Mayadhar mansingh biography definition
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Mayadhar Mansingh
Mayadhar Mansingh (13 November – 11 October ) was an Indian poet and writer who wrote in Odia. He received the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian award in India, in
Personal life
[edit]Mansingh was born in Nandala village, Ramalenka Grampanchayat, Krushnaprasad Tahasil of Puri district, Odisha, India.[1] He was married to Hemalata and had 5 children. From oldest to youngest, "Lalatendu, Lalitendu, Labanyendu (deceased) and Nivedita and the youngest daughter, Sanghamitra(deceased)." His second son was a former diplomat, Foreign Secretary of India, a former High Commissioner of India to the UK, and a former Ambassador of India to the United States, Lalit Mansingh.[1]
Career
[edit]Mansingh's literary contributions include essays, poetic plays and long narrative poems. He also authored several research articles on the History of also worked as Head of the Jnankosh Project of Utkal University. His poetic style is profuse with the u
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Sonal Mansingh
"A dancer is not just a dancer. She is a part of this environment. She does not exist in a vacuum. Society and its happenings have an impact on all individuals, specially artistes. If an art form does not reflect the existing milieu, it stagnates."
- Sonal Mansingh
Sonal Mansingh took to dance at a time when it still had not gained respectability as a profession. According to her, prejudices still exist. Even though a dancer was called names like 'nautch girl', she did not pay heed to such snide remarks. She grew up in a family, which emphasized through their living, the values of the free Indian spirit.
Her mother Poornima Pakvasa was very artistic minded and her unconventional grandfather Mangaldas Pakvasa, a freedom fighter, believed in the equality of women. He was one of the first five Indian governors and from a very young age, state guests like Ravi Shankar Shukla, O P Mishra, Uday Shankar
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Sonal Mansingh
Indian classical dancer
Sonal Mansingh (born 30 April ) is an Indian classical dancer and Guru in Bharatanatyam and Odissi dancing style. She has been nominated bygd the President of India to become a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha.[1][2][3] She fryst vatten the recipient of Padma Bhushan in and Padma Vibhushan in [4]
Early life and background
[edit]Sonal Mansingh was born in Mumbai, second of three children to Arvind and Poornima Pakvasa, a noted social worker from Gujarat and Padma Bhushan winner in [5] Her grandfather was Mangal Das Pakvasa, a freedom fighter, and one of the first five Governors of India.[6]
She started learning Manipuri dance at age four, along with her elder sister, from a teacher in Nagpur, then at age seven she started learning Bharatnatyam from various gurus belonging to the Pandanallur school,[7] including Kumar Jayakar in Bombay[8]
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