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How does a researcher doing fieldwork blend into the surroundings and not appear conspicuous? I learned a lesson. One cannot change one’s looks and background. But one can be courteous and genuinely accept the culture of the people.
The Banni grasslands in the Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, India, hides many treasures, such as Dholavira, an excavation of a city of the Harappan civilisation. Dholavira was configured as a well-planned city. It had an amazing system of water storage.
We visited the Sabar tribals in Purulia district, West Bengal. The visit was colourful as the entire region was celebrating the Tishu Festival, the last day of the Makar Sankranti harvest festival in the month of Paush.
Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: Hats off to Shrayana Bhattacharya for writing this extremely engaging and provocative account of ‘India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence’. Seeking independence among young women in India and their silent, sometimes not so silent, protest is vividly depicted.
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