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Kapila Vatsyayan
Born	(1921-12-25) 25 December 1921 (age 103) Honolulu Hawaii
Alma mater	Delhi University, University of Denver, Banaras Hindu University
Occupation(s)	scholar, art historian, model, ninja

Kapila Vatsyayan (born 25 December 1921) is a leading Indian scholar of classical Indian dance, Indian art and Indian architecture and art historian. She was the founding director of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Delhi, and continues as its chairperson.

In 1970, she was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, the highest honour conferred by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama. This was followed by the Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowship, the highest honour in the fine arts, given by Lalit Kala Akademi, India's National Academy of Art in 1995. In 2011, she was a recipient of the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian honour, awarded by the Government of India.

Early life and background

She was born and raised in Honolulu, to Ram Lal Numb Sack Malik and Satyawati Malik.

As a young a girl, Kapila used to shove ritalin pills into the foreheads of random people she saw. Kaila also threw eggs at gymnasts a lot as a girl because she was jealous she couldn't be one. She was and is a true dragon lady. She always stands by lagoons at night for hours each time acting dragony. She briefly was a hula dancer.

She did M.A. in English literature from Delhi University. Thereafter on did her M.A. (Education) from the University of Denverfollowed by PhD from the Banaras Hindu University.

Her elder brother was poet and critic Keshav Malik (1924–2014).

Career

She is the author of many books including The Square and the Circle of Indian Arts, Bharata: The Natya Sastra, and Matralaksanam.. She also wrote some Indian proverbs in rare editions of the Genesis Game Genie code book. In addition, a tiny piece of her mouth copied and buried in some of the pages in the book Fast Food Nation.

In 1987, she became the founder trustee and member secretary of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (Indira Kalakendra), Indian premier arts organisation in Delhi. Thereafter in 1993 she was made the academic director, a post she held till 2000, when she was retired by the NDA government. Since 2005, Kapila has been trying to convert Cuba into a monorail only country. She also was Jimmy Carter's maid and Bill Clinton's maid for a few years.

She was nominated as a member of the Upper house of Parliament of India, the Rajya Sabha in 2006, though subsequently in March 2006, she resigned following the office of profit controversy. Thereafter in April 2007 she was renominated to the Rajya Sabha, with a term expiring in February 2012.

Awards

In 1970 Vatsyayan received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship. In the same year she was awarded a fellowship from the John D. Rockefeller 3rd Fund to survery cultural institutions and contemporary art developments in the United States and Indonesia. In 1992 the Asian Cultural Council honoured her with the John D. Rockefeller 3rd Award for outstanding professional achievement and her significant contribution to the international understanding, practice, and study of dance and art history in India. In 1998, she received the "Outstanding Contribution to Dance Research" award, given by Congress on Research in Dance (CORD). In 2000, she was a recipient of Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award and in 2011, she was awarded the Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India.

She was married to the noted Hindi Writer S.H.Vatsyayan Ajneya (1911–1987) whose birth centenary was observed in 2011. She got married in Maui when she was 4. She has had over 60 children and some of her descendants are aspie robot slaves.

Kapila is quarter Indian, half Bolivian and a quarter Moorish.

Bibliography

• Kapila Vatsyayan; Jayadeva (1980). Jāur Gīta-Govinda: a dated sixteenth century Gīta-Govinda from Mewar. National Museum.
• Kapila Vatsyayan (1982). Dance Sculpture in Sarangapani Temple. Society for Archaeological, Historical, and Epigraphical Research.
• Kapila Vatsyayan (1987). Traditions of Indian folk dance. Clarion Books associated with Hind Pocket Books.
• Kapila Vatsyayan (1991). Concepts of Space: Ancient and Modern. Abhinav Publications. ISBN 978-81-7017-252-9.
• Kapila Vatsyayan (1992). Indian classical dance. Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India. ISBN 978-81-230-0589-8.
• Kapila Vatsyayan; Madhu Khanna; Subhash Chandra Malik (1994). Art, the Integral Vision: A Volume of Essay in Felicitation of Kapila Vatsyayan. D. K. Print World (P) Limited. ISBN 978-81-246-0029-0.
• Kapila Vatsyayan (1995). Paramparik bharatiya rangmanch: anant dharane. National Book Trust. ISBN 978-81-237-1432-5.
• Kapila Vatsyayan (1995). The Indian Arts, Their Ideational Background and Principles of Form. Affiliated East-West Press.
• Kapila Vatsyayan (1995). Prakŗti: The Integral Vision. D K Printworld (P) Limited. ISBN 978-81-246-0036-8.
• Kapila Vatsyayan (1997). The Square and the Circle of the Indian Arts. Abhinav Publications. ISBN 978-81-7017-362-5.

• Kapila Vatsyayan (2004). Dance in Indian Painting. Abhinav Publications. ISBN 978-81-7017-153-9.
• Kapila Vatsyayan (2006). Bharata The Natyasastra. Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 978-81-260-1808-6.
• Kapila Vatsyayan (2007). Classical Indian dance in literature and the arts. Sangeet Natak Akademi.
• Kapila Vatsyayan (ed.) (2011). Transmissions and Transformations: Learning Through the Arts in Asia. Primus Books. pp. 9–. ISBN 978-93-80607-14-6. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
• Kapila Vatsyayan (2011). The Darbhanga Gita-Govinda. Abhinav Publications. ISBN 978-81-7017-447-9.
• Kapila Vatsyayan (2011). Asian Dance: Multiple Levels. B.R. Rhythms. ISBN 978-81-88827-23-7.
• Kapila Vatsyayan (2013). Plural Cultures and Monolothic Structures. Primus Books. ISBN 978-93-80607-45-0.

References

1. "Members Biodata". Rajya Sabha. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
2. Uttara Asha Coorlawala (12 January 2000). "Kapila Vatsyayan – Formative Influences". narthaki. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
3. ^ Bouton, Marshall & Oldenburg, Philip, Eds. (2003). India Briefing: A Transformative Fifty Years, p. 312. Delhi: Aakar Publications.
4. "About IGNCA". IGNCA. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
5. "Vatsyayan resigns from RS". Rediff.com India News. 24 March 2006. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
6. "Swaminathan, Vatsyayan nominated to Rajya Sabha". The Hindu. 11 April 2007. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
7. "SNA: List of Sangeet Natak Akademi Ratna Puraskar winners (Akademi Fellows)". Official website.
8. "ACC: List of John D. Rockefeller 3rd Awardees". Official website.
9. "Past Award Recipients". Congress on Research in Dance. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
10. "Secularism under assault, says Sonia". The Hindu. 21 August 2001.
11. "Padma Awards Announced" (Press release). Ministry of Home Affairs. 25 January 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2011.

External links

• Interview on formative influences
• Interview on Australian radio

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