UNESCO – Itisaras

Ramnagar Ramlila

October 21, 2020October 21, 2020 Shriya Tandon 0 Comments Anant Chaturdashi, Ashok Vatika, Bhadra month, Dussehra, Goswami Tulsidas, Hanuman, Hindu calendar, historians, History, Intangible World Cultural Heritage, Janaka, Janakpuri, Jatayu, journalists, Kashi Naresh, Lanka, Lord Ram, Maharaja Udit Narayan Singh, Mark Twain, Niyamis, old saga, Panchvati, Pilgrimage, pilgrimage sites, pious, Ramcharitmanas, Ramlila, Ramnagar, Ramnagar fort, Religion, Tradition, travellers, UNESCO, Varanasi, venture, Vyasa family, writers

The Ramnagar Ramlila has piqued the interest of numerous historians, writers, journalists and travellers for its relentless religious observance and simplicity in execution. With UNESCO inscribing Ramlila the status of Intangible World Cultural Heritage in 2008, the acclaim and prestige for the one in Ramnagar has only escalated seeing as it is one of the world’s oldest Ramlilas.

Culture Society

Revival of Kootiyattam Traditon and participation of women

October 7, 2020October 7, 2020 Debopriya Bhattacharya 0 Comments 1949, 1950s, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1986, All-India Radio, attam, audience, Bhasa, caste barrier, chakyar community, Chennai, Chintavishtayaya Sita, classicism, Coralie Casassas, cymbals, dramatist, gestures, hasta abhinaya, Hindu temples, Kalamandalam Girija, Kalamandalam Shailaja, Kalidasa, Kerala, Kerala Kalamandalam, KKM, kooti, Kootiyattam, Kuttampalams, language, Mandodari, Mani Madhava Chakyar, Margi Sathi, Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity, nangyar, Nangyar Kuttu, netra abhinaya, Painkulam Rama Chakyar, pedagogy, poems, role model, Sanskrit, Satya Chaitanya, temple rituals, theatre, theatrical tradition, UNESCO, Usha Nangiar, Women

India’s rich cultural heritage consists of a variety of theatre forms, one of them being Kootiyattam. This unique article talks about this Sanskrit theatre, the challenges it faced and how they were overcome.

Culture

Folklores: Reflecting Realities

September 17, 2020September 17, 2020 Ritika Soun 0 Comments Aladdin and magic lamp, anthropology, Arabia, archaeology, Culture, epic tales, fables, Folk Tales, folklore, History, jataka tales, literature, lok sahitya, Mahabharata, monuments, mythologies, Myths, oral traditions, panchtantras, Persia, Ramayana, Religion, Rituals, UNESCO, vikram and beetal

culture, UNESCO, lok sahitya, myths, folklore, folk tales, fables, anthropology, religion, monuments, epic tales, mythologies, Ramayana, Mahabharata, panchtantras, vikram and beetal, jataka tales, archaeology, oral traditions, Aladdin and magic lamp, Arabia, Persia, literature, rituals, history

Society

The New Age of Covid-19 Learning Space

April 27, 2020April 28, 2020 Editor 2 Comments academic session, Anglicists, artificial intelligence, books, classroom, computer engineers, COVID-19, cyberlearning, cyberspace, Eagle 2.0, education, Education For All, educators, English Language, Englishman, expert, humanoid robot, india, inferiority complex, job, knowledge, leadership, learning models, live storyteller, machines, mechanical teacher, meetings, mother tongue, Online, outdated, regional dialects, school, self-esteem, socio-economic, Super 30, teaching, teaching platform, teaching-learning, technology, traditional methodology, UNESCO, unskilled, work culture, work from home, workshops

The Covid-19 pandemic has made us experience a new culture of education. But what if this temporary measure is the inception of something permanent? Here’s an interesting take on the same.

Culture

THE SPEAKING ARCHES

November 19, 2019November 19, 2019 Editor 0 Comments architecture, British, Buddhism, Culture, Greeks, Heritage, Hindu-Gothic, india, Indian architecture, Indo-Islamic style, Indo-Saracenic. Indo-Gothic, Marathas, Mughal-Gothic, Mughals, Muslim architects, Persian rulers, preserve, Romans, Shirgaon Fort, Speaking arches, technology, trade, UNESCO, World Heritage Week

On this World Heritage Week, it is important to ask –how indispensable is it to hold onto one’s rich culture and heritage? In the present technology-driven world, let’s observe how the beautiful arches at the Shirgaon Fort in Palghar weave multiple stories of the past.