Sayali Athale
Finding locally crafted products should not have been too difficult in Puducherry, or so I believed, and began my search at the Sunday market on Nehru Street, expecting it to be lined with artisans selling handmade wares. Instead, the stalls were heaped with synthetic garments and plastic toys.…
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T. Ganesan
Though Puducherry is often viewed through the lens of its French colonial past, the region’s sacred history predates European arrival by many centuries. Located between Tondaimandalam and Cholamandalam, it became part of the Chola realm in the eleventh-century CE, inheriting a tradition of temple…
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Gobi G.
The Tamil language has a prolific literary tradition, represented in Puducherry by its substantial history of theatre. Theatre, like other art forms, evolves in response to changing social contexts, cultural practices, and performance spaces. Through contributions of numerous artists, institutions…
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Aneesh Raghavan
The colonial town of Puducherry has been home to some of India's greatest poets, spiritual seekers, and visionaries, especially during British rule. It possesses the rare virtue of being both a political refuge and a spiritual haven for several luminaries who, on their part, were both freedom…
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Rajesh Kumar and Nusrat Dastangoi (performers), Manish Tomer, Rajesh Kumar, Ankita Dubey (writers)
Stories about bhakti and tasawwuf (‘sufism’) are told in puranas, kirtans and malfuzat (conversations with Sufi pirs). Each teller adds something of her own. 'Suni Sunai' is a retelling of such stories inspired by the Hindustani tradition of dastangoi.
The stories here are…
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Sriram Sabhapathy (photographs), Niharika Gupta (curation and captions, with contributions and research assistance from Piyush Kukrety)
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पुराण, कीर्तन और मलफ़ूज़ात में भक्ति और सूफी धारा की कहानियां सुनने को मिलती है. हर कथाकार कुछ नई बात जोड़ता है.
बजाज ऑटोस के सौजन्य से सहपीडिया इन्हीं …
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Sriram Sabhapathy (photographer), Niharika Gupta (curation and captions), Piyush Kukrety (research assistance)
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S Saipriya
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