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  • Manhattan, New York | 2005<br />
Men dance at Desilicious, a South Asian LGBTQ event held monthly at nightclubs in New York.
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  • Chennai, India: Thought to be the first Indian American woman with Down syndrome in the United States to complete an arangetram (a public dance performance after years of formal study), Hema Ramaswamy, 24, traveled from her home in New Jersey to Chennai, India, to give a performance to an audience of special needs children. Afterwards, she posed for pictures at the Besant Nagar Beach.
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  • Chennai, India: Thought to be the first Indian American woman with Down syndrome in the United States to complete an arangetram (a public dance performance after years of formal study), Hema Ramaswamy, 24, traveled from her home in New Jersey to Chennai, India, to give a performance to an audience of special needs children. Afterwards, she posed for pictures at the Besant Nagar Beach.
    hemaramaswamy-chennai-1563-merchant.jpg
  • Chennai, India: Thought to be the first Indian American woman with Down syndrome in the United States to complete an arangetram (a public dance performance after years of formal study), Hema Ramaswamy, 24, traveled from her home in New Jersey to Chennai, India, to give a performance to an audience of special needs children. Afterwards, she posed for pictures at the Besant Nagar Beach.
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  • Chennai, India: Thought to be the first Indian American woman with Down syndrome in the United States to complete an arangetram (a public dance performance after years of formal study), Hema Ramaswamy, 24, traveled from her home in New Jersey to Chennai, India, to give a performance to an audience of special needs children. Afterwards, she posed for pictures at the Besant Nagar Beach.
    hemaramaswamy-chennai-1415-merchant.jpg
  • Chennai, India: Thought to be the first Indian American woman with Down syndrome in the United States to complete an arangetram (a public dance performance after years of formal study), Hema Ramaswamy, 24, traveled from her home in New Jersey to Chennai, India, to give a performance to an audience of special needs children. Afterwards, she posed for pictures at the Besant Nagar Beach.
    hemaramaswamy-chennai-1293-merchant.jpg
  • Chennai, India: Thought to be the first Indian American woman with Down syndrome in the United States to complete an arangetram (a public dance performance after years of formal study), Hema Ramaswamy, 24, traveled from her home in New Jersey to Chennai, India, to give a performance to an audience of special needs children. Afterwards, she posed for pictures at the Besant Nagar Beach.
    hemaramaswamy-chennai-1134-merchant.jpg
  • Chennai, India: Thought to be the first Indian American woman with Down syndrome in the United States to complete an arangetram (a public dance performance after years of formal study), Hema Ramaswamy, 24, traveled from her home in New Jersey to Chennai, India, to give a performance to an audience of special needs children. Afterwards, she posed for pictures at the Besant Nagar Beach.
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  • Chennai, India | 2015<br />
Hema Ramaswamy practices Bharatanatyam, a South Indian classical dance form, with her aunt, who is a dance instructor. A few months earlier, Hema had given a public dance recital, called an arangetram, to a large audience in New Jersey. Preparing for an arangetram requires years of formal training and often serves as a rite of passage for young South Indian women. Born in New Jersey to a family with roots in Chennai, Hema is believed to be the first Indian American woman with Down syndrome to complete an arangetram.
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  • Brooklyn, New York | 2008<br />
Musician and composer Neel Murgai plays sitar for several groups, including Mission on Mars, an eclectic jazz-fusion combo, shown here at a club in Williamsburg, with Kaeshi Chai of Bellyqueen Dance Theater.
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  • Sacramento, California: Dance troupe Majajana gets ready back stage before performing during halftime for Sikh Appreciation Night at the Sacramento Kings game, as part of the NBA franchise's outreach to its local community and the global Indian diaspora.
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  • Lincroft, New Jersey, 9/20/14: Ramesh and Gayathri Ramaswamy congratulate their daughter Hema, a young Indian American woman with Down syndrome, after her arangetram, the public presentation of bharata natyam, a traditional South Indian dance form. She studied in preparation for this recital for four and a half years.
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  • Lincroft, New Jersey, 9/20/14: Hema Ramaswamy, a young Indian American woman with Down syndrome, performs her arangetram, the public presentation of bharata natyam, a traditional South Indian dance form. She studied in preparation for this recital for four and a half years.
    hema-arangetram-8066-merchant.jpg
  • Lincroft, New Jersey, 9/20/14: Hema Ramaswamy, a young Indian American woman with Down syndrome, performs her arangetram, the public presentation of bharata natyam, a traditional South Indian dance form. She studied in preparation for this recital for four and a half years.
    hema-arangetram-7259-merchant.jpg
  • Lincroft, New Jersey, 9/20/14: Hema Ramaswamy, a young Indian American woman with Down syndrome, performs her arangetram, the public presentation of bharata natyam, a traditional South Indian dance form. She studied in preparation for this recital for four and a half years.
    hema-arangetram-6568-merchant.jpg
  • Lincroft, New Jersey, 9/20/14: Hema Ramaswamy, a young Indian American woman with Down syndrome, performs her arangetram, the public presentation of bharata natyam, a traditional South Indian dance form. She studied in preparation for this recital for four and a half years.
    hema-arangetram-6204-merchant.jpg
  • Lincroft, New Jersey, 9/20/14: Hema Ramaswamy, a young Indian American woman with Down syndrome, performs her arangetram, the public presentation of bharata natyam, a traditional South Indian dance form. She studied in preparation for this recital for four and a half years.
    hema-arangetram-6145-merchant.jpg
  • Lincroft, New Jersey, 9/20/14: Hema Ramaswamy, a young Indian American woman with Down syndrome, prepares backstage for her arangetram, the public performance of bharata natyam, a traditional South Indian dance form. She studied with Chitra Venkateswaran (right) in preparation for this recital for four and a half years.
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  • Lincroft, New Jersey, 9/20/14: Hema Ramaswamy, a young Indian American woman with Down syndrome, performs her arangetram, the public presentation of bharata natyam, a traditional South Indian dance form. She studied in preparation for this recital for four and a half years.
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  • Lincroft, New Jersey, 9/20/14: Hema Ramaswamy, a young Indian American woman with Down syndrome, performs her arangetram, the public presentation of bharata natyam, a traditional South Indian dance form. She studied in preparation for this recital for four and a half years.
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  • Lincroft, New Jersey, 9/20/14: Hema Ramaswamy, a young Indian American woman with Down syndrome, performs her arangetram, the public presentation of bharata natyam, a traditional South Indian dance form. She studied in preparation for this recital for four and a half years.
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  • Lincroft, New Jersey, 9/20/14: Hema Ramaswamy, a young Indian American woman with Down syndrome, performs her arangetram, the public presentation of bharata natyam, a traditional South Indian dance form. She studied in preparation for this recital for four and a half years.
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  • Lincroft, New Jersey, 9/20/14: Hema Ramaswamy, a young Indian American woman with Down syndrome, receives advice from her teacher Chitra Venkateswaran as she prepares backstage for her arangetram, the public performance of bharata natyam, a traditional South Indian dance form. She studied with Chitra in preparation for this recital for four and a half years.
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  • Lincroft, New Jersey, 9/20/14: Chitra Venkateswaran (right) inserts Hema Ramaswamy's nose ring. Hema, a young Indian American woman with Down syndrome, is preparing backstage for her arangetram, the public performance of bharata natyam, a traditional South Indian dance form. She studied with Chitra in preparation for this recital for four and a half years.
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  • Lincroft, New Jersey, 9/20/14: Hema Ramaswamy (center) celebrates a puja, a Hindu devotional ceremony, with a priest and relatives, including her father Ram (right). A young Indian American woman with Down syndrome, Hema will perform her bharata natyam arangetram, the public presentation of classical South Indian dance after years of study.
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  • Lincroft, New Jersey, 9/20/14: Ramesh and Gayathri Ramaswamy congratulate their daughter Hema, a young Indian American woman with Down syndrome, after her arangetram, the public presentation of bharata natyam, a traditional South Indian dance form. She studied in preparation for this recital for four and a half years.
    hemaramaswamy-8401-merchant.jpg
  • Lincroft, New Jersey, 9/20/14: Hema Ramaswamy, a young Indian American woman with Down syndrome, performs her arangetram, the public presentation of bharata natyam, a traditional South Indian dance form. She studied in preparation for this recital for four and a half years.
    hemaramaswamy-7259-merchant.jpg
  • Lincroft, New Jersey, 9/20/14: Hema Ramaswamy, a young Indian American woman with Down syndrome, performs her arangetram, the public presentation of bharata natyam, a traditional South Indian dance form. She studied in preparation for this recital for four and a half years.
    hemaramaswamy-6568-merchant.jpg
  • Lincroft, New Jersey, 9/20/14: Hema Ramaswamy, a young Indian American woman with Down syndrome, performs her arangetram, the public presentation of bharata natyam, a traditional South Indian dance form. She studied in preparation for this recital for four and a half years.
    hemaramaswamy-6468-merchant.jpg
  • Lincroft, New Jersey, 9/20/14: Hema Ramaswamy, a young Indian American woman with Down syndrome, prepares backstage for her arangetram, the public performance of bharata natyam, a traditional South Indian dance form. She studied with Chitra Venkateswaran (bottom right) in preparation for this recital for four and a half years.
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  • Lincroft, New Jersey, 9/20/14: Hema Ramaswamy, a young Indian American woman with Down syndrome, prepares backstage for her arangetram, the public performance of bharata natyam, a traditional South Indian dance form. She studied with Chitra Venkateswaran (right) in preparation for this recital for four and a half years.
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  • Lincroft, New Jersey: Dressed for her bharatanatyam dance performance, Hema Ramaswamy poses with members of her special education class at Middletown High School South on June 16, 2011.
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  • Middletown, New Jersey: Hema Ramaswamy and Justin Haggan share a dance after being crowned king and queen of the prom  at Middletown High School South on June 3, 2011.
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  • Middletown, New Jersey, 08/14/14: With music on her iPad, Hema Ramaswamy practices the gestures and facial expressions for her bharatanatyam arangetram--her upcoming public performance of a traditional South Indian dance form.
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  • Kawakawa, near Labasa, Fiji | 2012<br />
Kamal Deo performs the lengha dance at Arvendra and Bhawna’s wedding. Men performing wedding dances dressed as women is tradition in some Indo-Fijian communities. A cane cutter who lives with his wife and daughter, he earns more money as a wedding dancer with the nickname “Gorilla,” in demand throughout Fiji, than he does cutting cane.
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  • Lincroft, New Jersey, 9/20/14: Hema Ramaswamy, a young Indian American woman with Down syndrome, performs her arangetram, the public presentation of bharata natyam, a traditional South Indian dance form. She studied in preparation for this recital for four and a half years.
    hema-arangetram-8122-merchant.jpg
  • Lincroft, New Jersey, 9/20/14: Hema Ramaswamy, a young Indian American woman with Down syndrome, performs her arangetram, the public presentation of bharata natyam, a traditional South Indian dance form. She studied in preparation for this recital for four and a half years.
    hema-arangetram-6468-merchant.jpg
  • Lincroft, New Jersey, 9/20/14: Hema Ramaswamy, a young Indian American woman with Down syndrome, performs her arangetram, the public presentation of bharata natyam, a traditional South Indian dance form. She studied in preparation for this recital for four and a half years.
    hema-arangetram-6193-merchant.jpg
  • Lincroft, New Jersey, 9/20/14: Chitra Venkateswaran (right) inserts Hema Ramaswamy's nose ring. Hema, a young Indian American woman with Down syndrome, is preparing backstage for her arangetram, the public performance of bharata natyam, a traditional South Indian dance form. She studied with Chitra in preparation for this recital for four and a half years.
    hema-arangetram-5017-merchant.jpg
  • Lincroft, New Jersey, 9/20/14: Hema Ramaswamy, a young Indian American woman with Down syndrome, receives advice from her teacher Chitra Venkateswaran as she prepares backstage for her arangetram, the public performance of bharata natyam, a traditional South Indian dance form. She studied with Chitra in preparation for this recital for four and a half years.
    hema-arangetram-5032-merchant.jpg
  • Lincroft, New Jersey, 9/20/14: Hema Ramaswamy (center) celebrates a puja, a Hindu devotional ceremony, with a priest and relatives, including her father Ram (right). A young Indian American woman with Down syndrome, Hema will perform her bharata natyam arangetram, the public presentation of classical South Indian dance after years of study.
    hema-arangetram-4829-merchant.jpg
  • Lincroft, New Jersey, 9/20/14: Hema Ramaswamy, a young Indian American woman with Down syndrome, performs her arangetram, the public presentation of bharata natyam, a traditional South Indian dance form. She studied in preparation for this recital for four and a half years.
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  • Lincroft, New Jersey, 9/20/14: Hema Ramaswamy, a young Indian American woman with Down syndrome, performs her arangetram, the public presentation of bharata natyam, a traditional South Indian dance form. She studied in preparation for this recital for four and a half years.
    hemaramaswamy-8066-merchant.jpg
  • Lincroft, New Jersey, 9/20/14: Hema Ramaswamy, a young Indian American woman with Down syndrome, performs her arangetram, the public presentation of bharata natyam, a traditional South Indian dance form. She studied in preparation for this recital for four and a half years.
    hemaramaswamy-7017-merchant.jpg
  • Lincroft, New Jersey, 9/20/14: Hema Ramaswamy, a young Indian American woman with Down syndrome, performs her arangetram, the public presentation of bharata natyam, a traditional South Indian dance form. She studied in preparation for this recital for four and a half years.
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  • Lincroft, New Jersey, 9/20/14: Hema Ramaswamy, a young Indian American woman with Down syndrome, performs her arangetram, the public presentation of bharata natyam, a traditional South Indian dance form. She studied in preparation for this recital for four and a half years.
    hemaramaswamy-6193-merchant.jpg
  • Middletown, New Jersey | 2011<br />
Justin Haggan and Hema Ramaswamy, students in the special education program at Middletown High School South, enjoy a dance after they were crowned prom king and queen after a vote of the entire senior class.
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  • Los Angeles, California | 2005<br />
Aditya Rao sings lead for The Throws, a Los Angeles-based rock band, at Artwallah, an annual festival of South Asian visual arts, music, dance, film, and literature.
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  • Stars of "America's Got Talent," Bollywood dance team Ishaara receives an award at the NRI Global Summit 2009 in Milpitas, California.
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  • Stars of "America's Got Talent," Bollywood dance team Ishaara receives an award at the NRI Global Summit 2009 in Milpitas, California.
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  • Stars of "America's Got Talent," the Bollywood dance team Ishaara performs at the NRI Global Summit 2009 in Milpitas, California.
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  • Stars of "America's Got Talent," the Bollywood dance team Ishaara performs at the NRI Global Summit 2009 in Milpitas, California.
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  • Stars of "America's Got Talent," the Bollywood dance team Ishaara performs at the NRI Global Summit 2009 in Milpitas, California.
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  • Stars of "America's Got Talent," the Bollywood dance team Ishaara performs at the NRI Global Summit 2009 in Milpitas, California.
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  • Stars of "America's Got Talent," the Bollywood dance team Ishaara performs at the NRI Global Summit 2009 in Milpitas, California.
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  • Stars of "America's Got Talent," the Bollywood dance team Ishaara performs at the NRI Global Summit 2009 in Milpitas, California.
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  • Stars of "America's Got Talent," the Bollywood dance team Ishaara performs at the NRI Global Summit 2009 in Milpitas, California.
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  • Stars of "America's Got Talent," the Bollywood dance team Ishaara performs at the NRI Global Summit 2009 in Milpitas, California.
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  • Stars of "America's Got Talent," the Bollywood dance team Ishaara performs at the NRI Global Summit 2009 in Milpitas, California.
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  • Stars of "America's Got Talent," the Bollywood dance team Ishaara performs at the NRI Global Summit 2009 in Milpitas, California.
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  • Stars of "America's Got Talent," the Bollywood dance team Ishaara performs at the NRI Global Summit 2009 in Milpitas, California.
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  • Stars of "America's Got Talent," the Bollywood dance team Ishaara performs at the NRI Global Summit 2009 in Milpitas, California.
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  • Stars of "America's Got Talent," the Bollywood dance team Ishaara performs at the NRI Global Summit 2009 in Milpitas, California.
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  • Stars of "America's Got Talent," the Bollywood dance team Ishaara performs at the NRI Global Summit 2009 in Milpitas, California.
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  • Stars of "America's Got Talent," the Bollywood dance team Ishaara performs at the NRI Global Summit 2009 in Milpitas, California.
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  • Stars of "America's Got Talent," the Bollywood dance team Ishaara performs at the NRI Global Summit 2009 in Milpitas, California.
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  • Stars of "America's Got Talent," the Bollywood dance team Ishaara performs at the NRI Global Summit 2009 in Milpitas, California.
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  • Stars of "America's Got Talent," the Bollywood dance team Ishaara performs at the NRI Global Summit 2009 in Milpitas, California.
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  • Stars of "America's Got Talent," the Bollywood dance team Ishaara performs at the NRI Global Summit 2009 in Milpitas, California.
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  • Stars of "America's Got Talent," the Bollywood dance team Ishaara performs at the NRI Global Summit 2009 in Milpitas, California.
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  • Stars of "America's Got Talent," the Bollywood dance team Ishaara performs at the NRI Global Summit 2009 in Milpitas, California.
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  • Stars of "America's Got Talent," the Bollywood dance team Ishaara performs at the NRI Global Summit 2009 in Milpitas, California.
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  • Stars of "America's Got Talent," the Bollywood dance team Ishaara performs at the NRI Global Summit 2009 in Milpitas, California.
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  • Stars of "America's Got Talent," the Bollywood dance team Ishaara performs at the NRI Global Summit 2009 in Milpitas, California.
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  • Stars of "America's Got Talent," the Bollywood dance team Ishaara performs at the NRI Global Summit 2009 in Milpitas, California.
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  • Stars of "America's Got Talent," the Bollywood dance team Ishaara performs at the NRI Global Summit 2009 in Milpitas, California.
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  • Stars of "America's Got Talent," the Bollywood dance team Ishaara performs at the NRI Global Summit 2009 in Milpitas, California.
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  • Stars of "America's Got Talent," the Bollywood dance team Ishaara performs at the NRI Global Summit 2009 in Milpitas, California.
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  • Stars of "America's Got Talent," the Bollywood dance team Ishaara performs at the NRI Global Summit 2009 in Milpitas, California.
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  • Lincroft, New Jersey: Hema Ramaswamy dances while her uncle, Bala Subramaniam, reads a tribute to her at her high school graduation party on June 16, 2011.
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