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Behind the Coal City is Black Beauty

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Jharkhand Is Famous for Coal and Abharak, but here is a one more thing famous in here. a City Name of Jhumri Tilaiya. Here is the Starting morning life with Sattu Soup.  In Jhumri Tilaiya have a Dam on Damodar Nadi, it is Across 100+ Year. In These Village People Are Very Hardworker, They are Starting Farming Before Sun Rise. Jharkhand Is the Biggest Farming Area of Rice. Those people are Favorite Food Dal Bhaat. In This Village, Women Are Too Hardworker Compare with a Man. Here is Life Feel So Joying and Peaceful. Here is a Famous Market Call him Dam Bazar. Dam Bazar a Big Market in This Village, It is Connected almost 10 to 15 another Village. 

Kushti In Akhara

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As the sun sets in a burst of orange glow, about fifteen men between ages 10 to 30 tries out dhobi paat, kala Jung, bangdi and saldo daos of traditional kushti under the watchful eyes Haripal,63.    The presence of an akhada in Nathupur, which is a stone throw from Cyber City is starkly contrasting, almost surreal. Started by Haripal in 1985 at the very spot as it is today, it was a vast tract of agricultural land. "People of Delhi feared coming to Gurgaon at that time.    The city we see today was unimaginable then", remembers the guru. Since its inception, the akhada has trained numerous wrestlers in traditional kushti styles, among them Bhim Saini, Janwanti and Hanumanti, in increasing order of difficulty to master. Haripal's younger son Sashi is a coach now. "Kushti is in our blood, in our soil," he says. "Kushti on the mat was introduced in the '90s.     Though we train wrestlers on the mat too, the soul of the sports is in the soil...

The Dhol players sync with the DJ's

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Most Indians living in the nothern states of the country would not have missed the celebrations post the election results.  Dressed in colourful turbans and dhoti - kurta, men carrying dhols drummed up frenzy at most chowks of the cities. Dhammu Ganju Dholwala in New Colony Gurgaon is one of the torch bearers of the age old custom of playing the wooden drum, be it in marriages or wrestling bouts.  Khemchand Verma learnt the art of playing dhol in Multan, Pakistan. Moving to India and settling in Gurgaon after Partition he set up his shop in 1955. His sons Dhammu and Ganju eventually consolidated the business and gained fame and popularity.  Now run by Dhammu's son, Himtu the establishment is still going strong even after 6 decades. "Making a dhol is almost an art. Measurements and calculations are to be precise. Otherwise the sound will go haywire," explains Himtu. The body is made of wood which comes from Saharanpur. Fibre has replaced leather for m...