Birju Maharaj sang well all his life, as if proving how innate musicality must embody a dancer’s spirit. Just as his vocals were refreshingly soothing, the effervescent maestro’s hands swa
Nonika Singh
He epitomised dance in every pore of his being. Kathak doyen Brij Mohan Nath Mishra, popularly known as Pandit Birju Maharaj, an exponent of the Kalka-Bindadin gharana of Lucknow and rec