"Squeezing the Rudraksha, the holy beads in one hand and biting the nails of the other while praying to all the gods for that spotlight to fall on me. But when the SPOTLIGHT fell, time froze around me, I felt dumb and blind for a moment and .... I was scared. Those bitter voices I would hear when I step onto the stage shunned my courage. At that moment, I wished the darkness around, would take me into a long,deep slumber. But I strived all my life for that spotlight but that day I hated it, why?" she said and slowly removed the scarf around her face while standing on the dice in front of thousands of people. And shouted loudly "Because my beauty was ruined". The magnitude of her words silenced the grand auditorium.
"I was born and raised in a sophisticated family. My mother, a Bharat Ratna winner in classical music. Every time I type "man" in google, the first result would be "Manisha Koyer", my mother. My father, an...