I am Dr. Manjiri Thakoor, researcher of Ancient Indian Culture from India, teaching Art History and Aesthetics for the last 25 years. While doing my Post Doctoral fellowship on 18th century painted manuscripts “Madhu Malati”, I came across a resourceful collection of Hindustani Manuscripts (MSS) at the John Rylands Library (JRL). My hunt began withContinue reading “Hindustani Manuscripts at JRL”
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Stories & Story Tellers
Shoooooo…….let us quietly open the secret world of stories.… What about stories? We hear them, we remember them, we ‘act’ them, we follow them and we forward them….endlessly. Ever realized, we open our eyes in this world with stories? Right? Its absolutely true. We heard about Gods and Goddesses, mighty, strong. They offered protection toContinue reading “Stories & Story Tellers”