SHIVA

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SHIVAS FIRE

• BY KELLY ALESIO

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Suzanne Fisher StaplesBiography

• SUZANNE WAS BORN IN PHILADELPHIA.
• HAS ONE BROTHER AND ONE SISTER AND SHE GRADUATED
  FROM BOTH KEYSTONE COLLEGE AND CEDAR CREST
  COLLEGE.
• MOVED TO INDIA, BECAME A NEWS REPORTER.
• MOVED TO THE U.S. AND WORKED FOR THE WASHINGTON
  POST, SPENT SOME YEARS IN PAKISTAN, STORIES OF
  INDIAN WOMEN INSPIRATION FOR SHABANU DAUGHTER OF
  THE WIND.
• MARRIED TO WAYNE HARLEY, LIVES ON A FARM WITH
  THREE POODLES AND THREE CATS.
• IS A NOVELIST, TRAVELS AROUND INDIA A LOT.

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Suzanne Fisher StaplesOther Books

• SHABANU DAUGHTER OF THE WIND
• THE HOUSE OF DJINN
• UNDER THE PERSIMMON TREE
• DANGEROUS SKIES
• HAVELI
• THE GREEN DOG

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SUZANNE FISHER STAPLESAWARDS FOR SHIVAS FIRE

• NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
• BOOKS FOR THE TEEN AGE LIST
• PARENTS' CHOICE GOLD AWARD
• PARENT'S GUIDE AWARD,
• PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY BEST BOOKS
• CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR

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SHIVAS FIRE OVERVIEW

• SHIVAS FIRE IS ABOUT A GIRL NAMED PARVATI WHO
  LOVES TO DANCE.
• AS PARVATI GROWS UP SHE BECOMES KNOWN FOR
  STRANGE EVENTS THAT SEEM TO SPRING FROM BENEATH
  HER FEET.
• ONE DAY THE GURU PAZHAYANUR MUTHU KUMARA PILLAI,
  THE GREAT MASTER OF INDIAN CLASSICAL DANCE, COMES
  TO SEE PARVATI AND INVITES HER TO STUDY WITH HIM.
• THEN SHE MEETS A BOY WHO WITH HIS OWN POWERS
  TURNS HER LIFE UPSIDE DOWN.

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CLASSICAL INDIAN DANCE

• DANCES PERFORMED INSIDE OF A TEMPLE WERE CALLED
  AGAMA NARTANAM. THIS TYPE OF DANCE IS CLASSIFIED
  THIS TYPE OF DANCE FORM AS THE SOUL-LIBERATING
  DANCE.
• DANCES PERFORMED IN ROYAL COURTS WERE CALLED
  CARNATAKAM.
• DARBARI AATTAM WAS A FORM OF DANCE THAT APPEALED
  MORE TO THE COMMONERS AND IT EDUCATED THEM ABOUT
  THEIR RELIGION, CULTURE AND SOCIAL LIFE.

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INDIAN CLOTHING
Everyday Cotton Sari
Silk Embroidered Sari

• Indian men used to wear a single piece of loose
  cloth called a dhoti. It is draped around the
  legs and one end was tucked along the waist.
• Women wore saris, long pieces of cloth that can
  be wrapped in different ways over the body.
• Saris were usually five yards long.
• The sari was worn as a skirt with the upper part
  thrown over the shoulder.

Fancy Silk Dhoti
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LINKS

• CLASSICAL INDIAN DANCING VIDEO
• INDIAN SARI FASHION SHOW
• ANCIENT INDIAN FASHION FACTS
• INDIAN MEN'S WEAR
• WIKIPEDIA-INDIAN CLASSICAL DANCE