The tidy well arranged space does look like it was put together with a lot of thought. But Chandra insists that she does not do up the room often, “I cannot guarantee adding an unusual artifact, I am content with the way it is at present,” she says.
The room also serves as Chandran’s dance school, and as we speak to Chandran, her students file into the room and get ready for their practice session. Chandran then strikes the wooden stick she has in her hands on a rectangular plate this is enough to get pin drop silence from the small group that has assembled. Then slowly with every stroke of the wooden stick the room starts resonating with the sound of feet tapping on the floor. Chandran watches over her students’ movements and smiles as they move in sync to the beats.