about the topic i dunno, see I am not Indian.. so i guess it is just a showcase of beautiful exotic Indian dance forms for someone like me..
But VD's performance was awesome from the bit I saw. Hope it was appreciated as it is a special day for the country and it would go with everyone's sentiments!!
But as for others not doing patriotic acts, that is the JDJ creative team's fault who came up with ethnic dance forms instead of a patriotic theme.. So no contestant or choreo is bound to perform on a theme that wasn't mentioned to them..
They would only concentrate on what was told to them as the theme..
Inn VD's case i think it was a different interpretation of the same and hopefully it worked for him.. And as I said, i think it was a great act. :)