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Humour made Bajaj Electricals's 1987 ad 'Jab mein chhota ladka tha' stand outIn 1987 when Bajaj Electricals's commercial showed up on TV, it created some remarkable impressions on young minds through its jingle, 'Jab mein chhota ladka tha.'

A selection of India’s ‘Most Common: 35 under 35’ — Part One | 2018Success is whatever and whenever you and I make of it, darling. Success /səkˈsɛs/ A person or thing that achieves desired aims or attains fame, wealth, etc.

Poetry & Haiku

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"The Idlinama" - October 18, 2014 @ The Barking Deer, Mumbai

Bombay Hangovers: sweating Bombay's sensorium in stories

Rochelle Potkar in conversation with Raamesh Gowri Raghavan about the short story, the future of the genre, the art of writing, and readings from her new anthology, Bombay Hangovers.

February 2019 – Cafe Haiku

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CaferatiWe're opening the Urban Lens film festival at India Culture Lab. Come. Bring friends. Jane Bhandari, Menka Shivdasani, Arjun Bali, Batul Mukhtiar, Raamesh Gowri Raghavan.

Urban Lens 2018 Mumbai | Poems on the City (Excerpt)

At Urban Lens, Jane Bhandari, Menka Shivdasani, Arjun Balu, Raamesh Gowri Raghavan and Batul Mukhtiar recites poetry on the city, from the city and by the city.

Such a (Shil)long journeyYou'd expect a travel writer to suggest hill-stations in blazing summer, not in the monsoon. But then, Shillong is unlike all the others. As capital of Meghalaya – India's rainiest state – it is best experienced yet.

Academia

Of Chandore, Bene Israel and public archaeology | Of Chandore, Bene Israel and public archaeologyWhen a team of archaeologists decided to explore Chandore, a remote, nondescript village in the Raigad district of Maharashtra, little did they know that the off-the-beaten track would throw up...

Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz bring ’parchis’ to Paris Olympics: What is it?Recently, Spain’s tennis champs, Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz caught everyone’s attention when they engaged in a game of Parchis at the Paris Olympics. Exper

Mumbai Diary: Tuesday Dossier

The Jewish Presence in india (175BCE - Present)

Lecture given at Wilson College, Mumbai for Holocaust Memory Week., 2022

Archaeopaizology with Raamesh Gowri Raghavan

The study of Ancient Indian Games has been left out of the purview of Anthropology and Archaeology for a long time now. Join Raamesh Gowri Raghavan in this exclusive lecture as he gives us the insights on his seminal study of the Board Games of Ancient India.

Online workshop on Manuscriptology

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All you need to know about PuLa Deshpande at an exhibition of his written worksBe it Batatyachi Chal or Vyakti Ani Valli, PL Deshpande’s written works are regarded as gems of Marathi literature. On this 22nd death anniversary, Asiatic Society of Mumbai is organising an exhibition of his manuscripts and a film screening around his life

A board meeting with history

Amaravati Poetic Prism 2016 : Poetry sans barriersAmaravati Poetic Prism 2016 makes its entry into Indian Book of Records as the largest poetic anthology comprising 527 poems.

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How the ancient Brahmi script became modern KannadaBrahmi is the mother script for nearly all Indian scripts, including Kannada, which is both a language and a script. The old Brahmi scripts evolved into the Hale Kannada script, which, in turn, evolved into the modern Kannada script. Hale Kannada is the ancestor of both modern Kannada and Telugu.

Mumbai Diary: Monday DossierThe city - sliced, diced and served with a dash of sauce

It’s Ancient Games Weekend! Let the games beginUntil now, I had never imagined that games we play in our day-to-day lives have historical importance. For starters — Ludo — which we play on our smartphones, was initially played during the Mahabharat era. Shocker No. 2, Mokshapatam game, which is today’s Snakes & Ladders, was

Ludo Under Lockdown | The JuggernautSouth Asians are rediscovering a classic board game that has been the center of intrigue for centuries.

Introduction to Dravidian Linguistics

Mumbai University digs up the past, offers a PG course in Archaeology - Times of IndiaIf you’ve been considering taking up the course, but weren’t sure how to pursue the subject, here’s some help at hand.

Game on, it’s time to play like YudhishthiraA group of amateur historians and archaeologists is hosting a weekend of ancient Indian board games in Mumbai

Ancient games fest in Mumbai gets a good response | Events Movie News - Times of IndiaIt was family time well spent as kids and parents alike get together to play some long forgotten games

Clued into Mumbai’s history

Get your fix of traditional Indian games in Mumbai

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Roll the dice to discover ancient India through a games conferenceExperts will discuss the sociological and historical relevance of games like Pallanguzhi, Chaupar and Ganjifa at the National Conference on Ancient and Medieval Indian Board Games, in Mumbai.

Project Khēḷiya: Mapping India's Heritage Games

Address on behalf of INSTUCEN Trust at Playing with the Past: Proceedings of the National Conference on Ancient and Medieval Indian Games, 2nd June 2019.