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Rangrao Patil – Powada (Ballad) from Maharashtra
Posted by Sudev Sheth in Baajaa Gaajaa 2010, History, Marathi, Music, Underscore Records on July 13, 2010
This video features Rangrao Patil and ensemble singing powada, an oral poetic form that commemorates Maratha heroic valour. Alongside the practice of prose history writing (bakhar) in the eighteenth century, a poetic tradition of popular history called shahiri kavan existed. Powada (“heroism”) and lavani (love song) are two related genres of this performing art tradition.
Powadas narrate [...]
Old Delhi with JNU classmates
Posted by Sudev Sheth in History, JNU, Travel on March 6, 2010
Today, I visited the old city with my friends from JNU. We are all a part of a course on cities taught by Professor Janaki Nair. Here are some of the photographs from our trip. Thanks to Nikhil Menon for taking many of the pictures.
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‘the Blessed Port of the Mughals’ – Cambay
Posted by Sudev Sheth in History, JNU, Travel on January 17, 2010
This past weekend (January 13-16), I visited my family in Khambhat (aka Cambay) to fly kites as part of the annual Uttarayana Festival. I hope you enjoy the pictures.
I am also including an essay that briefly describes some aspects of medieval Cambay: Assessing legitimacy & power, c. 1572–1730. It was written for a course taught [...]
Bombay – 2009
Posted by Sudev Sheth in History, Travel on January 5, 2010
I ended 2009 with my sisters Sonali & Manali in Bombay. We did some sightseeing but spent most of our time meeting friends & family. Here are some of the photographs from the trip.
‘Next’ arrows are embedded in the photographs, please use them to navigate the pictures.
Rajasthan 2009 – Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, & Udaipur
Posted by Sudev Sheth in History, Travel on December 29, 2009
My family and I took a 6-day road trip to cities of Rajasthan state -Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, and Udaipur. Along with visiting the major palaces and forts at each one of these timeless cities, we broke our journey along the way in minor temple-towns like Pavapuri and Nathadwara (or Shrinathji).
To view my pictures from this trip, [...]
Tughlaqabad circa 1321-1327
Posted by Sudev Sheth in History on December 19, 2009
On December 3, 2009 I visited the old archeological site of Tughlaqabad near Delhi with my music teacher Dr. Aneesh Pradhan and two new friends. The site consists of the Tughlaqabad Fort and the Mausoleum of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq. This site is especially interesting to me since it coincides historically with the life, events, and [...]
Old City – Ahmedabad
Posted by Sudev Sheth in History on December 18, 2009
I am staying with family in Ahmedabad (Gujarat) for a part of my month long semester break from JNU. Though I’ve been to this city about ten times in my life, I was either too young or not interested enough in visiting the old temples, mosques, and the narrow lanes of the Old City. This [...]