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THE HERITAGE CLUB NEWSLETTER

APRIL - JUNE 2010 VOL. 7 No. 2

From Us to U
Hello Friends!
PLAYFUL PUPPETS
Hope you all did well in your exams and are
enjoying your new class. We welcome you
Saying it through puppets
to a brand-new issue on the lively world of
puppets! All those of you who have seen a
puppetry performance would agree that
these animated dolls capture our attention
quite easily. Puppet theatre of India is
full of drama, action, thrill, comedy and
fascination.
Puppeteers live in small villages across India
and make beautiful puppet-dolls and weave
stories and performances around them. We
will tell you about some of the many kinds
of puppetry traditions in India and abroad.
Puppetry as an art-form has also changed
over time and many new modern forms are
being experimented with. Our activity for
you, this time, is one that you can enjoy
If you think that puppetry is just-for-kids’ entertainment, you are wrong. Puppet
with your friends.
shows are entertaining, but also have other tasks to perform. Puppets have
It is wonderful to receive all your essays.
But friends, try to write to us more about
always been used by man to tell stories with a message. Today, educating both
your own experiences and ideas. Please kids and adults using puppets is common. Puppetry as a performance art can
don‛t be afraid to be original and creative reach out to everyone, even those who cannot read and write.
in your essays and do not just copy from
the internet! If possible, look through your And really, what better way to use these little dolls than to send across important
school-library or other books or simply social messages, especially to disadvantaged people? Puppeteers make creative
write to us what you feel and know about.
use of puppets, masks and other objects in their shows. In the picture you can
Enjoy discovering about myriad kinds of see a puppet show about serious health issues such as HIV AIDS, drug abuse and
puppetry traditions.
others. Social issues such as early marriage, family planning etc. are also dealt
with in these performances. We will tell you more about modern puppeteers and
the forms they practise inside.
BONUS pages
with this issue! CONTENTS
• Puppet Show Saying it through Puppets 1 Modern Puppeteers 8
Activity Who made the first Puppets? 2 My City My History 9
• The Chopin Types of Puppets 3 News from Heritage Clubs 10
Crossword Putul Map 4 Learn about Child Prodigy Chopin &
Essays and Artwork from Subscription form 11
Heritage Club Members 5-7 Prize Winners. What’s Next? 12

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WHO MADE THE FIRST PUPPETS?
Puppetry is the grandpa of TV! Did you think life was oh so boring when there was no
television to watch, computer to play games on or radio to listen to music? Long long
long before these things were invented, people had ingenious ways to enjoy themselves
in their free time, and puppetry was one of them. Of course, puppets have also always
served to educate people about traditional epics and other local tales and have always
got a message across.

Some believe that puppets are as old as the Harappan civilisation, dating back to 2500
BCE. It is possible that the objects found from there include a few early puppets. For
example, a terracotta bull with a detachable head that can be manipulated by a
string or another figure of a terracotta monkey that slides up and down a stick,
creating a vertical movement, may be the earliest prototypes of puppets.

The earliest written reference to puppetry in India is found in the epic

Mahabharata and in the writings of ancient writers like Panini, Patanjali and
Tiruvalluvar. In classical Sanskrit theatre, the narrator is known as a Sutradhara,
which literally is the holder (dhara) or manipulator of strings (sutra).

The word ‘puppet‛ comes from the

Latin ‘Pupa‛, meaning ‘a doll‛. In
Sanskrit, puppets are termed Putraka,
Putrika or Puttalika. In Hindi, the word
for puppets is ‘Kathaputli‛.
What are puppets called in your
language?

According to a legend, the first Indian puppeteer,

or Nat, was formed by the Creator Brahma to
entertain his wife Saraswati. Saraswati was so
pleased to watch the puppets perform that the
puppeteer was sent to earth.

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TYPES OF PUPPETS
Puppets can be divided into four types, according to the way they are handled or manipulated.

Glove Puppets Shadow Puppets

Glove puppets are also known In this Indian puppet form
as sleeve, hand or palm we see not the puppets but
their shadows. The flat figures,
puppets. They are a simple
usually made of leather, are
form, where the puppeteer Krishna & Duryodana,
Pavakathakali, Kerala lightly pressed on a translucent
puts on the glove-like puppet screen, like a thin sheet, with Ravana abducting Sita, Togalu
Gombeyatta, Karnataka
and manipulates the head of the puppet using his a strong source of light placed
forefinger, while controlling the arms with his thumb behind. This creates shadows and silhouettes or
and middle finger. The head is made of either papier colourful shadows on the screen. The puppeteer
swiftly moves the puppet to the background music
mache, cloth or wood, with two hands emerging
and voices. The impact on the audience, surrounded
from just below the neck. This tradition is popular in
by darkness all around is quite dramatic. Shadow
Uttar Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal and Kerala. puppeteers in India come from Orissa, Kerala, Andhra
What do you think would be the size of these Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu.
puppets? Large or small? What do you think would happen if shadow puppets
were made of opaque material?

String Puppets or Marionettes

Indian string puppet or
Marionette is a figure with
Rod Puppets
multiple joints, suspended by Rod puppets are an extension of
string from a control. String string puppets. They are moved
puppets operate from above. with the help of a rod to hold
These puppets are highly flexible the puppet and two other thin
and are so they can perform a rods attached with two hands
variety of actions. Rajasthan, of the puppet for manipulation.
Krishna holding
Orissa, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu Sudarshana Chakra, Variations of rod puppets are
Gombeyatta, Karnataka
are some of the regions where found in Orissa and West Bengal.
string puppetry is practiced. Which one of the above four kind
Do you think these puppet-dolls would be light or of puppets do you think would be Puppet from Daanger
heavy in weight? easiest to control? Putul Nautch, Bengal

Puppetry is a performing art. It is passed down generations and children learn by watching their elders. This
means that if people who know how to make puppets or present a show with their puppets, stop doing so, then,
nobody will remember how to! And the art will be forgotten and become extinct. This is why it is a part of our
living or intangible heritage.

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 PUTUL MAP
India has around eighteen to twenty living forms of puppetry belonging to all the four
kinds of puppets we just learnt about. These are practiced by performers across the
length and breadth of the country. See for yourself the wonderful varieties of puppets
that have developed in India.

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ESSAYS & ARTWORK FROM HERITAGE CLUB MEMBERS

Shadow Puppeteers from Andhra Pradesh - Tolu Bommalatta
Shadow Puppets of Andhra Pradesh are
wandering entertainers and peddlers that pass
through the country side during the course of
a year. They offer to sing ballads, tell fortunes,
sell amulets, perform acrobatics, charm snakes,
weave fishnets, do tattoos, mend pots. In this
way for centuries before radio, movies and
television arrived, the knowledge of Hindu
epics and local folk tales not to mention news
spread to the most remote corners of the
subcontinent.

The performance begins with a series of sung

invocations and a line of ornate, strikingly stylised
puppets pinned in overlapping fashion onto the
sides of the screen. The puppets are mounted
down in the middle on the stem of a palm leaf
and extended to form a handle, which is used to move the
body of the puppet. The arms are moved with attachable
sticks that have a small piece of string with a peg at the end,
which slips into holes on the hands. Musical instruments that
accompany the performance are harmonium, mridangam,
strings of bells worn on the ankles and wrists and pairs of
finger cymbals.
Shadow play was an ingenious technology of animated
pictures that was developed centuries before motion
picture industry. It was but one incarnation, one set of
techniques for dramatising the vastly rich Hindu epics. In
the modern age, it has been superseded by motion pictures
and television, which have reinvigorated the epics for the
electronic age.
Bhagyalaxmi, Std 9, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Public
School, Hyderabad
Tolu Bommalatta Shadow Puppets - Ram & Sita
AN INTERVIEW WITH A PUPPETEER
Mrs. Seethalakshmi from Andhra Pradesh is a famous
puppeteer in Dakshinachitra, a heritage museum in
Chennai. Puppetry is a traditional and occupational art.
She learnt this art from her family right from when she
was three years old! She has travelled extensively and
performed shows all over the world. She is an extremely
talented Shadow puppeteer. Other than showing stories
from the Ramayana and Mahabharata, she has even
spread messages to people on other important issues like
Global warming, Saving Nature etc. It was a wonderful
opportunity to meet Mrs. Seethalakshmi who answered
all our questions about puppetry eagerly and patiently.
J. Kiranitha and S. Gayathri, Std 8, Sri Sankara Vidyashramam School,
Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai

My first experience of a puppet show

I saw the first puppet show at Ramoji Film City near Hyderabad. I was excited as we bought the tickets for the show. As
the show began, I noticed the puppets and how small they were. The puppeteer was just manipulating the puppets and
making them dance on a beat or song sung by people in the backstage. It surely takes a great deal of talent. Watching this
puppet show was a great pleasure and a wonderful learning experience for me.
Mayank Aggarwal, Std 9, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s School, Hyderabad

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 How I enjoyed a Kathputli show! Kathputli
When I was around eight years old, I went with my family Nats or Bhats of
and friends to Rajasthan. We stopped for lunch at a Rajasthan are a
dhabha where we saw a Rajasthani puppet show. It was community associated
very exciting. They showed the with the string
wedding of a Rajasthani bride puppetry tradition of
and groom. The bride was Kathputli. They wander
well-dressed and was looking around, doing shows of
very pretty. But I feel that Child puppetry during the dry
marriage is bad and can spoil season and return to
the life of young children. their homes to cultivate Illustration by V.Sridevi, Std 9, Sri
Sankara Vidyashramam School,
Aashika Agarwal, Std 9, the fields after the rains. Chennai
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s They tell stories of
School, Hyderabad local heroes and rulers. These performances are full of
humour and wit. The puppeteer speaks for the puppet
characters in a squeaky voice with a bamboo whistle,
this known as boli.    The puppet heads are made of
Bangali Jadugar a single piece of mango wood and large expressive
He is a very interesting character from eyes are painted on them. The puppet dolls are made
a kathputli play. This special puppet is to wear interesting costumes and head dresses and
made in such a way that his head dances even jewellery. The dolls are made to dance to regional
and gradually separates from the body! Rajasthani music tunes. Puppeteers move the dolls
See the picture. with two to five strings which are normally tied to their
fingers and not to a prop or support.

LESSER KNOWN PUPPETRY TRADITIONS

Daanger Putul Nach the demoness Putana and his wicked uncle Kamsa are
some of the stories told by the puppeteers. Traditionally,
This is a form of rod
these performances are held against a backdrop of peacock
puppetry that comes
feathers.
from West Bengal. The
rod puppets are upto
1.25 meters high and
Gulabo-Sitabo
weigh about 5 to 10 This is a simple old glove
kilograms. The puppets puppet tradition that was
often wear ornate performed in parts of
mukuts or crowns and zari-embroidered jackets. Lucknow and neighbouring
areas of Uttar Pradesh, but
Gopalila is now almost extinct. The
story of Gulabo and Sitabo,
Goaplila is a fast vanishing string puppetry tradition from
two women married to the
Orissa. It enacts themes from the Srimadbhagvat that
same man must have been a
relate to the lilas of Krishna in his childhood and youth.
humorous and entertaining
Krishna’s playful pranks with gopas and gopis, his love for
one!
Radha, lifting of the Govardhan hill and encounters with

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PUPPETRY TRADITIONS FROM ASIA
The Secret trail of a lost treasure
'Saya tida suka bumi ini', this line in Bahasa Indonesia means
'I don't like this world'. This line comes from a Wayang Kulit
show of Ramayana in Indonesia. During my stay in Indonesia,
I have seen many of these plays, the first left me completely
awestruck, and I was absolutely stunned to see the figure of
Sita in Ashok Vatika with Hanuman. After the
show I left with one question in mind, what if
this ancient art form – that had supposedly
started in Indonesia had a trail leading to a
much older country?  But what if it came in
from a different country? What if this country
was India?
But first just to get this straight, what is a
Wayang Kulit? 'Wayang' in Bahasa Indonesia
means 'show' and the word 'kulit' means
'skin'. In other words a wayang kulit is
a shadow puppet. You could check out
one example at http://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=6fVxPoRu2bw&NR=1. It is shown in many
Indonesian theatres where there is a translucent sheet
of paper and a light source and in between there is the
wayang kulit. The wayang kulit blocks the light and creates
a shadow on the translucent paper. The wayang kulit is a
very important 'entertainer' in Indonesia and many people
come to Indonesia just to see this ancient art form. India and
Indonesia have known each other for a very long time, ever
since Hinduism and Buddhism spread to Indonesia between
the beginning of the Christian era and a century after it. It
Bunraku, Japan
Bunraku puppet theatre from Japan was founded in
Osaka in 1684. This is a highly
sophisticated form of puppetry
that uses three puppeteers to
manipulate different parts of the
puppet, even its eyelids, eyeballs
and mouth to show expressions.
The play of the puppets is
accompanied by a chanter (tayu)
who provides a voice to the
puppets and a shamisen player.
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brought with it many new beliefs and ways of life, not to
mention lots of art forms.
So, Wayang Kulit may be influenced by puppet-form from
Kerela, known as 'Tholpava Koothu'. Along with Hinduism
and the stories of Ramayana and Mahabharata, this form of
puppetry probably followed from India to Indonesia. When
small trading colonies were set up in Sumatra
by the Indians, many of the Indians decided
to settle there permanently and spread the
stories and the art form of Tholpava Koothu.
The Indonesian kings adopted this art form
and evolved to make the very first Wayang
Kulit. This art form then spread throughout
Indonesia.
Today, Indonesia is well-known for its tradition
of Wayang Kulit and people from all over the
world watch these puppetry shows. If it's
doing so well outside the country, it must be
flourishing here, but alas, the answer is no!
This art form is virtually dying in India. Why?
You may ask. The answer is simple, just lack of awareness.
People need to be aware of this art form. It needs to be
appreciated and valued. Once people are aware of this
wonderful art form, a new form of entertainment will be
reborn. It will help us in telling stories about the past,
myths, legends and stories about India's heritage. Through
this art form we shall be able to create an India that will
appreciate this art form TOGETHER.
Arnav Ghosh, Grade 7.2, Ecole Mondiale World School, Mumbai
Water Puppets, Vietnam
This puppet form was invented by farmers in tenth
century Vietnam in order to entertain themselves.  They
conducted their own puppet shows in water-logged
fields of paddy or in communal ponds. Today puppeteers
stand in waist-deep water to
manipulate puppets using a
string and pole technique.
The puppets are made of fig-
wood and are made water-
proof using resin from the
lacquer tree.                                                                       
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 MODERN PUPPETEERS
Puppetry today has become even more exciting as it uses kinds of props, music and dance forms. This
results in fantastic imagery quite different in nature from traditional puppet shows. As we told you on pg.
1, the themes of these shows are no longer confined to the sacred and mythological tales of the Ramayana
and Mahabharata. Different stories are written and performed with the help of puppets. Puppets are also
important part of some popular shows on TV.

Meet Dadi Pudumjee went on to learn the art of

puppetry at the Darpana
Wouldn’t it be exciting if
Academy and later at
your favourite pastime
the Marionette Theatre
turned into a lifelong
Institute at Stockholm.
career? This is what Dadi
In 1986, Dadi Pudumjee
Pudumjee, one of the
started the Ishara Puppet
most-well known modern
Theatre Trust, a not for
puppeteers in India today
profit organization in
too feels. What began as a
Delhi. In 1992, Dadi Traditional and Modern puppets together
hobby for a boy of seven is
Pudumjee received the on stage
now a passion. Pudumjee’s Dance and puppets
prestigious Sangeet Natak
interest in puppets began
Akademi Award. He is also the
when as a child he was
first non-European president
first gifted two string toy-
for Union Internationale de
puppets. He pursued his
la Marionette (UNIMA). Dadi
hobby through school
Pudumjee does interesting
and college and decided
workshops using this puppets
to take it up as a career-
for school children. You can
choice. Pudumjee studied
contact him at dadipud@gmail.
design at the National
com
Institute of Design,
Ahmedabad.  Then he
Puppets using natural materials.

Puppets on TV

Tele-tubbies Gustaaki Maaf Gali Gali Sim Sim The Muppet show

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Fox History Channel- INTACH Collaboration

Extracts from the Essays of the Five National Winners

Namma Bengaluru began

Out of Ashes-Taj Leh Palace with a handful of boiled
most
Leh, capital of Ladakh is the
Mahal Hotel acterized
attractiv e plac e for
monasteries and the Leh Pala
its num erou
ce. Leh
s
beans
It was this spirit that char of the Bangalore cannot be complete
without
the Taj. It was this spirit that
helped palace is perched at the edge all it was the thin gs that
ruin s, even Namgyal hill and over look s the enti re Leh its beans; after
amo ng the regard
it to stand tall
pse, town below. The palace was cons
tructed helped it gain its name. Those who
as people expected it to colla as the this just as anot her bedt ime stor y should
and mad e it the symb ol of Mum bai‛s in the 17th century to serve that the histo rical
residence of King Singge Namgyal
. be delighted to know
resilience. ence of the name “Ben galo oru” can
rted since evid
But then this hotel has always
been The Leh Palace is being dese be found in the 9thh cent
ury Ganga
n the roya l fam ilies of a temple
spec ial for Mum bai. Wit h its vaulted 1830‛s, whe
the Stok Pala ce. inscription (Veeragallu) found in
ways, Ladakh were exiled to But the delib eration
alabaster ceilings, graceful arch in the in the villag e of Begu r.
crystal chandeliers, and a dram
atic Years of neglect have resulted that how its is called Bangalore
still lingers
redu ced to ruin s. Tow ering reason for
cantilever stair case that is refe rred palace being in one‛s mind. Well, there is a
‘Victory
to as the ‘grand staircase‛ the
hotel over the Leh Palace is a huge that as well. As we know the Brit ishers did
e the
has alwa ys mad e a big impr essi on on Tower‛, which was built to celebrat not possess a very good accent
of Indian
in the
its visitors. Celebrated as the
best victory of the Ladakhi soliders languages, ofte n due to whic h the place‛s
attacking
place to wine and dine in Mum
bai, early 16th century, over the name would be chan ged or pron ounc ed
othe r face whe n army of Balti Kash miri s. like Thir uvan anth apur am was
it also show ed its incorrec tly,
bed d into
during World I it served as a 600 Presently it has been converte changed to Trivandrum.
rnment‛s
hospital. an office for Indian Gove l Hill
nization. Karishma Shiraj Mulani ,Nationa
Hitesh Shetty,Thakur Vidya Man
dir archaeological conservation orga
es, Kath ua View School, Bengaluru
High School, Mumbai Gaurav Sharma,S prin gdal

History of Delhi Police Raj Bhavan

tte, Delhi District
According to the 1912 Gaze The design of the Government House, Calcutta is an adaption
a DIG of Police with
was under the control of of the plan of Kedlerton Hall in Derbyshire which was built for
ters at Amb ala. The polic e force in
its headquar Lord Searsdale, the great great grand father of Lord Curzon
ver, was com man ded by a
the Delhi district, howe of Kedlerton, in the year 1759-1770 by the renowned architect
rinte nden t and a Dep uty Superintendent of
Supe Robert Adam. Although the fame of Kedleston was on many
of the force then
Police. The total composition lips in the second half of the 18th century on account of its
-Ins pectors, 110 Head
was two Inspectors, 27 Sub decorative features and the beauty of its style was not this so
985 Foot Cons tabl es, and 28 Sarwars.
Constables, much as the remarkable suitability of the general design to the
polic e was in the charge of
In the city the rural condition of a tropical climate which led to its adoption as the
insp ecto rs with thei r head quar ters at Sonepat
two general model for government house, Calcutta, which was built
10 police stations.
and Ballabgarh respectively with in the year 1799-1803.
R.K. Puram, Delhi
Rishita Ray, Delhi Public School, Aneequa Ahmed ,Loreto Day School, Kolkata

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 NEWS FROM OUR HERITAGE CLUBS
Parampara Heritage Club from ReConnect INTACH Heritage Club,
Sri Sankara Vidyashramam School, Ecole Mondiale World School, Mumbai
Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai
ReConnect‛s First Expedition
I N T A C H
The five members of Mumbai’s first Heritage Club,
Parampara
Heritage Club ReConnect, and our mentor Mrs. Gaynor strolled over to
from Sri Sankara the main gate of the school, intently waiting for the Jeep
Vidyashramam that would drive us through our first expedition. We all
S c h o o l ,
Thiruvanmiyur, hopped in, sorting out our stationery while the car rolled
C h e n n a i through the dug-up roads of Juhu, heading directly for
celebrated Swami Vivekananda’s birthday on 12th Bandra. We crossed archaic buildings like the Mithibhai
January 2010 as National Youth Day. The students of
College, the coarse waters of the Juhu beach, the Talao
std. 6, 7 and 8 participated in this event. They shared the
incidences and famous events in Swami Vivekananda’s Lake, St. Joseph Convent from 1803, St. Peters Church,
life and how his teachings can help the present day St. Stephens Church and finally our destination, Mt.
youth to cultivate good character, noble personality and
Mary. Mount Mary was a basilica, meaning it contained
an ideal individual. A quiz on the life of Martin Luther
King was also conducted on 19th of January, 2010. relics of a great person. This basilica is extremely

‘Arise, Awake and stop not till the goal is reached’ famous in Mumbai, and has a huge fair in September

- Sreeram G, Std 7 to celebrate the birthday of Mary. The members of

ReConnect marched to the entrance of the basilica,
where we noticed the heavy Portuguese influence on

Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan’s School,
Hyderabad
Girls from Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan’s School, Hyderabad
did a small puppet show on a story titled ‘A Hasty Decision’.
They made eco-friendly puppets and believe that ‘Team
Work is the Best work’.  the benches. After noting down facts, we leaped back
the construction. We noticed the silence of each footstep
rebounding off the high arches that formed the dazzling
ceiling, intense with bright designs like the walls which
portrayed the life of Jesus in vivid colours. The tall statue
of Mary stood amidst vibrant flowers looking down on
into the vehicle in awe. We rode into St. Andrews, where
we got a jolt to find graves dating back to 1908, piled
out in the entrance like paving stones. After noting the
features of the church, we rode back to school. Going
on this one trip has increased my knowledge on the
heritage of Mumbai and the history behind it by acres.

Aditya Krishnan 7.2 ReConnect

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LEARN ABOUT CHILD PRODIGY CHOPIN

FRÈDÈRIC CHOPIN
A child prodigy pianist of Poland
The Polish Parliament unanimously passed
a vote to make the year 2010 a year of
Fredric Chopin. This year marks the 200th
birthday of this extraordinary composer
and pianist.
One of the greatest musicians of the 19th
century, Chopin was born on 1st March
1810 in the village of Zelazowa Wola near Warsaw.
Chopin was a music composer and a maestro at playing
the piano. From an early age, he was considered to be a
child prodigy musician as he already had the talent of
an adult skilled pianist.
By the age of six little Chopin tried to make up new
melodies and he gave public performances by seven.
When he was eleven years old, Chopin performed
in front of Alexander I, the Tsar of Russia. His
composition included songs and chamber music too.
At an early age he also showed remarkable abilities
in observation and sketching, a keen wit and sense
of humor, and an uncommon talent for mimicry. An
anecdote describes how Chopin helped rowdy children
by first improvising a story and then lulling them to
sleep with a berceuse (lullaby) — after which
he woke everyone with an ear-piercing chord.
At the age of 20, on 2 November 1830, he
left Warsaw for Austria, intending to go on to
Italy. He was one of many expatriates of the
Polish Great Emigration. Chopin moved to Paris
in 1831where he lived for the rest of his short
life.In Paris, he made a comfortable living as a
composer and a virtuoso pianist.
Chopin died on 17th October 1849 in Paris at the age
of 33. He is considered to be one of the greatest
masters of romantic music. He is remembered as one
of the first nationalist composers of Poland ,using the
themes and dances of his native Poland as the sources
for his pieces specially the polonaises and mazurkas.
His name and music has lived on for 200 years and will
do so for many more years to come.
It is therefore befitting that the motto of The Year
of Chopin be as per the words of Rabindranath Tagore
“music is such a universal language that it needs no
translation. For in it Soul speaks to Soul.”
Check your Chopin knowledge meter!
Do the crossword!!

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Vidyashramam School, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai, V. Climate change is one of
Sridevi, Std 9, Sri Sankara Vidyashramam School, Chennai the biggest challenges
Aashika Agarwal, Std 9, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s School, facing our heritage today.
Hyderabad Be it the planet’s fauna and
Mayank Aggarwal, Std 9, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s School, flora, man-made wonders
Hyderabad of architecture or even our
Aditya Krishnan, Grade 7.2, Arnav Ghosh, Grade 7.2, cultural traditions, nothing
Ecole Mondiale World School, Mumbai is spared from its impact.
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Acknowledgments Research, Text and

Dadi Padumjee Editing
Shuba Saxena Sonali Dhingra
ICCR
CCRT kits
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References Colorcom Advertising
Putul Yatra, an exhibition of Indian Puppets, Sangeet Natak Akademi
Indian Horizons, Vol. 55 No. 2-3, April-September, 2008
Hindi Translation
Puppetindia.com
Sanjay Bharadwaj
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