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The soni are a Hindu caste found in the state of Rajasthan and Gujarat in India. They are the traditional goldsmiths of Gujarat. The soni use the following surnames, Pala, Lodhia, Raninga, Khera, Changhada, Hanj, Didani, Rathigara, Dholakia, Chedia, Kadecha...
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This combination gives rise to the meaning of 'twice-born' or 'twice-born person'. The term 'Dvij' is closely associated with the Hindu caste system and the initiation ceremony mentioned earlier.Cultural Significance of DvijIn Hindu culture, the name 'Dvij' holds great significance. It is ...
But after independence, opposition to Hindi grew in the Dravidian-speaking south, where English was the favored lingua franca. For Tamils and other Dravidian groups, Hindi was associated with the Brahmin caste, whom many feltmarginalized Dravidian languages and culture. ...
theShudras: labourers and service providers. AShudra, for example, was not supposed to fight battles like aKshatriyaand was not expected to even enter the temples like aBrahmin. The Varna system ensured that the son of aVaishyawould become a Vaishya and so on. This wasn’t the caste syst...
being Pankaj Mullick and RC Boral) who have been given the highest award in cinema:the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.He has been credited with having introduced Raaga based songs in Hindi movies. Indeed, in the movie Baiju Bawra, each of the 13 songs have been based on some raaga or the ...
And, I am returning with the raaga most widely used in Hindi films songs: Bhairavi. Today is the ninth time that I give you a song in this raaga. I took my time to give you the first song in Bhairavi on the 11th day:Babul mora naihar chhooto hi jaaye(Please see:‘Raaga Based...
of two of my Facebook groups, has abiding interest in Music and Old Hindi Songs. Her part of the post is easy to make out as it is in transliterated Hindi. She too is capable of research and burning of the midnight oil to find out facts about songs that would escape the casual fan...
perhaps to explain the term. Perhaps, too, there is some connection withAlbertunderworld/pawnshop slang for "gold watch-chain" (1861), which probably is from the common portraits of the prince in which he is shown with a conspicuous gold watch chain. Many fashions in male dress made popular...