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Motornama Roshanara

Meeting with Vijay Kumar, Triloki and others in early November. Beginnings of the team.
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The team in November, including Vijau Kumar, Ram Surat, Lalji, Akhilesh, Dinesh, Ranjit, Suresh and others. Mahmood Farooqui and AshokS in back.
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Theatre workshop begins in Roshanara gardens late November. Day 1. Warming up. Azam Quadri in yellow in the back.
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Day 2. Lalji, in striped T-shirt recounting legends from his days and nights. An excerpt of this was used as an audio track for the tour. His occasionally estranged brother Ram Sajan on his right.
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listening to sounds from here and far away...where do you come from, where are you going, get the news from your body. (kabir bhajan)
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Vijay Kumar Misra, who wrote a seven chapter novella in hindi during the workshops, talks during one of the scripting sessions. Yeh Dilli hai, yeh Dilli.
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Meditiation, voice modulation.
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Nankhe performs Nautanki in relay.
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Roshanara Motornama begins on December 12.
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Ram Sajiwan introduces Motornama to his Savaari.
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Mp3 players and headphones with select audio passages and songs aided the journey, and filled up the spaces when the rickshaw walla had to pedal long distances. The songs were not ordered and the audience were instructed by the ricksha driver about what to listen to when. Ajay with a gentleman who came back for three rounds.
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Nankhe with passengers. The rickshaw tour was timed for 45 mins, though most took an hour or so, sometimes they stretched on for over two hours.
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Ram Sajan and Dinesh with savaaris.
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Behind Pul Bangash Metro Station. Inhabited homes sliced in half to build the metro wall.
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Roshanara Mansions. An old stone building re-occupied by some people from Bikaner who make tarpauline car covers. There was a threading factory where there is the metro bridge.
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Some rickshas decked out like a bride. Gaadi meri rang birangi, paiya hai lal gulal. (my car is colourful, my wheels are red...kabir)
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Old Roshanara Mansions. Kids played cricket in this open ground once, and called this place a bhoot bangla. The car-cover making tirpaal karkhana is a new industry, on the top floor.
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Palace Cinema closed 10 years ago because of a family dispute. Was Asia's largest seater (800) when it was built in the 1940's. Had independent India's first licence.
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A video showing the workings and workers of an old carbon arc projector.
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Akhilesh, writing during down-time.
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Video from the flour mill playing next door at Siddharth Dhabha.
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Siddharth Dhabha.
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The Delhi Flour Mills.
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Lalji in conversation with JNU students while waiting for tea.
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Gurudev's tea stall. A number of rickshaw drivers live in this lane. Most of the group here came from Gonda District in UP.
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A thread factory inside a house.
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Argumentative women, not quite used to authoritative history lessons from the ricksha-walla.
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A group gathers around the Ice Factory, Baraf Khana on GT road.
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On the GT road toward Ghanta Ghar.
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Samay ka paiya chale re Saathi...(the wheels of time move on my friend) a song by Patna based group Hirawal...
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