SHIVA’S FIRE
BY: KELLY ALESIO
SUZANNE FISHER STAPLES
BIOGRAPHY
 SUZANNE WAS BORN IN PHILADELPHIA.
 HAS ONE BROTHER AND ONE SISTER AND SHE
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GRADUATED FROM BOTH KEYSTONE COLLEGE AND
CEDAR CREST COLLEGE.
MOVED TO INDIA, BECAME A NEWS REPORTER.
MOVED TO THE U.S. AND WORKED FOR THE
WASHINGTON POST, SPENT SOME YEARS IN PAKISTAN,
STORIES OF INDIAN WOMEN INSPIRATION FOR
SHABANU DAUGHTER OF THE WIND.
MARRIED TO WAYNE HARLEY, LIVES ON A FARM WITH
THREE POODLES AND THREE CATS.
IS A NOVELIST, TRAVELS AROUND INDIA A LOT.
SUZANNE FISHER STAPLES
OTHER BOOKS
 SHABANU DAUGHTER OF THE
WIND
 THE HOUSE OF DJINN
 UNDER THE PERSIMMON TREE
 DANGEROUS SKIES
 HAVELI
 THE GREEN DOG
SUZANNE FISHER STAPLES
AWARDS FOR SHIVA’S FIRE
 NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
 BOOKS FOR THE TEEN AGE LIST
 PARENTS' CHOICE GOLD AWARD
 PARENT'S GUIDE AWARD,
 PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY BEST BOOKS
 CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR
SHIVA’S FIRE OVERVIEW
 SHIVA’S FIRE IS ABOUT A GIRL NAMED PARVATI
WHO LOVES TO DANCE.
 AS PARVATI GROWS UP SHE BECOMES
KNOWN FOR STRANGE EVENTS THAT SEEM TO
SPRING FROM BENEATH HER FEET.
 ONE DAY THE GURU PAZHAYANUR MUTHU
KUMARA PILLAI, THE GREAT MASTER OF
INDIAN CLASSICAL DANCE, COMES TO SEE
PARVATI AND INVITES HER TO STUDY WITH
HIM.
 THEN SHE MEETS A BOY WHO WITH HIS OWN
POWERS TURNS HER LIFE UPSIDE DOWN.
CLASSICAL INDIAN DANCE
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DANCES PERFORMED INSIDE OF A TEMPLE WERE
CALLED AGAMA NARTANAM. THIS TYPE OF DANCE IS
CLASSIFIED THIS TYPE OF DANCE FORM AS THE SOULLIBERATING DANCE.
 DANCES PERFORMED IN ROYAL COURTS WERE CALLED
CARNATAKAM.
 DARBARI AATTAM WAS A FORM OF DANCE THAT
APPEALED MORE TO THE COMMONERS AND IT
EDUCATED THEM ABOUT THEIR RELIGION, CULTURE AND
SOCIAL LIFE.
Everyday
Cotton
Sari
Silk
Embroidered
Sari
INDIAN CLOTHING
Fancy Silk
Dhoti
 Indian men used to wear a single piece of loose cloth called
a dhoti. It is draped around the legs and one end was tucked
along the waist.
 Women wore saris, long pieces of cloth that can be
wrapped in different ways over the body.
 Saris were usually five yards long.
 The sari was worn as a skirt with the upper part thrown over
the shoulder.
LINKS
 CLASSICAL INDIAN DANCING VIDEO
 INDIAN SARI FASHION SHOW
 ANCIENT INDIAN FASHION FACTS
 INDIAN MEN'S WEAR
 WIKIPEDIA-INDIAN CLASSICAL
DANCE