In India, we are proud of our culture. Every state has its own cultural heritage. One of the cultural thing cross cuts across is Music and Dance. Different forms of dances originated in different parts of India, developed according to the local traditions and also imbibed elements from other parts of the country. Even in the times of Kings and Maharajahs, we read about their preference and appreciation for Music and Dance. The entertainment industry still runs on music and dance. Imagine a movie without dance and music or Music or Dance, we wont and for Bollywood, Tolly-wood or any even including the Hollywood its difficult and next to impossible.

Today, in our life, Television has taken an important part. There are people and families for whom, without programs in TV, they wont take food. TV has become an integral part of their life. Every TV channel, today broad cast one or the other reality shows, and people participate in those shows. Some to show their talent, some to get some fame and few just for public appearance. Be it in any language, be it at national level or state level, every producing channel has "Dance" has its reality show.

Although I am not a great admire of these dance shows, since these shows comes at the prime time and every body watches at home, I dont have any option and I do keep my head nodding. As these shows are watched religiously and followed regressorsly and anxiously I too followed from the day-1.

There are really brilliant and smart dancers in India. Today we find dance classes at every hook and corner of our country. These reality shows have given a platform to every class of the society to challenge the status quo es. Some have flourished and few are still struggling to find the light.

After seeing these series of dance shows, the thought that comes in to my mind is,

I was watching a particular contestant. The contestant was trained in Indian classical dance. The contestant could not make it to final round. Yoga was originated in India. Today we have import yoga gurus from western countries to come and teach in India. Bharatanatyam, Kathakali, katak, Kuchipudi, Odissi, Sattriya are our cultural dance forms let the reality shows encourage these and sustain.

Some day we can only see these forums in Cultural Displays or request the western countires to teach us.

Is "Dance India Dance", "Jalak Dika Laja", "Nach Baliye", producers pay attention to keep the cultural dance forms intact and grow stronger.