[Reader-list] Ektara magazine, March 2017

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Ektara magazine, March 2017 
 
Dear friends and subscribers

We are happy to bring you a new issue of Ektara magazine on the history, 
arts and culture of India and South Asia. The magazine can be visited at http://ektara.org/magazine 

We hope our stories and interviews will entertain and inspire you, and arouse
your appetite for more about our rich and diverse pasts. Please subscribe to our youtube channel at http://goo.gl/Camze8 



This month’s issue features the following items:
1. Subhendu Ghosh: Sakal ban phool rahi sarson
Prof.Subhendu Ghosh, trained in Hindustani classical music, renders Amir Khusrau's basant song 'Sakal ban phool rahi sarson...'. This performance is part of his ongoing programme called 'Secular Traditions In Indian 
Music And Poetry'.
https://youtu.be/1b4XQ7susYg

2. Metals and Metallurgy in Ancient India
Metals and metallurgy has been an ancient practice in India. Besides the development of techniques, the profession has also lead to the formation of social groups or castes connected with the iron smelting work. 
http://ektara.org/magazine/metallur.html

3. Featured video: Back to the Roots - environmental heritage of India's North East
India's North East has a rich heritage of sacred natural sites that have been preserved for generations because of the faith of local communities. (by courtesy of ONGC, TERI and Surabhi Foundation).
https://youtu.be/NUszxnWknIc

4. Call for Papers: Popular Culture of Urdu Language
Proposals for paper presentations are invited for a 2-day international conference on the popular culture of Urdu language to be held on 8-9 September 2017, at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Kindly find the details at http://tasveereurdu.in

5. Announcements:
(a) Mehrauli Neighbourhood Museum: Centre for Community Knowledge at Ambedkar University Delhi would like 
to invite you to a Neighbourhood Museum in Mehrauli, Delhi. "Hum Sab Mehrauli" is an open exhibition that displays Mehrauli's past through people's memories of the neighbourhood. From 23 February till the first 
week of March, 2017. For more details, please see the events page: https://facebook.com/events/252544071871147/

(b) 'A Tongue Untied' is a feature documentary film (by Gautam Pemmaraju) on the humour & satire poetry of the Deccan, and thereby on the language of the region, Dakhani. A curtain-raiser of the film that will soon be completed can be seen on the following link. Please do support its completion and share widely. More details at http://dakhani.com/ 
  
Please see the list of previous issues of Ektara here. http://ektara.org/magazine/list.html
 
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Ektara team 

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