OUR EARTH - WE WILL SATISH SIKHA MRINALINI SARABHAI

Mrinalini Sarabhai (Malayalam:മൃണാളിനി സാരാഭായി) (born 1918) is a celebrated classical dancer of India. She is the founder director of the Darpana Academy of Performing Arts, an institute for imparting training in dance, drama, music and puppetry, in the city of Ahmedabad. She has received many distinguished awards and citations in recognitions of her contribution to art.

Besides choreographing more than three hundred dance dramas. She has also written many novels, poetry, plays and stories for children. She was chairperson of the Gujarat State Handicrafts and Handloom Development Corporation Ltd. She is also one of the trustees of the Sarvodaya International Trust, an organization for promotion of Gandhian ideals, and is also the chairperson of the Nehru Foundation for Development (NFD). Her autobiography is titled Mrinalini Sarabhai: The Voice of the Heart.

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