Avanti Medhuri clarifies

In response to a report published in KutcheriBuzz dated Dec. 21, dancer Avanti Medhuri clarifies: "At the seminar on Rukmini Devi organised by us on Dec. 19, most of the Kalakshetra students could not attend because Prof. Janardhanan was presenting a lec-dem at Krishna Gana Sabha on the same morning. The lack of audience was also because it was a weekday and we couldn't hold it on another day. Besides, my interest in Rukmini Devi follows the 15 years of research I did in the U.S. My doctoral thesis was based on the devadasis, and a study of Rukmini Devi was important..."