Seeking..

I have been booked for another dance production or rather I have allowed myself to be booked. Rehearsals are pretty much everyday but hey who’s to complain? I have nothing to do anyways. Schools out which mean I have no relief teaching and the kid is off for a holiday so tutoring is in hold for awhile. So what better way to occupy myself than with exploring movements :}





To be an Indian outside of India. Something that every Singaporean Indian should relate to. Cultural identity is something that always intrigues me especially in this day and age where we call ourselves a cosmopolitan society. I have always separated cultural identity form individual identity. But I am starting to re think this division .Does not our own identity bear a resemblance to our culture? As I far as I {and only I} am concerned, we are very much in denial to what being Indian is, delusional in our own ideas of what representation of culture should be. So I ask myself what does it mean to be Indian? Does being Indian mean being able to speak my dialect? Does being Indian mean swearing by my masala, spicy hot and mouth watering cuisine not to mention savouring such scrumptious food with my fingers? Does being Indian mean religiously watching movies produced by the motherland? Does being Indian mean never being punctual to any occasion? Or Does being Indian mean respecting and representing my heritage to the best means possible? I never underwent an “identity crisis” per say but the questions seem incessant at present time. I don’t think this crisis has got to do with who I am like “identity crises” usually border but rather deals more with what I am. I am honestly struggling to find an answer but I doubt I’ll ever receive a textbook answer right away. It’s going to have to be a journey I take just like the journey my Indian forefathers took leaving their family and homeland making us all Indians outside India. All I can say for now is that I know I have a culture to be mighty proud off, meaningful traditions, breath taking architecture, amazing variations of movements in motion, a myriad of languages and exceptionally appealing mythology.