{"product_id":"incredible-india-fairs-and-festivals-idi798","title":"Incredible India: Fairs and Festivals","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"title is-size-3-desktop is-size-5-touch has-text-centered product-details-description-title\"\u003eBook Specification\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ctable\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eItem Code:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eIDI798\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pt\/book-author\/uma%20vasudev\" class=\"underlined\" title=\"Uma Vasudev\"\u003eUma Vasudev\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pt\/book-publisher\/wisdom%20tree%20publications\" class=\"underlined\" title=\"Wisdom Tree Publications\"\u003eWisdom Tree Publications\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eEnglish\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e2007\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e9788183280747\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e102 (Illustrated Throughout in Full Color)\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eCover:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eHardcover\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eOther Details\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd rel=\"product-dimensions\"\u003e9.5 inch X 9.5 inch\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eWeight\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd rel=\"product-weight\"\u003e770 gm\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003c\/table\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch2 class=\"title is-size-3-desktop is-size-5-touch has-text-centered product-details-description-title\"\u003eBook Description\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-details-description\" style=\"max-height: 63rem; overflow-y: auto;\"\u003e\n\u003cp xss=\"removed\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout the Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e In India, the landscape is primarily of celebration. Barely does one festival end to commemorate the season, when another follows to honour a God, a prophet or a saint.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The festivals of India embody the face and voice of this ancient tradition, and their variety, the expression of the creativity of its people. It is in its festivals that the country finds its many face, its innumerable forms, its kaleidoscopic colour, and innovative spirit and yet within that there runs the defining commonality that says emphatically: this is India.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e What comes out of the cultural cauldron is still the commonality that manages to let so many cultural, religious and racial differences live and find their own individual path to commemorate a racial, mythological and historical memory as well as celebrate a cultural continuity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e This book takes the reader through the unique blend of cultural strands that weave the magic of this land.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp xss=\"removed\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eUma Vasudev\u003c\/b\u003e, renowned Indian author and journalist, is the biographer of one of India's most controversial Prime Ministers, the late Mrs. Indira Gandhi. She was the first editor of \u003ci\u003eIndia Today.\u003c\/i\u003e She also held position as editor of \u003ci\u003eIndia Quarterly, \u003c\/i\u003e the magazine of the Indian Council of World Affairs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e As a journalist, she has covered topics ranging from politics to the arts. She has contributed to leading papers, journals and radio; produced and directed documentaries and fiction for television.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Currently, Uma Vasudev is the editor of the magazine, \u003cb\u003eSURGE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eInternational\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp xss=\"removed\"\u003e \u003cb\u003ePreface\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e In India, the landscape is primarily of celebration. Barely does one festival end to commemorate a season, when another follows to honour a God, a Prophet or a saint. And because the seasons vary in India-from the Himalayan snows in Kashmir and Himachal to the sun-baked days of the East, from the monsoon lashing and the rolling seas in the West to the flowering greens in the South, and the three in descent colours of the waters of the Bay of Bengal, the Indian Ocean and the Arabian Sea converging at the triangular southernmost up of Kanyakumari-the call for a festive commemoration is unending. Even death, if it comes at the ripe old age of \u003cb\u003e100\u003c\/b\u003e, is celebrated with a band accompanying the commemorative chants to thank the gods for a life well lived.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The \u003cb\u003e29\u003c\/b\u003e States and six Union Territories that constitute the Indian Union have Hindi as the main language, English as the second, and \u003cb\u003e18\u003c\/b\u003e officially recognised regional languages, as listed in the Constitution, for each state where education is imparted up to the level of university. Otherwise there are \u003cb\u003e35\u003c\/b\u003e languages, each sopken by a million people. There are approximately \u003cb\u003e22,000\u003c\/b\u003e dialects forming the base for a tapestry of sound within which are woven India's folk songs and melodies, reverberating to a \u003cb\u003e5,000\u003c\/b\u003e-year old past and lending themselves to experiments with modern jazz and fusion. Tribal rhythms merge with regional folk-dance forms to beat time to changing norms which continue to connect with a past in terms of classical norms defined by ancient treatises and incorporated in mythological lore. The inspiration for Indian classical dance remains \u003ci\u003eShiva, \u003c\/i\u003e the Lord of Cosmic Dance and for sound, it is the \u003ci\u003eNada Brahma, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eOm, \u003c\/i\u003e which is the all-perfect enunciation for all melodies to flow.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The festivals of India become the face and voice of this ancient tradition, the variety and expression of the creativity of its people. It is in its festivals that the country finds its many faces, its innumerable forms, its kaleidoscopic colours, its innovative spirit and yet within that runs the defining commonality that says emphatically: this here, is India.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The\u003cb\u003e 25\u003c\/b\u003e festivals in this book have been chosen with a view to pinpointing the divergence of traditions and customs which the many religions in India stipulate for celebration. What comes out of this cultural cauldron is the commonality that manages to let so many cultural, religious and racial differences not only live under that one roof called India, but find their own individual path to commemorate a racial, mythological or historical memory while celebrating a cultural continuity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Writing about these festivals was for me like going through a whole process of Civilisation memory and yet again experience the unique blend of cultural strands that weave the magic of this land. So many diversities, so many religions, so many colours, so many landscapes, so much of much-ness that can hold you perennially enthralled!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp align=\"right\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cb\u003eCONTENTS\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ctable width=\"100%\"\u003e \u003ctbody\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003ci\u003ePreface\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 5\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003ci\u003eEditor's Note\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 8\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Basant Panchami\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 9\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Bihu\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 11\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e 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