As #Delhi roasts at 49.9°c (a record) Maharaja Sur Singh of #Jodhpur#Marwar#Rajasthan sits smoking a #Huqqa without his shirt on!
And, so does his attendant, fanning him in this c1760 CE #IndianMiniaturePainting from the Toby Falk collection sold by Christie's Inc on 27th October 2023 for £5040.
As the #ClimateCrisis forces people to abandon their land in #Rajasthan, a new industry has sprung up in the desert state, with thousands of gaily decorated vans setting off to sell ice-cream across the country. #ClimateChange
In eastern Rajasthan (specifically within Meena/Gurjar communities), two neighboring villages are invited to participate in Kanhaiya Dangal. This ceremony uses Kanhaiya songs to strengthen their unity.
Medeas (the MCs) guide each village through lyrics and musical flow to make connections. The goal being mutual harmony.
The villagers of #Surajpura have built a wall: a 15ft (4.5 metre) #MudBulwark that snakes through barren land for nearly a mile, with an equally long trench dug beneath it. The wall passed its strength test last year when it stopped rainwater runoffs, and the trench channelled the water to parched farms in the #drought-prone region of #Rajasthan in north-west #India. #ClimateChange#WaterCrisis
How ‘clerical error’ in form led to suspension of three Muslim teachers over ‘religious conversion’
When a former student eloped with a Muslim man, a Hindutva organisation accused teachers of instigating her. The Rajasthan education department suspended them.
Two Rajasthan school teachers suspended over ‘love jihad’, conversion allegations; Minister orders probe
According to an order by the education officer, the minister ordered action against the teachers after a local group, Sarv Hindu Samaj, Sangod gave him a memorandum on the matter.
Rajasthan: Dalit Govt Officer Dies by Suicide After Filing Corruption Case Against Sarpanch
Lalit Kumar Beniwal, a 25-year-old village development officer, took his own life on February 18, just three days after he had filed an FIR alleging corruption against the sarpanch of Cheeplata village, where he was stationed.