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Centuries of hot mud deposits made by mud volcanoes have transformed the desert into a alien landscape devoid of any life form or vegetation. No agriculture or human habitation is possible in this harsh terrain.

Sarah Jabbari

Sistan and Balochistan Province: On the Fringe of Empires

Vighnesh Hampapura in Conversation with Bhagirathi Bai Kadam: Living TheatreInterview

Bina Das, the Freedom Fighter Who Shot at the Bengal GovernorArticle

Dr Mini Alice in conversation with Dr M. Leelavathy: Critic of the Critics Interview

How Vijaydan Detha 'Bijji' Celebrated the Timelessness of Rajasthani FolkloreArticle

Kaifi Azmi's Love Letter to Shaukat, Written in His BloodArticle

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RK Laxman: The ‘silent, incidental presence’ of the Common ManArticle

How Vidyasagar Bypassed Religion to Forge Social ReformArticle

A Look-Back at Gandhi’s HinduismArticle

How Ebrahim Alkazi Revolutionised the Destiny of Indian Theatre Article

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Ruangmei Lu: An Aural History of Ruangmei Folk Music

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Namthiubuibou Daimei grew up in Thalluan village in Tamenglong district, Manipur, and currently resides in Happy Villa, a locality in main Tamenglong town.

In Conversation with Namthiubuibou Daimei: Dormitories Played an Important Role in Preserving Ruangmei Folk Music

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Sarah Jabbari

Sistan and Balochistan Province: On the Fringe of Empires

वंदना टेटे (Vandna Tete)

असुरों की आदिम लौह कला

Ritayan Mukherjee

Nomads of the Great Rann

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In Search of Gold

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Bina Das

Bina Das, the Freedom Fighter Who Shot at the Bengal Governor

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Sanjay Purohit

How Vijaydan Detha 'Bijji' Celebrated the Timelessness of Rajasthani Folklore

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Shaukat Kaifi

Kaifi Azmi's Love Letter to Shaukat, Written in His Blood

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Sistan and Balochistan once formed the border of Achaemenid Persia and Mauryan India and now mark the border between Iran and Pakistan. In a landscape of mud volcanoes and vast deserts, the Baloch people live a tough life in a deeply conservative society and harsh environment, with little connection to the outside world.

Sarah Jabbari

Sistan and Balochistan Province: On the Fringe of Empires

The Great Rann of Kutch is home to itinerant pastoral communities, who though are collectively called maldhari. One such maldhari community are the Fakirani Jats, who live a semi-nomadic life and breed camels. The camels are known as Kharai, a breed which is peculiar to the mangrove ecosystem of Kutch district.

Ritayan Mukherjee

Nomads of the Great Rann

Turtuk developed because of its proximity to urban settlements like Leh, Skardu and Kargill, and trade passing through these towns which connected with the Silk Route (Courtesy: Isaac Gergan)

Isaac Tsetan Gergan

Turtuk Village: A Little Corner of Baltistan

Parsis first arrived in Gujarat between the eighth and tenth centuries. Navsari in Gujarat was one of the earliest Parsi settlements in India, and became a major centre of the Parsi priesthood.

Sarah Jabbari

In memory of Greater Iran: Zoroastrians of Navsari

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मध्य प्रदेश आदिवासी लोक कला प्रकाशन

भिम्मा, Bhimma

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महाभारत की वाचिक परंपरा का लोकस्वरूप 'पांडवानी'

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साधना और संघर्ष: परिवर्तन ही श्रेयष्कर है

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साधना और संघर्ष: तीजन बाई से एक भेंट