Beyond Glamour: hassles of a film producer

The film industry entails a lot of struggle along with its glamour. There is a lot of emotional, physical and monetary capital which goes into film making. Unlike today, there were times without VFX. What drove the director and the team to the culmination of films? How did they manage? Well, an Academy Award Winner has his narrative to share.

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Beyond the Books: The Diminishing Essence of Oral Traditions

Documentation of ancient rituals has always been a task of paramount importance. But some people beg to differ. Pocket cultures in the nooks of our country have another story to share.
Click on the link below to be intrigued by Pabuji ka Phad.

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Stereotyping Clothing: Defining Social, Intellectual Status and Modernity

“Underlying the present quest for form and pattern is the basic assumption that dress is a systematic means of transmission of information about the wearer.”
M.L Damhorst rightly articulated that a person’s dressing speaks about his or her personality. Or does it really? Lets’ trace this stereotyping history till contemporary “modern” world.

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Epidemics: Lessons from History and Nature

The world has combated all sorts of crisis without the degree of technological growth we have now. The advancement of knowledge has indeed succoured in to take measures against the deadly Covid-19, but how did people survive in the history? How accurate were the primitive
measures? Where are we still going wrong?
Click on the link below to read more about the ways of the past; a story from Rajasthan.

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From Dynamic to Dying: The History of Calendar Art

Checking days and festivals is now just a click away. Everything can be facilitated through smart phones and the internet. The age of calendars and it’s art now seems like a bygone era. Yet the remnants can still be seen in the corporate world.
How, when and why? Let's click on the link below to gain insights about calendar history in India.

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