Theos-Talk Archives (January 1997 Message tl00843)

In a message dated 97-01-26 23:27:06 EST, you write:

<< To Rukmini's credit, there were two activities in which she did some good.
 The first was reviving the traditional Indian Dance which was one time
 practiced only by Temple Women. She was the first one to from the elite
 Indian Class to take up the dance. She has built a University for Dance and
 Music and Arts and is very famous in India today. Today Indian Dance is art
 of choice of everybody in India and even for most of the Indians in the USA.
 She was also very active in animal welfare movement in India and was
 responsible for many legislative changes as she was a member of the upper
 chamber of the Parliament.
  >>

At one point in her career, Rukmini was asked to be President of India. I
forgot which Prime Minister made the request. She declined, deferring to her
theosophical work and her activity in her school of classical dance. I don't
feel that she would have been considered for the presidency of India if she
was an "air head" as one critic on this list chose to characterize her. 

LunarPitri