Press Release
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, May 22, 2005: Shubha Bhat, 18-year-old senior at Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA, performed a benefit concert here at Netaji Auditorium on May 21. Her Bharata Natyam recital was to raise funds for the Ramakrishna Mission’s Single Mother support Programme and the educational needs of the underprivileged children at the Mission’s Kindergarten. The Guest of Honour was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Malaysian Ministry of Education, Smt. Komala Krishnamurthy. Other dignitaries attending included His Excellency, the Indian High Commissioner, Mr. K. L. Narayanan, and Her Excellency, the Deputy High Commissioner of the Mauritian High Commission, Ms. Dilshaad Uteem. The performance was top notch, inspiring one local dance teacher who helped with the performance to remark, “Why can’t God send me a student like Shubha?” Shubha’s dance guru is Smt. Shobha Sharma, and is under the guidance of the Dhananjayans of Bharata Kalanjali, Chennai. Shubha enters Harvard University next year.