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Hindi poet and translator based in Bangalore, India.
Category: Culture
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My friend Shweta recently spoke about natural pesticides that a local farmer in her village uses to yield better crops. She did some exhaustive research in the field, and presented a seminar in one of our Traditional Indian Science and Technology classes. She also spoke about how her father used innovative local techniques to increase…
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American writer Mark Twain wrote: “Benares is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend, and looks twice as old as all of them put together.”
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Almost one hundred years before India’s First War of Independence (1857), the adivasis (tribals) of Jharkhand had declared revolt against the British colonial rule and their imperialist exploiting policies. The first ever revolt in India, against the landlords was led by Tilka Manjhi, a valiant Santhal leader from the tribal belt in 1771.
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Although it is difficult to claim in which civilization clothes were invented. If we go by evidences, Cotton was cultivated in India since 5000 BC. Inhabitants of Mehrgarh wore fine clothes. Many experts agree that primitive gins and spinning wheels originated from India. The earliest samples of cotton fabric were found in the excavations of Harappa.…
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Jharkhandi music has its own charm. Through out my school days I was in love with a song. I used to play it day and night (also because I had just turned 18)! I heard this song recently after a long time and could not control my emotions. I’d like to share this song with…
सौरभ राय | Sourav Roy 