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Ektara video magazine
July 2019
(See the list of previous issues)

Greetings and a warm welcome to Ektara, the online video magazine of history, society and culture of India and South Asia. We hope our stories and interviews will entertain and inspire you, and arouse your appetite for more about our rich and diverse pasts. Ektara magazine comes out once every two months. We need your support to keep it running.

In this new issue, we bring you the following short videos and segments:

1. Ustad Nafees Ahmad Khan in a sitar concert
2. Indo Persian Sources of History on the Internet
3. Pluralism in the poster art of India, a short talk
4. Featured video: Hindu Arts in Southeast Asia

2. Indo Persian Sources of History on the Internet
Historians use a variety of sources to write history. Indo Persian culture and literature evolved out of a synergy between Central Asian and South Asian cultures. We present a list of Indo Persian sources on history >>

3. Pluralism in the poster art of India, a short talk
Filmmaker and author Yousuf Saeed talks about the plural and syncretic iconography in the bazaar art or religious posters of India. The talk was made at the Hindu LitforLife festival 2016. Thanks to The Hindu group for allowing this recording. Also see http://tasveerghar.net

4. Featured video: Hindu Arts in Southeast Asia
The widespread and profound influence of Hinduism has left cultural and artistic imprints throughout the Southeast Asian region, resulting in shared beliefs, rituals, iconography, monuments, literature, folklore, and various other art forms, the understanding of which can contribute to promoting intercultural relations.