Shambhavi SumanJan 25, 20223 minLivelihoodThe Wails Of Kusumdih Kalyanpur“When we go to them seeking employment, we are shooed away on the pretext of no vacancy, or that we would be hired when there’s labour...
Gananatha Shetty EkkarNov 12, 20216 minPeople & CultureA Peaceful Alternative To Warlike Situations – The Tootedara GameThe Tootedara game is a highly methodical, stylized and ritualized game between players belonging to two Guttu’s (a Guttu denotes the...
Sreeranjini GS, KavadeAug 9, 20212 minPeople & CultureRacing Ahead On a Vimanam‘Vimanam’ or ‘Kurankattam’, as this game is called in Southern India, is a 2-player race game played with cowrie shells or stick dice....
Dr. K Chinnappa GowdaJul 27, 20217 minPeople & CultureProtesting In The Illusionary And Temporal RealmAn important folk ritualistic theatre of South Kanara is Bhoota worship, and the foremost feature of this theatre is its association with...