The sense of drama that coloured her tempestuous
life was present in her death in the lap of the Himalayas. Protima Gauri Bedi made her
debut by streaking on Juhu beach in the late '60s, and became a symbol of rebellious
beauty. She stumbled on her true vocation: Odissi dance. But always honestly
self-critical, she realised that she was not an accomplished artiste. Next came
Nrityagram, a dance school near Bangalore where she reinvented herself as Gauri amma, the
patron of real talent. But she tired of that too and was again in search of a new raison
d'etre. Spiritual odyssey then absorbed her. Only this time she was buried under the
magnitude of her own quest.
The sense of drama that coloured her tempestuous
life was present in her death in the lap of the Himalayas. Protima Gauri Bedi made her
debut by streaking on Juhu beach in the late '60s, and became a symbol of rebellious
beauty. She stumbled on her true vocation: Odissi dance. But always honestly
self-critical, she realised that she was not an accomplished artiste. Next came
Nrityagram, a dance school near Bangalore where she reinvented herself as Gauri amma, the
patron of real talent. But she tired of that too and was again in search of a new raison
d'etre. Spiritual odyssey then absorbed her. Only this time she was buried under the
magnitude of her own quest.
