This is a notbook containing an interview of Laldeen Langa, a young singer and musician from Barnawa village of Barmer district of Rajasthan. The interview contains questions regarding music, musical instruments, musical prefernces and games. Custodial history: Collection of Komal Kothari, hous...
This is a notebook containing notes and personal writings of Komal Kothari. The notebook is dedicated to an ethnographic survey of Borunda village of Rajasthan. The first few pages contain lists of castes and communities, their population in the village and other information required for the res...
This is a notebook containing notes and personal writings of Komal Kothari. The first few pages contain contact information of musicians from various villages along with a list of remunerations given or to be given to various artists. Separate ethnographic notes on the Bhils of Bagha village nea...
This is a notebook containing transcription done by Manohar Lalas of a recording of Langas from Bangali Bari village from 1976 and notes and personal writings of Komal Kothari from 1979. The notes contain information on Sadi Khan, Sarangi player from Kanoi village of Jaisalmer and sketches showi...
This is a notebook containing notes and personal writings of Komal Kothari. A large part of the notebook is dedicated to extensive notes and comments on Morphology of the Folk Tale by V Propp. A note on various types of Jew's Harp or Guimbarde (french name) along with sketches followed by a note...
This notebook contains ethnographic notes written by an unknown author. The first is a note titled "Beejha Baba rai Dhan" followed by a note on the wedding rituals among the Raika caste of Rajasthan and their 'kathas'. Excerpts from Pabuji stories are also transcribed in the notebook. The rest o...
This is diary containing notes and personal writings of Komal Kothari. The first page say "Banswara", which is a district in southern Rajasthan, however the notebook contains notes on a number of other villages and districts visited by Kothari. The notebook contains mostly contact information of...
This is a notepad containing notes and personal writings of Komal Kothari. The first few pages contain phone numbers of various people followed by transcription of a few songs which are not in Kothari's handwriting. The notes also document Mani Kaul's visit to Rupayan Sansthan. The notebook cont...
This is a notepad containing notes an personal writings of Komal Kothari. The first few pages contain rough notes and chapterization for a publication called "Katha Kathan ki Kala: Vyavaharik Padya" which is not in Kothari's handwriting. A note on the possibility of revival of the quartz crafts ...
This is a notepad containing notes and personal writings of Komal Kotharii. Among the notes is an extensive description of the Kalbeliya community in Jodhpur along with a list of dancers and musical instruments. The notepad has also been used as a daily journal during a trip. These entries conta...