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Jagadalpur Bazaar
Kamat visits a weekly tribal marketplace in central India and notes that exploitation of the poor is one definite sign of progress.

Monochrome Marvels
Till Kamat presented his scholarly analysis of this rapidly vanishing art form, nobody recognized Kavi art as an art form. Nothing has been done since then.

The Beauty of Yana
Traverse the emerald route and discover the beauty of the west coast of Karnataka. Yana is sandwiched between the Arabian sea on the West and the mighty Sahyadris to the East.

Old-time furniture
Pictures of ancient beds found in Kannada literature and sculptures

Cross Dressing in Indian Theater
Photographic exhibition of men dressed as women (and a few other way around)

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Photographs and Paintings


An Apsara in Water
Indian miniature painting		 Swimming Celestial
Lovers in Forest
Villagers Keeping Warm in the Forest
Rajasthani Painting, Jaipur

Close-up of a Mask of Chhau Dance
 Chhau Dance of East India
Goan Woman
A Goan Woman in Marketplace

A Frog in the Well (Rana tigrina)
 Amphibians
The Aborginal People of India
A Kadu-Kuruba Tribal

Amorous Couple
Notice the Maratha style turban of the man, and Islamic arrtire of the female. The disproportionated limbs indicate an amateur artist at work		 Inter-religious Marriage?
The Finger Millet
The Millet (Ragi) Fields
Ragi or Raagi constitutes staple foold among some communities in southern India

The Millet (Ragi) Fields
Ragi or Raagi constitutes staple foold among some communities in southern India		 The Finger Millet
The Brahmin Culture
Brahmin Making the Sacred Thread
Town of Melkote, Karnataka

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