Stories
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Sacred cows and nutritional purity in India
Apoorva Sripathi explores the complex reasons behind India’s recent boom in all things dairy – beginning with a 1970s Western food-aid programme.
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Sun salutations and yoga synthesis in India
Surya namaskars, or sun salutations, have a long history in South Asia, but their place at the heart of modern yoga is more recent.
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Yoga adapts to time and place
A yoga teacher in 1930s India inspired today’s transnational practice with his spectacular fusion of tradition and innovation.
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Indian botanicals and heritage wars
Colonial botanical texts, as astonishingly beautiful as they are, may cast very dark shadows.
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India: a fishmonger's stall. Watercolour, 18--.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]Reference: 774463iPart of: Trades and occupations in India. Watercolours, 18--.
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India: a pastry cook's shop. Watercolour, 18--.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]Reference: 774462iPart of: Trades and occupations in India. Watercolours, 18--.- Pictures
India: human bodies burning on a funeral pyre; one corpse in foreground. Photograph, ca. 1900.
Date: 1900Reference: 575394i
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India: a decorative carriage pulled by oxen decorated with ornate textiles and bells. Photograph, ca. 1900.
Date: 1900Reference: 575391i- Archives and manuscripts
India - Delhi
Date: 1981-1986Reference: WTI/LEP/C/1/8Part of: LEPRA (formerly The British Leprosy Relief Association, now LEPRA Health in Action)
