The roads that lead to it are unpaved, dirty and narrow. The houses are rudimentary and sparse. The meandering alleys, slippery and narrow, are almost a hazard to navigate with an overbearing smell of ...

Trending News: A video of a Kathputli wala (puppeteer) in Rajasthan singing and making his puppet dance to Shakira's popular song 'Waka Waka' has gone viral on social media. The Kathputli is a ...

Luna and Leo learn about the art and performance of kathputli puppets. Luna takes Leo to meet her two friends Sunil and Anita who run a kathputli puppet theater. Leo learns that each puppet is hand ...

Kathputli artistes from Jaipur have started uploading videos on Tiktok, seeking help from the government for artistes who are worst affected due to the lockdown. Our situation is degrading every day ...

The artists complain that the impending move has affected business. Fear of displacement resulting in negative impact to an already suffering career in a traditional art form has enveloped them, ...

The police are bored. They doze on steps near the fruit juice stand, or on plastic chairs opposite the Ramdev tea stall. When ordered to protect an employee of the local authorities as he sets out to ...

New Delhi [India], October 14 (ANI): Delhi's Kathputli Colony which is home to 2,800-odd families of puppeteers, magicians and acrobats, is struggling to make ends meet as COVID-19 restrictions on ...

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On Friday, August 15, 2014, few kites celebrated Independence Day over Kathputli Colony in West Delhi as the residents struggled to come to terms with the recent violent disruption in their existence.

An Indian drummer leads a group of women during a wedding procession in Kathputli Colony in New Delhi, June 2013. The name Kathputli Colony comes from the Hindi word for puppet, and it is an area ...