Talk:Bharata Natyam

Popularity outside India-Very?

I understand enthusiasm for the dance, but according to the cited reference, there is one school in Beijing where "Around 50 Chinese children" study Bharata Natyam. Does this really mean "It is very popular dance outside India as well."? I think that might take more than a few schoolchildren in one Chinese city. Please consider another way of describing the dance and its international profile, or find a reference that explains its wide range of popularity. Popularity can mean as a dance to perform or as a dance to appreciate. I would look at the other "very" in the article as well. I understand this is just a stub/start, but I hope this article will improve over time. Gotanda (talk) 11:10, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Well, thanks for pointing it out. I agree the word 'very' was not required. I don't have much interest in Bharat Natyam, to be honest. But perhaps I got carried away while creating the new article, as these are my early days on this wiki and totally forgot WP:NPOV. I've made some changes and also added a reference about its popularity abroad. One can find many references in books as well as on the web about its popularity. But I'm afraid the article will become over-referenced if we do so. Please check out the changes and let me know if that's fine.
BPositive (talk) 12:10, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Is this really simple??

"This classical Indian dance attracts interest and study in areas other than India, including China Europe and North America."

Is it really simple? Can't it be changed to "This classical Indian dance is popular in areas other......" as it was before? I'm specifically asking this over here as the changes are from a user more experienced than me and would like to have the opinion of more experienced ones so that I can learn something over here. Please do comment. -- BPositive 16:01, 15 July 2012‎

The problem is not the wording of the sentence. The term "popular" was a kind of "red flag". The cited sources are not good enough to assert this claim as if it were a fact.

In contrast, compare this short sentence and its very specific cite support:

In the regions of Bengal and Kerala, Association football is very popular.<:ref>Menon, Dilip. M. (2006). Cultural History of Modern India, p. xvii.</ref>

The problem with the original sentence is not easy to explain succinctly. The issues do not come from any flaw in writing Basic English.

Instead, the problem is that a significant claim is flawed. It is the substance of the claim, not the language which is questionable. Do these few sentences manage to explain it well enough? --Horeki (talk) 01:37, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Bharathanatyam is a soulful dance art