Such sante's or jatre's as we call in KANNADA were the back-bone of village economy on informal sector. The present drive for on-line transactions is killing such initiatives.
happened to go through the article and the photos.
I think its similar to the "SHANDY" conducted every 15 days once or monthly once as the case may be in southindia. On the outskirts of Bangaluru I happened to see the monday market where all items from a to z are available.
Even in tamilnadu on the outskirts of chennai one can see the shandy in places like pallavaram, sevvapet(near Thiruvallur) etc., where one can purchase whatever one wants.
Thats why our FATHER OF NATION said that Indias life is in villages.
a look at the lady is enough to understand the raw beauty of our country..very original and sophisticated, unadulterated even with 200 years of the white man's rule! Is it any surprise that he had leave with his tail tucked?
Just so sad that Bihar with such richness is such a land of misery for so many people. Cursed?
A very good information on rural India. There should be atleast 1000 such melas across India. Many have died. Some have withstood the changing times like the Sonepur mela.
