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		<title>Maniharon ka Raasta</title>
		<link>http://gaatha.com/blog/?p=1813</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:35:35 +0000</pubDate>
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Who will buy these delicate, bright
Rainbow-tinted circles of light?
Lustrous tokens of radiant lives,
For happy daughters and happy wives.
These lyrics penned by the nightingale of India, Sarojini Naidu echo the sentiments that secretly unite womankind all over. What appears to the uninformed as an accessory that changes with changing trends, is actually a witness to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Laathi-charged&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://gaatha.com/blog/?p=1797</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
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Paan, neta, jalebi, uparwaala and lathi&#8230;. A popular Sunday times article defines these amongst others, as those torchbearers of Indianness, that should last even if doomsday may swallow every other living identity of our dear country. Amongst these, the lathi is perhaps the most significant witness of changing times. In a time where it is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From stone mates to soul mates</title>
		<link>http://gaatha.com/blog/?p=1781</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
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He sculpted a pigeon out of marble that was mistaken for real by a flock of flying birds, who halted to gather around their stationary avian pal. The creature chiseled out of stone even fooled a hungry cat that pounced on it only to break it. Skill personified in the hands of Maliramji ustad who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The story of a Storyteller &amp; his Instrument&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://gaatha.com/blog/?p=1769</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
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It’s a familiar sight. Hues of the melting twilight blend into the silhouettes of curious listeners who have assembled around a balladeer under an anonymous tree in Rajasthan. A peculiar ritual of the Bhopas who have settled here requires the balladeer to narrate a story to all of village folk because a family’s wishes have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thatheron ka Rasta</title>
		<link>http://gaatha.com/blog/?p=1758</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
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Music, they say, is the silence between two notes. The silence becomes even more omnipresent as it makes rare appearances between the constant sounds of metal being beaten in the ‘Thatheron ki gali’. This street in Jaipur is a home to utensil makers, locally known as the ‘Thatherey’ and is as old as the city [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A “Comb”ined treat for the eyes and the hair</title>
		<link>http://gaatha.com/blog/?p=1743</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
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On a casual stroll along the meandering markets of the Pushkar fair, as spectacles of mystery unfold and as strong local flavors swell within the atmosphere of the fair, it is hard to miss the visual delight oozing out of curious little wooden combs, even as you get lost in the euphoria of the festivities [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The beauty of the Beast</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 10:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
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His mind was limitless but his hands were not, so he lay his hands upon the back of a beast!&#8230; for it would be a continuation of his limited body in the times to come&#8230;.As time passed and awareness of creatures around him heightened, man recognized ways to tame animals to assist him with his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shikaras: The floating verses on sounds of water…</title>
		<link>http://gaatha.com/blog/?p=1694</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 07:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
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If Kashmir is fondly regarded as the paradise on earth then Srinagar has to be the ultimate abode for all things angelic. One of its heavenly offerings is the Shikhara or the wooden house boat used for ferrying visitors across the lakes and rivers. As an ever dynamic cultural identity of Kashmir, the shikhara is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The divine art of disguise………..</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
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Assam has a rich tradition of the theatrical arts. The tradition of the temple dancers in Assam goes back to the 9th century AD, when Shaiva and Vaishnava temples of Assam would reverberate with dance and music. Characters like Bhrama, Yama, Putna, Mura, Narkasura, Jambuvan painted into masks would come alive and start projecting various [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man maketh the tools, Tools maketh the man&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://gaatha.com/blog/?p=1652</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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Meet Mr. Sudhamay Das. When this 55 year old gentleman retired from his government job, little did he realize that within him lived a passionate doll maker. In his 10’ x 11’ workshop, a man infuses life into clay, a man sows seeds of expression into little loams of earth and a man, gives his [...]]]></description>
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