[Reader-list] 9th issue of Etihas.in magazine (September 2016)

[Yousuf]

Dear friends, 

Welcome to the ninth issue of Etihas.in, the online video magazine of history, arts and culture of India and South Asia. We hope our stories and interviews will entertain and inspire you, and arouse your appetite for more about our rich and diverse pasts. Please visit the magazine via this link: http://etihas.in/magazine.html
 
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In this September 2016 issue, we bring you the following short videos and segments:

1. Sunil Sharma: His journey through Indo-Persian literature and culture, part 2
Prof Sunil Sharma (from Boston University) continues his journey through the study of Indo-Persian culture and literature. Here he talks about the various poets, literary genres and trends in Persian of South Asia that he has studied as part of his career, and how Persian is important in order to understand the history and heritage and South Asia. https://youtu.be/PmKj-Ckhqrk 
The first part of this talk is here. https://youtu.be/IL0RDJMkFD4

2. Madan Bala Sindhu and friends: Amma moray baba ko bhejo ri
Married girls in north India or Pakistan sing this folk song requesting their mother to send some relative (like father, uncle or brother) to bring them home to enjoy the rainy season. The song is attributed to Hazrat Amir Khusrau Dehlvi of 14th century. Madan Bala Sindhu and her group sing many such songs related to weddings and seasons. 
https://youtu.be/7J_cejK_k00

3. Featured video: Dhruv Raina - Rewriting the History of Science and Philosophy in Late Colonial India
Dhruv Raina, Professor at the Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, JNU, New Delhi, speaks on the history of science and philosophy. Lecture recording by courtesy of 'Cosmopolitanism and the Local in Science and Nature' series. 
https://youtu.be/khLVbjgF84Q

4. Dyeing of fabrics in India: some online resources
India has had a rich tradition of cloth weaving as well as their dyeing using natural colours. Many of these traditions and crafts are still practiced in various parts of India. We present a list of online as well as offline resources on dyeing of fabrics.
http://etihas.in/fabric.html 

Please note: The entire year's videos and features that we posted via Etihas.in magazine in 2016 will be available in a DVD in December 2016. Please book your DVD by writing to us.

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Etihas.in team

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