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Ordinance to restore Bhopal gas victims' property

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NK SINGH Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh Government on Thursday promulgated an ordinance for the restoration of moveable property sold by some people while fleeing Bhopal in panic following the gas leakage. The ordinance covers any transaction made by a person residing within the limits of the municipal corporation of Bhopal and specifies the period of the transaction as December 3 to December 24, 1984,  Any person who sold the moveable property within the specified period for a consideration which he feels was not commensurate with the prevailing market price may apply to the competent authority to be appointed by the state Government for declaring the transaction of sale to be void.  The applicant will furnish in his application the name and address of the purchaser, details of the moveable property sold, consideration received, the date and place of sale and any other particular which may be required.  The competent authority, on receipt of such an application, will conduct...

A tribal folk song and ‘Haria’, the rice beer

Haria, rice beer
Haria. Pic source Wikipedia

NK SINGH


O my beloved you have gone far away
You have gone far away indeed
Where shall we meet
Where shall we see each other
When the Hasa Jatra (fair) will be held
We will meet each other
We will see each other again.
If I meet you in Bamani fair, I will give you a garland
I will give you a ring and then we will talk.
I will put the garland on your neck

 (Translated by anynmous)

Rice beer or ‘Haria’ is of great importance to the tribes of Chotanagpur, specially for the Mundas. ‘Haria’ is a kind of beer or wine prepared from rice. It is both beverage and food, but generally it is a drink.

The Oraons, the Mundas, the Hos and the Santhals drink it as frequently as drinking water. Important on all occasions, it plays a dominant role in the tribal culture of Chotanagpur.

For more details, please see my earlier article.

Excerpts from Frontier 16 August 1969



Frontier 16 August 1969 P1

Frontier 16 August 1969 P2



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