 You know, brought me here today, very simple, the word love. I love what I do immensely, I don't know why I feel like that, but I love it immensely and I've loved it since the day I began learning it, it's really boring when you learn the basics, right? But then I just fell in love with it, you know, it's been a tough journey for me, but because I love it so much, I don't remember the hard, you know, the discrimination, the hardships, the practice, hiding on the terrace and practicing with my parents. My parents thought I was doing karate. I think the fundamental problem was I was a boy, small eyes, not even South Indian. I think but what took the cake was that I'm not a literally beautiful South Indian woman. You're so tough to get a program because you know they want to see divas and they look like goddesses on stage, you know, these women. I love it so much, I don't remember the hardships. I promise you, I don't remember a single hard time. I've shed tears, I've cried, I walked out of house, I buzzed tables in pizza corner. Yeah, I've done really weird things for my dancing. I've quit it a hundred times. Everyone says this boy is bonkers. He jumps from guru to guru, he doesn't dance, he dances for one year, he doesn't dance for six months and all that, but that was good on the journey and it defines my existence. Now, Bhartanathim is the domain from where I come from, of literally beautiful South Indian women, right? Big eyes, lovely hair and you know, with gajaras like in North Indian gajara, temple jewellery all over and you know these exotic silks. Okay, Lord Nataraja is the patron deity of dance, right? He is the symbol of androgyny, half man and half a woman, right? Another beautiful metaphor I take from the Lord, Nataraja statue, he's got you know long matted hair, he's a handsome man with a brown hair and you know his locks are compared to lightning. So I'm comparing it to Lord Shiva's, I mean this is because somebody asked me a question, the metaphor and how we learn as Indians to you know, to observe and you know, observe everything around us. Lord Shiva's mats are like this long mats and you know, they're entangled. That represents the complexities of life and the Ganga, everyone knows is the purest source or the purest thing on this planet. So I said, the Ganga is pure, it flows through the Lord's hair, what does it say? It says, if you have a purity of intention, you will flow through the complexities of life, right? And no matter, no matter how tough life is, you know, I think if every, you have to face life boldly, Lord Nataraja stands boldly, hands and legs down and face life with the bold face. I'm going to conclude with a piece that celebrates the Navarasa or the nine emotions and to me, Bharatanatyam is a celebration of where I come from, where I'm going to go or you know, my parents, my background and my identity as an Indian. I present you Adi Nama in praise of Lord Shiva.