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Kathak (Hindi: कथक) is one of the eight forms of Indian classical dances, originated from Uttar Pradesh, India. This dance form traces its origins to the nomadic bards of ancient northern India, known as Kathaks, or storytellers. Its form today contains traces of temple and ritual dances, and the influence of the bhakti movement. From the 16th century onwards it absorbed certain features of Persian dance and Central Asian dance which were imported by the royal courts of the Mughal era.
The name Kathak is derived from the Sanskrit word katha meaning story, and katthaka in Sanskrit means he who tells a story, or to do with stories. The name of the form is properly कत्थक katthak, with the geminated dental to show a derived form, but this has since simplified to modern-day कथक kathak. kathaa kahe so kathak is a saying many teachers pass on to their pupils, which is generally translated, 's/he who tells a story, is a kathak', but which can also be translated, 'that which tells a story, that is 'Kathak.'
Brijmohan Mishra popularly known as Pandit Birju Maharaj (born February 4, 1938) is currently the leading exponent of the Lucknow Kalka-Bindadin gharana of Kathak dance in India. He is a descendant of the legendary Maharaj family of Kathak dancers, including his two uncles, Shambhu Maharaj and Lachhu Maharaj, and his father and guru, Acchan Maharaj. Even though dancing is his first love, he also has an excellent command over Hindustani classical music and is an accomplished vocalist as well. He took Kathak to new heights by choreographing new Kathak dance dramas.He is also the founder of kalashram. He has toured extensively across the globe, given thousands of performances and held hundreds of workshops for kathak students.
After working along with his uncle, Shambhu Maharaj at Bhartiya Kala Kendra, later the Kathak Kendra, New Delhi, he remained head of the latter, for several years, till his retirement in 1998 when he opened his own dance school, Kalashram, also in Delhi.
Birju Maharaj was born in the house of noted Kathak exponent, Jagannath Maharaj, popularly known as Acchan Maharaj of Lucknow Gharana, who served as court dancer in Raigarh princely state. Birju was trained by his uncles, Lachhu Maharaj and Shambhu Maharaj and his father, and he gave his first recital at the age of seven. On 20 May 1947, his father died when he was nine . After a few years of struggle, his family moved to Delhi.
Denying our restlessness
Frustrations tension eludes
The past was clean
Where thoughts were mild
The present day horrors alive
Slowly passing timeless horrors
Lives within all tears
The mourning in my tears
Drown all the past
We lived beneath these years
Awaiting for the call
For all life to expire
Passive to this day
To infinity we'll fail
The light is dim before us
Shadows appear and fall
A barrage of savage ways
look
another heart is beating
but how?
why?
there must be some way to know
so many roads are weaving
and i
wish
i knew which way i should go
go the way you go
you can't know what you don't know
go the way
go the way you go
you say the world is perfect
and all
there is
is all there could be
but it's all just words to me
say more 'cause I want to know
go the way you go
you can't know what you don't know
go the way
go the way you go
half moon bay playin' forty fives
hammer's in the window while the moose man drives
and they're passing cars like people
and they never say the things they know
and the master of disaster is sleepin' in the road
carbon copy of the last place you know
the past is telling how the future will go
and i can't believe you're asking (in your mind)
i can't believe it's taking (so much time)
sometimes you know the sun can burn you blind
go the way you go
all kinds of people
ain't tied to no mast
got all kinds of visions
of futures and pasts
they won't confiscate you
they'll quote you no facts
they are the human tides turning
they are the fire burning
waving their banner of white
the people are right
the people are right
the people are right!
the people are right
the people are right
ARE THEY RIGHT?!
look another day is breaking
and hot
light
will soon turn the black to blue
I know these roads are weaving
but it's
alright
trust in the ones you choose
go the way you go
(and trust what you choose)
you can't know what you don't know
(there ain't no way to lose now)
go the way you go
(no matter what you do)
you can't know what you don't know
Denying our restlessness
Frustrations tension eludes
The past was clean
Where thoughts were mild
The present day horrors alive
Slowly passing timeless horros
(Chorus)
Lives within all fear
The mourning in my tears
Drown all the past
We lived beneath these years
Awaiting for the call
For all life to expire
Passive to this day
To infinity we'll fail
The light is dim before us
Shadows apear and fall
A barrage of savage ways
Only the darkness can filter through