring that help was on its way.
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Swaraj said on Twitter that Subhash Arya, a BJP leader and former Mayor of South Delhi was Balgopal's neighbour and was in constant touch with her. She also assured the veteran artist's well-wishers that she would be monitoring the situation personally.
Balgopal is a celebrated personality because of her accomplishments and illustrious students. Reportedly, she was close to the Nehru-Gandhi family, especially with Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Indira Gandhi. At one point, the government had even issued a stamp in her honour.
The feisty Balgopal is also known to have participated in charkha weaving competitions with Mahatma Gandhi.
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