Unseen Comprehension Passages II

One of the peculiarities on cricket is that
the Test match should go on for five days and
still end in a draw. No another modern
team sport takes even half so much time
to complete. A football match has generally
over in a hour-and-a-half. Even baseball
completes nine innings in lesser than
half the time that it take to play a limited
overs cricket match.

One of the great dancers of
our time, Indrani Rehman was between
the brightest names which carried the
glory of Indian classical dance to every
corners of the world. Having settle in
an United States, she had become a
distant legend for dance enthusiastic in
India. She is awarded Padma Shri in 1969.

Dhrupad, the style of Hidustani
music, was sung by men and since long,
was believe to be sung by masculine
voices. But any people firmly believe
that Dhrupad is bound by not such
restrictions. It is like soft and subtle
as any of the another styles and there is
no reason how women cannot sing it.

Dance in India, is rooted on
age old tradition. That vast
sub-continent had given birth to
varied forms of dancing, every
shaped by an influence of a
particular period but environment.
Dances have being preserved
through the centuries, to become
a part of ours present culture.