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Begging Profession in India
Kamat on why people beg in India, their modus operandi, their social and love life. He wonders whether feeding the beggars keeps the profession alive

What is Kamat's Potpourri?
What this site is about, people behind it, frequently asked questions, what is new, old and next.

Ask Gandhi
Get an insight into the complex mind of Mohandas K. Gandhi through questions and researched answers.

So is it Gandhi or Churchill?
Two great men. Who is greater? You decide.

Old Time Parties
Drinking habits of men and women of Karnataka as described in medieval texts and sculptures.

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Indian Fetish
Physical masturbation act in a painting found in Sibi.		 Erotic Paintings
Water Color Paintings
Japanese Sumer Painting by Girija Madhavan

A View of the Himalayan Mountains
 Pictorial Tour of India
The First Indian Flag
The First Indian Tricolor
It had lotuses for very Indian State, moon and sun depicting communal harmony

Half Man, Half Woman
"Uma-Maheswara" or "Ardha-nareswara" is a concept of human gynandromorph in which half the body has male characters and remainder has that of a female.		 Union of Male and Female
Union of Male and Female
Ardha-Narishwara
An excellent sculpture of "Uma-Maheswara" located at Banashankari (Bijapur district) wherein the masculine and feminine characters are beautifully carved in a single icon.

Killing of Jatayu Bird
Painting by Balasaheb Pant Pratinidhi		 Rawana Kills Jatayu
Erotic Arts of India
Group Sex Depicted in a Relief
Detail from a panel from Keladi temple, Town of Sagar

Women Riding Horses
Hoysala period sculpture, Karnataka		 Horses and Riders
Basti Vaman Shenoy
Portrait of Basti Vaman Shenoy
Shenoy served as a president of the Konkani Literary Academy. He organized conferences and lobbied Governments to promote Konkani

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