Conserving cultural heritage and passing them onto our descendants implies not only safeguarding cultural values but also securing the future as well. Festivals are an integral part of our intangible cultural heritage; since the evolution of social life people celebrated festivals shaped by their cultural beliefs to express emotions. Chhath is one of such festival […]
The UN in 1972 designated 5th June as World Environment Day in order to commemorate the general awareness and sensitivity of people towards their surroundings. This day aims to inspire people to awaken towards the current crisis of climate change and consequential disasters. For a long time now, Environmental Conservation has been on agenda throughout
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Hidden in the heart of the city, a 275 years old Mughal era Chaupal is left alone to face its end. Once a centre of village activities, now merely a deteriorating building. Built during the reign of Mughal emperor Shah Alam II by late Gulab Singh Gurjar in 1742 at Kalka Ghari village. A single
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Heritage has a powerful symbolism and it evokes strong emotions. Every heritage is related with a particular ideology. If the party in power has a different ideology than government’s decisions somehow affects the heritage and its conservation. This politics of heritage is equally practiced throughout the world. For example: – In India few pro Hindutva
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