Darpanaacademy's video: Mrinalini Sarabhai s Memory

In 1969, Mrinalini Sarabhai's composition on suicide called 'Memory is a Ragged Fragment of Eternity', in Bharata Natyam technique, was enthusiastically received by audiences. 'This touching theme inspired by the appalling suicide rate of women in India, dealt tellingly with the life of a woman being uprooted in marriage and her suffering in her new world, but never descended to the morbid; 'It had intellectual force and dedicated artistic purpose and was profoundly exciting; wrote the critic of the Hindu (1969). An editorial in the Indian Express called it the first experiment in dance that spoke boldly of a social evil that haunted women everywhere ( 1971) In this reproduction of 2011, the lead dancer is Mrinalini's daughter Mallika Sarabhai, with co-dancers Sonal Solanki and Puja Purohit. Music by Jayan Nair, accompanied by Palanivelu on Mridangam, Shaji on Violin, Rajesh on Flute and Manikandan on Ghatam.