Leap of Faith

"The author Eliza Louis and Balagopalan are both equally lucky - the sishya in her great good fortune of being accepted by such a wonderful guru, and the guru in finding a devout disciple with the academic rigour of a painstaking scholar with true understanding of the art and personality of her mentor. The result is a fascinating biography of an outstanding dancer and dance guru, which runs almost parallel to the story of Kalakshetra... This is an extremely readable, entertaining and illuminating biography of a great artist and lovable human being." - V Ramnarayan, Editor-in-Chief, Sruti, Chennai