Swaraj offers help to veteran dancer living in penury
Press Trust of India New Delhi External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today called and offered help to veteran danseuse Tara Balgopal who is living in a state of penury in the national capital.
"I have spoken to Ms Tara Balgopal. I have understood the problem. We will help her," Sushma tweeted.
The 80-year-old Balgopal is one of the most famous dancers of Kathak, Kathakali and Bharatanatyam in the country.
She was living in a dilapidated room in west Delhi's Rajouri Garden, filled with obscure household items.
Swaraj's initiative comes in the backdrop of the danseuse's situation going viral on social media.
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