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Local Legend - New Orleans Jazz Funeral

Wed, 6 Nov 2013 | By technologies_of_transition | Views [332] | Video | Scholarship Entry

I just read the book Marshall Stearns "History of Jazz" and found the information about the amazing tradition that no other city in America. I mean jazz funeral. It's an amazing event, when the funeral do not look sad and heavy, as it is in Europe. Here, ... Read more >

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Delhi - what a city!

Tue, 5 Nov 2013 | By sarahmastalir | Views [225]

We had the pleasure of staying at Harkaran's friends plac whilst in Delhi - the real deal! The first night we were there, Rhea came to grab us from the airport- she was dressed as a police officer from a halloween party... if only i could have recorded ... Read more >

Your Backyard - Castles in the backyard

Tue, 5 Nov 2013 | By dhirkid | Views [406] | Video | Scholarship Entry

Mumbai is a colourful mix of various cultures and traditions. The stories behind these cultures fascinate us. It also intrigues us as to what makes the new generation continue with these cultures. In our experience most of our cultures are based on ... Read more >

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Your Backyard - Discovering lost cinema - Edward Talkies

Tue, 5 Nov 2013 | By trippingtramps | Views [1663] | Comments [4] | Video | Scholarship Entry

Living in Mumbai and discovering the rich culture of cinema through the city's eyes is something Piyush and I (Zulfiya) tremendously enjoy.With this interest, we chanced upon a treasure of an old cinema house in south Mumbai "Edward Talkies".Fascinated, ... Read more >

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Local Legend - Pannama - The Meliorist

Tue, 5 Nov 2013 | By vernonlobo | Views [1220] | Comments [4] | Video | Scholarship Entry

Eunuchs were a source of mystery to me. Considered to be Gods curse. Referred to be misfortune, evil, doom. I wanted to break this prejudice. I had a desire to show the world that there is a community of people, who do not fit into the conventionally ... Read more >

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Photos: Kahna National Park & Mumbai

Tue, 5 Nov 2013 | By ruthandklas | Photo Gallery


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Train talks, tiger tracking & Mumbai love affairs...

Tue, 5 Nov 2013 | By ruthandklas | Views [764]

We spent 12 hours sharing travelling gossip with a lovely American-French couple, Brett and Vanessa, whilst on the Varanasi-Mumbai train crossing this huge country. We were mainly de-briefing on the weird and wonderful experiences of Varanasi, but also ... Read more >

Your Backyard - Chinchechi Talim : A day in the life of a pehelwan

Tue, 5 Nov 2013 | By sayantanacharya | Views [673] | Video | Scholarship Entry

Kushti is an old Indian form of wrestling. Kushti learning centers, locally known as Talims not only conserve the guru-shishya but also usher a sense of community. The heroic tales of pehelwans passed onto us by our grandparents had instilled a sense ... Read more >

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Seek Experiences - The first and the last local

Tue, 5 Nov 2013 | By keepingitreal | Views [253] | Video | Scholarship Entry

Once I had taken the last train of the day to go back home. Trains in Mumbai are also called 'local trains' or just 'local'. And it was during this journey that I noticed the number of people taking this train was astonishingly high. What struck me was ... Read more >

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Chinchechi Talim : A day in the life of a pehelwan

Tue, 5 Nov 2013 | By sayantanacharya | Views [1458] | Video

The video features indian form of wrestling, locally known as kushti.  The video sneaks in a day of a kushti fighter, to celebrate the modest  life at chinchechi talim against bustling life at Pune, India Kushti is an old Indian form ... Read more >

Your Backyard - my city and wings

Tue, 5 Nov 2013 | By crow | Views [418] | Video | Scholarship Entry

as time is passing away the local urban wild life of so many animals are becoming more difficult to exist. my city is full of amazing birds and today because of pollution and lack of awareness those are almost at the stage of extinct. i wanted to aware ... Read more >

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Festival - Dancing with the Gods

Mon, 4 Nov 2013 | By aneeshm790 | Views [408] | Video | Scholarship Entry

Its been a while since globalization hit India in a big way. The result, we, the 20something's are fast losing our enthusiasm for significant cultural events. This year my good friend, Yashhraj Siingh and I decided to immerse ourselves in this yearly ... Read more >

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Notes: Why do we travel?

Sun, 3 Nov 2013 | By ruthandklas | Views [546] | Comments [3]

Before we left, life at home, in Edinburgh, was great, it was getting better each year even, we finished our University degrees, we both had good jobs, salary was steadily rising, professional qualifications and opportunities opened up, we got a nicer ... Read more >

Garhwal - Kumaon

Fri, 1 Nov 2013 | By voyager | Views [523]

Prologue Our wedding anniversary was fast approaching. This was going to be our first anniversary (not really though, because last anniversary was celebrated electronically; with me being here in India and Heramb far in the UK!). Thus we ... Read more >

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Photos: Varanasi

Fri, 1 Nov 2013 | By ruthandklas | Photo Gallery


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