New Delhi [India], October 22 (ANI/GPRC): Diwali, the great Indian festival, the festival of lights, the festival of joy, is around the corner and people can be seen all geared up for celebration. On this festival day, courtyards are decorated with colourful rangoli, and lamps are lit, people dress in new clothes, eat delicacies, share gifts, light lamps, and as the sun sets, they burst crackers. From feasting to fireworks, the festival brings friends and families together in innumerable ways.

New Delhi [India], March 29 (ANI): The incident of barring a popular Bharatanatyam artist from performing in a scheduled dance programme at the Koodalmanikyam temple in Kerala's Thrissur district came as a "shocking" move to Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday.

Mumbai Oct 22 PTI Narrating the ordeal she goes through at the airports during security checks actor and well-known Bharatanatyam dancer Sudhaa Chandran has made an appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide a special card to people with artificial limbsThe 56-year-old actor posted a video on her Instagram page on Thursday evening and said she is totally hurt to go through the grill at the airports every time she is flyingTotally hurt each time going through this grill is very very hurtinghope my message reaches the state and the central govt authoritiesand expecting a prompt action she wroteIn the video which seems to be shot at an airport Chandran first introduced herselfThis is a very personal note that I want to tell our dear Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji This is an appeal to the central government and the state governmentI am Sudhaa Chandran an actress and dancer by profession who has danced with an artificial limb and created history and made my country very proud of me the actor saidChandran said she has requested the airport authorities on a number of occasions to conduct an ETD Explosive Trace Detector for her artificial limb but they always ask her to remove itEvery time I go on my professional visits each time I am stopped at the airport and when I request them at the security to the CISF officials that please do an ETD Explosive Trace Detector test for my artificial limb they still want me to remove my artificial limb and show it to them Is it humanly possible Modi ji Is this what our country is talking about Is this the respect that a woman gives another woman in our society It is my humble request to you Modi ji that please give us a card just like senior citizens have she said in the videoOn Friday the Central Industrial Security Force CISF replied to a news story about Chandrans grievances and apologised to the actor for the inconvenienceWe are extremely sorry for the inconvenience caused to Ms Sudhaa Chandran As per protocol prosthetics are to be removed for security checks only under exceptional circumstances read the tweet from CISFWe will examine why the lady personnel concerned requested Ms Sudhaa Chandran to remove the prosthetics We assure Ms Sudhaa Chandran that all our personnel will be sensitised again on the protocols so that no inconvenience is caused to travelling passengers it addedChandran lost right leg at the age of 16 in 1981 She got injured in an accident and was later admitted to a hospital where doctors had to amputate her leg after discovering gangrene formationShe subsequently regained some mobility with the help of a prosthetic Jaipur foot Since then she has been performing as a professional dancer as well as acting in films and television shows PTI RB RB RB