Anila Sunder

In first instant this will not look a news related with a sindhi girl/woman if the world “Sindhi” may be omitted from the news, but this is the fact that in the modern times sindhi girls and women are no more restricted to remain within the house as the tradition goes, they are coming out with career in many fields even in the performing art. As for as Anila was concerned, though dance was the prime attraction for her but still she didn’t forget academic education and passed Master degree in clinical psychology and joined Jai Hind College as the lecturer for a very short period.
Anila was born as the daughter of Doctor couple Nanki and Govind Makhijani at Ulhasnagar on 11 November 1951. One might be surprised to learn that at the tender age of seven years when a normal child even thinks beyond the toys, she had made her mind for becoming a dancer. Anila was fortunate so her parents made arrangement for her training in dancing. At the tender age of 11 years Anila has passed an examination in Kathak Dance held at Prayag Sangeet Samiti Allahabad.
Anila is married with Sunder Nachnaney and has adopted husbands name as addition to her post marriage name. The couple is blessed with a daughter Rachna. After participating in festival of dance and music held at Tehran in 1977, she started to earn fame worldwide.
Her unmatched contribution to Sindhi Art and Culture is that she had presented many historic stories like Lila Chanesar in ballet format instead of traditional Sindhi Folk, and performed with such a perfection that sindhi youth get attracted towards the rich Sindhi culture. I still feel mesmerized when I recalls the chance of being witness for her performance way back in 90’s at Keshavrao Bhosale Natiyagrah Kolhapur. She is one among the best belly dancers born on Indian soil.