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For Your Ears Only: Sounds, Mic, Action!
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For Your Ears Only: Sounds, Mic, Action!

In 1913, for the viewing pleasure of all eyes in the country came India’s first full-length silent movie, 'Raja Harishchandra'. This came about after an inspired Dadasaheb Phalke went to London and learned the craft of filmmaking from British filmmaker Cecil Hepworth. Now, to the delight of our ears, one hundred and ten years later, the pioneering Malayalam movie industry has made the world’s first ‘visually silent’ movie — 'Blindfold'.

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Lansdowne- Quiet Cantonment of the Gallant Garhwal Rifles
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Lansdowne- Quiet Cantonment of the Gallant Garhwal Rifles

How the British marched into a nondescript hamlet which eventually became the base of the brave infantry regiment- the Garhwal Rifles.

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Bahmani Double Tombs of Kalaburagi
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Bahmani Double Tombs of Kalaburagi

A unique funerary architecture style of the Bahmani Shahs is contained within Karnataka's Kalaburagi, a style seen nowhere else but here in this Deccan region.

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VIKRAM-S SETS OFF TO THE STARS
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VIKRAM-S SETS OFF TO THE STARS

Vikram Sarabhai's namesake rocket launched, making way for Skyroot Aerospace to become India's first private startup to seal its place among the stars.

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Afzal Khan, his Death and the Killing of Sixty-Three of his Wives
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Afzal Khan, his Death and the Killing of Sixty-Three of his Wives

After murdering sixty-three of his wives, Afzal Khan met his death at the hands of the Maratha king- Shivaji and his body never found its home in the designated grave at Bijapur.

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The Arrival and Revival OF Azulejo in Goa
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The Arrival and Revival OF Azulejo in Goa

This is the journey of glazed tiles from ancient Egypt to Spain to finally arriving on sunny Goan shores, but not before dying out and getting revived later by a young Goan lad.

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Bicycles from Britain to Bengal & the rest of Bharat
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Bicycles from Britain to Bengal & the rest of Bharat

How a Bengal entrepreneur collaborated with and brought a successful British brand of bicycles to the masses in India.

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THE DYING PRACTICE OF DOKHMENASHINI
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THE DYING PRACTICE OF DOKHMENASHINI

How rapid urbanisation, the vulture's habitat loss, and a 1990s painkiller led to the breakdown of a 3000-year-old religious tradition of disposing of the dead, leading to a divide between conformist and reformist Parsis.

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Yellow fruit, green leaves, and sacred rituals
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Yellow fruit, green leaves, and sacred rituals

Beyond the fruitful relishes of the Mangifera indica or mango tree, there are its dark green wavy leaves which play an auspicious & functional role in the Hindu rituals of worship.

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