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Paul Pepper: Smrita Dorairajan, Padmini Dorairajan and Laya Anand, Kalanjali School of Indian Dance

When LAYA ANAND was four years old, her mother, DR. SMRITA DORAIRAJAN, knew she was going to be a dancer. Nine years later, Laya's talents were recently put to the test during a one-woman performance that served as a graduation, of sorts, from the Kalanjali School of Classical Indian Dance. It's a school in which her mother is the current artistic director and *her* mother, PADMINI DORAIRAJAN, is the founding artistic director. June 28, 2023

Travis McMillen is the senior media producer at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute. For KBIA, Travis oversees production of Views of the News and The Daily Blend with AC.
Paul Pepper was a fixture on the mid-Missouri airwaves from 1969 until his retirement in 2023. He started hosting Radio Friends with Paul Pepper for KBIA-FM in 2009 after a remarkable 40-year on-air career at KOMU-TV.
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