Hearty congratulations to the theatre community as Teejan Bai is awarded Padma Vibhushan. Born in 1956 in what is now Chattisgarh, she is one of the very few woman performers of Pandvani, a folk art form of Chattisgarh, popular across central India. Pandvani (songs of Pandavas) involves spoken poetry by a narrator accompanied by musicians, singing incidents from Mahabharata without the use of stage settings or props. It involves theatrical use of mimicry, movement, song and dance. Vedamati and K