We would like to ask you for some help with the payment of the monthly medical bills for Dara Khan Manganiyar, one of Rajasthan’s most talented musicians today. Dara Khan was born in 1979 in the Thar desert of Hamira, a village near Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, as the third son to the late Padma Shree … Continue reading Help for Dara Khan Manganiyar
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Rajasthan Revisited
After dispatching my lovely tour party in Delhi in March 2023, I took a flight to Udaipur, the ‘white city’. I had arranged for lodgings in the guesthouse (Girnar Villa) of my friends Satyapal Singh Dodia and his wife Jhyotsna Jhala in Ambamata, and was very excited to see them again. They gave me their … Continue reading Rajasthan Revisited
The Magnificent Bards of the Thar Desert
In 2012 I spent several months in India and ended the trip in fairy-tale Jaisalmer in the Thar desert near the border with Pakistan in Rajasthan. I have always loved world music. Since the age of three I listened to all the foreign music stations on the radio that Germany had to offer in those … Continue reading The Magnificent Bards of the Thar Desert