How SIPs helped this dancer fund his dreams in Florence

In Delhi’s cultural heartland, tucked between the chaos of Mandi House and the stillness of Kamani Auditorium, lived Maitreya. A man of mudras and discipline, pirouettes and precision. He taught Odissi with the solemnity of a Sanskrit shloka, and rehearsed like a man possessed. Not for applause, but for an idea — that art, real art, must be lived, not performed.

This article was originally published on June 13, 2025.