Indian Folklife Volume 3 Issue 3 Serial No. 1 6 July 2004 2
1 INDIAN FOLKLIFE VOLUME 3 ISSUE 3 SERIAL NO. 1 6 JULY 2004 2 BOARD OF TRUSTEES CHAIRPERSON Jyotindra Jain Professor and Dean, School of Arts and Aesthetics, NATIONAL F OLKLORE S UPPORT C ENTRE Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi National Folklore Support Centre (NFSC) is a non- TRUSTEES governmental, non-profit organisation, registered in Chennai Ajay S. Mehta dedicated to the promotion of Indian folklore research, education, Executive Director, National Foundation for India, India Habitat Centre, training, networking and publications. The aim of the centre is Zone 4-A, UG Floor, Lodhi Road, New Delhi to integrate scholarship with activism, aesthetic appreciation with Ashoke Chatterjee community development, comparative folklore studies with B-1002, Rushin Tower, Behind Someshwar 2, Satellite Road, Ahmedabad cultural diversities and identities, dissemination of information N. Bhakthavathsala Reddy with multi-disciplinary dialogues, folklore fieldwork with Dean, School of Folk and Tribal Lore, Warangal developmental issues and folklore advocacy with public Dadi D. Pudumjee programming events. Folklore is a tradition based on any expressive Managing Trustee, The Ishara Puppet Theatre Trust, behaviour that brings a group together, creates a convention and B2/2211 Vasant Kunj, New Delhi commits it to cultural memory. NFSC aims to achieve its goals Deborah Thiagarajan President, Madras Craft Foundation, Chennai through cooperative and experimental activities at various levels. Molly Kaushal NFSC is supported by a grant from the Ford Foundation. Associate Professor, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, C.V. Mess, Janpath, New Delhi Munira Sen CONTENTS Executive Director, Madhyam, Bangalore K. Ramadas Letter from Kuldeep Kothari............................. 3 Deputy Director, Regional Resources Centre for Folk Performing Arts, Udupi Tributes .........................................................
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