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This module aims to capture the rich diversity of the wedding songs in the Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh. It attempts to understand the struggles and experiences of mirasins. Mirasin is a social group who are traditionally involved with singing of songs on occasions such as wedding, birth, and…
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Shahjahan commenced the building of his new capital in 1639. It took almost nine years for its completion and the city was finally inaugurated in 1648, probably in the month of April, coinciding with Nauroz—the new year of the Persians. Exactly 100 years from its founding, Delhi was laid waste by…
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An overview of its history
Etymology
The charit is a type of narrative found in a number of languages existing in pre-modern India, and still survives as a text-name in some of the modern languages formed from them. Generally, the charit is the narrative of a character’s life and/or exploits, but…
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