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Meendhara: Tiger Shrimp Harvesting in the Sunderbans
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Silpisikha Baruah
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കേരളത്തിലെ പ്രാദേശിക പന്തുകളി രീതികളും നാടന്‍ പന്തുകളിയു…
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Bengaluru’s Karaga Festival
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Smriti Srinivas teaches anthropology at the University of California. (Courtesy: Smriti Srinivas)
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Tania Chatterjee
Meendhara: Tiger Shrimp Harvesting in the Sunderbans
Arindam Thokder
Vintage Typewriters: Lifeline of Indian Courts
Silpisikha Baruah
Diwali Celebrations of the Nepali Community of Assam
അനൂപ്‌ കെ. ആര്‍. (Anoop K. R.)
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The Rajasthani Man’s Love of Jewellery
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Diwali as a Mercantile Festival
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അനൂപ്‌ കെ. ആര്‍. (Anoop K. R.)
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The Tiger Shrimp (Penaeus monodon) seedling is known as meen, and people who trap meen are known as meendhara. These fisherwomen scan the rivers of the Sundarbans mangroves with dragnets to catch the meen seedlings, working for long hours in a saline environment.
Tania Chatterjee
Meendhara: Tiger Shrimp Harvesting in the Sunderbans
Since the invention of the mechanical typewriter in late 19th century, typing was a much sought after skill for purpose of recordkeeping and writing. Its necessity started dealing with arrival of computers and now the only place where typists still find work are outside Indian courts.
Arindam Thokder
Vintage Typewriters: Lifeline of Indian Courts
Knowing Man, Knowing God: Behdienkhlam Festival of the Jaintias
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Knowing Man, Knowing God: Behdienkhlam Festival of the Jaintias
Brojen Yambem getting ready for performing rituals during Lai Haraoba at Loklaobung, Imphal. Unlike the amaibas, who are male priests, the position of amaibis are not determined by gender. The amaibi identity comprises both male (nupa) and female (nupi) amaibis.
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गोरखनाथ के समसामयिक सिद्ध/Gorakhnath ke Samasamyika Siddha
गोरख सिद्धान्त/Gorakh Siddhant
गोरखनाथ का अपदिष्ठ योग मार्ग/ Gorakhnath ka Upadishta Yoga Marga
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Chaumasa
छत्तीसगढ़ी सुआ गीत/ Chhattisgarhi Sua Geet

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