GIVING FAITH A FIGHTING CHANCE
“Give the heavens above more than a passing glance.” From the song ‘I Hope You Dance’ M any years ago, there was this student of mine, who was excellent in her studies and a very talented dancer. She loved almost all forms of dance, although, being South Indians, her family had, by default, wanted her to pursue ‘Bharatanatyam’. But, my student was passionate about dancing – just dancing! Incidentally, this young girl was very fond of my writings, particularly the short pieces written like poems (I still don’t understand what poetry means… I just write!). So, on the last day of her class, she wanted me to write something in her scrapbook (Do young kids still keep them?)… I wrote the famous line from Lee Ann Womack’s song – ‘I Hope You Dance’! Then, I played the song for her on my PC… The young girl was in tears, by the time the song was over. “Thank you, Sir… Thank you so, so much, for everything,” she said, with a warm hug… It’s about twelve years si...