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In Search of Gold
Basav Biradar
Gold – A Colonial Legacy One of the important developments during the later period of British colonisation of India was the establishment of several large-scale industries across the region. The mandate of profit making was carried out with vigour by the colonial masters duly assisted by the local…
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Interview with Syed Jasim Chishti, caretaker at the hallowed Ajmer Sharif Dargah
  Sahapedia speaks to Syed Jasim Chishti, caretaker and volunteer at the hallowed Ajmer Sharif Dargah. He talks about the Rajput origins of Ajmer and how Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, in whose memory the dargah was built, came to live in Ajmer. While speaking about the contributions of rulers from…
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Lore of the Ahirs
The Ahirs are a pastoral community, who in Chhattisgarh are seen to include the Rauts, Thetwars, and Yadavs. Their cultural practices include highly performative traditions that have in several ways defined the form and style of performance genres from this region.   While the Thetwars live a…
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A Bhavaiyya's Tale
Prateeksha Tiwari
  Performers are essential to any art form. In Bhavai, they assume even greater significance because of Bhavai’s particular characteristics. Bhavai is not merely a theatre form, it is a social and cultural institution which governs important aspects of its members’ lives.  Traditionally, only a…
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Of Faith and Myth: History at a Shrine at the Border
Simple Rajrah
There is an enormous amount of silence that surrounds the border, moving swiftly through the vast yellow mustard fields, dipping its feet in the green rice marshes and finally settling unwillingly over the thin but prickly concertina wires that divide two nations. This silence sounds very familiar…
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From the Ponds to the Markets: Aquarium Fish Traders and Hobbyists
Barnamala Roy
  Ornamental or aquarium fish cultivation, starting out as a pastime, has evolved into a successful aqua-industry. The aquarium fish-keepers, who form the backbone of this industry, have given it the status of the world’s second most popular hobby after photography.        According to Mahapatra,…
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The Magic of Babo Pithoro: Traditional Painting in Contemporary Times
Sandhya Bordewekar Gajjar
Very few people, even within India, are aware that the indigenous or tribal communities that are spread across India are concentrated in the east-west belt and form almost 9% of the Indian population, with about 104 million people according to the 2011 Census of India. While some tribal communities…
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Small-scale Fisheries of Major Fishing Villages on Thiruvananthapuram Coast
Aneesha Ani Benedict
An introduction to Thiruvananthapuram The state of Kerala in the south-west of India has nine coastal districts. According to the Marine Fisheries Census 2010 by CMFRI (Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute), there are 222 marine fishing villages, with the maximum number (42) in…
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Sea Songs of the Coastal Community of Thiruvananthapuram
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Shrinivas Rath (1933–2014)
Radha Vallabh Tripathi
Shrinivas Rath (known as Rath Sahib to his friends, admirers and students) was born in 1933 at Puri in Odisha. He studied in the townships of Gwalior and Morena in Madhya Pradesh and Varanasi. His father was a traditional Sanskrit pundit and Rath Sahib learnt Vyakarana and other Śāstras with him.…
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