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A Walk through the streets of Harappa

As the rising sun marked the beginning of a new day, the citizens of the ancient Indus Valley civilisation ventured out of their houses to see a vibrant scene unfolding before their eyes. In various...

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From Rags to Riches

A little girl sits on her bed, eyes twinkling with mirth. Her parents have returned from their trip and she knows they are going to surprise her with a present. Her father comes into her room with his...

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Amidst Rays of Hope and Sunlight

Under the reign of Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, in 1730, a horde of families made its way to the newly built Jaipur. It had only been three years since the city named after its King was established,...

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The toys that made them!

What day or date it is cannot be said with certainty because every day on the streets of this village, in its by-lanes and fields, at the porch of each household, in its ceremonies and in the...

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Six yards of play!

In the most intimate moments of their innocent child’s play what do girls do… playing scenarios of eld life… dressed up like them and behaving like them… Intuitively, they recognize the dramatic nature...

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Kandur waan…

It’s raining outside. The off-white walls of the old mansion turn from a spotted leopard to a darker shade of grey, looking beastly. Though, with a yet darker mane of Deodar wood perfectly parted in...

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Bobbili ~ a look into the culture & state of Veena today!

One fine morning, from a faraway house sweet tune of long cylinder fingers playing on strings could be heard… as fresh and distinctively as the first ray of sunlight breaking through a dark sky.The...

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Immortal Bones

Life goes on. And it evidently does in case of those whose privileged bones pass through the hands of the carvers of Lucknow, after life soul has left their carcass. Bone carvers of Lucknow &...

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Uncommon sense

Do you think ‘common’ sense leads to a loss of ‘sense’?Wikipedia defines ‘common sense’ as a basic ability to perceive, understand, and judge things that are shared by (“common to”) nearly all people...

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Pattu

Away from the hustle of city life where Sun gleams bright over deserted roads, Some unmapped lanes take you to a land of beautiful tales. Set inRajasthan, a state situated at the colour belt of India...

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A Walk through the streets of Harappa

As the rising sun marked the beginning of a new day, the citizens of the ancient Indus Valley civilisation ventured out of their houses to see a vibrant scene unfolding before their eyes. In various...

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From Rags to Riches

A little girl sits on her bed, eyes twinkling with mirth. Her parents have returned from their trip and she knows they are going to surprise her with a present. Her father comes into her room with his...

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Image may be NSFW.
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Amidst Rays of Hope and Sunlight

Under the reign of Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, in 1730, a horde of families made its way to the newly built Jaipur. It had only been three years since the city named after its King was established,...

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The toys that made them!

What day or date it is cannot be said with certainty because every day on the streets of this village, in its by-lanes and fields, at the porch of each household, in its ceremonies and in the...

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Six yards of play!

In the most intimate moments of their innocent child’s play what do girls do… playing scenarios of eld life… dressed up like them and behaving like them… Intuitively, they recognize the dramatic nature...

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Kandur waan…

It’s raining outside. The off-white walls of the old mansion turn from a spotted leopard to a darker shade of grey, looking beastly. Though, with a yet darker mane of Deodar wood perfectly parted in...

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Bobbili ~ a look into the culture & state of Veena today!

One fine morning, from a faraway house sweet tune of long cylinder fingers playing on strings could be heard… as fresh and distinctively as the first ray of sunlight breaking through a dark sky. The...

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Immortal Bones

Life goes on. And it evidently does in case of those whose privileged bones pass through the hands of the carvers of Lucknow, after life soul has left their carcass. Bone carvers of Lucknow &...

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Uncommon sense

Do you think ‘common’ sense leads to a loss of ‘sense’?Wikipedia defines ‘common sense’ as a basic ability to perceive, understand, and judge things that are shared by (“common to”) nearly all people...

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Pattu

Away from the hustle of city life where Sun gleams bright over deserted roads, Some unmapped lanes take you to a land of beautiful tales. Set in Rajasthan, a state situated at the colour belt of India...

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