These are a set of typewritten and handwritten documents. They contain an anecdote about Jahoor Khan, his two late brothers Dildar and Noora, and their grandfather Kamroo Khan. The same note is repeated in both typewritten and handwritten documents. Custodial history: Collection of Komal Kothar...
These are a set of handwritten documents. The set contains notes about musicians and their castes and communities. The ethnographic notes mention the names of the artists who provided that information like Bundu or Meherdin Khan Langa. The set also contains testimonies of certain women artists. ...
This is a notebook containing a long and extensive questionnaire for an ethnographic study on the Kathputli tradition of Rajasthan. The questionnaire is divided into 7 parts. Custodial history: Collection of Komal Kothari, housed at Rupayan Sansthan. Administrative context: Personal Diaries an...
These are a set of handwritten documents. A part of them contains a list of festivals with the date, location, and purpose of their celebration mentioned in brief. Rest of the documents carry various lists of numbers, some calculations, and some notes. Custodial history: Collection of Komal Kot...
This is a set of papers containing notes on the storyline of the legend of Brahmani Mata of Sorsan. The information was collected from Purushottam Chaturvedi, S/o Phoondalal ji Chaturvedi at the Temple of Brahmani Mata at Sorsan near Kota. Custodial history: Collection of Komal Kothari, housed ...
These are a set of handwritten and typewritten copies of notes made in observation of a performance by three women - Jamila, Tulsi, Champa. The observations are of their singing prowess, and their technical capability with dholak, a percussion music instrument. The note is focussing mainly on Ja...
This is a diary containing Komal Kothari's observations and notes on musical instruments of various parts of India. Since there is no geographical logic to the chronology of various regions that appear in the diary, these are presumably notes made while attending a 'folk' dance and music festiva...
This is a diary containing mostly handwritten transcripts of various songs of various communities like Kalbeliya, Kamar and individual singers like Gazi Khan and Teejan Bai of Rajasthan. In the later sections of the diary are some sketches of musical instruments made by Kothari and explanations ...
This is a diary containing field notes describing the process and details of the tradition of block printing in various parts of Rajasthan. The notes also describe a workshop that Kothari plans to conduct on the same. The diary also contains notes on 'Pabuji ki katha' and 'Pabuji ki par' which a...
This is a diary containing notes on meetings with scholars and notes taken during conferences. The diary also contains contact details of international scholars in the middle of conference notes. The diary has also been used irregularly as a daily journal. Custodial history: Collection of Komal...