[Personal diaries and notes of Komal Kothari]

This is a notebook containing notes and personal writings of Komal Kothari. The notebook contains field notes on interactions with Bhil and Gujjar communities along with an entry written by someone else on these communities in Melau village. The notebook contains lists and notes for 2 film projects too. The first on Barmer and Jaisalmer with lists of artists and locations for shooting. And the second, on Kalbelia Jogi with sketches and other lists. The notebook also contains transcriptions of songs collected from various communities and artists like Mand compositions, Saddi Khan Maganiar's songs, songs of the Mirasi community and songs collected from Nehru Yuva Kendra in Barmer and Lok Kala Mandal at Udaipur. Custodial history: Collection of Komal Kothari, housed at Rupayan Sansthan. Administrative context: Personal Diaries and Notes. Extent and format of original material: 96 pages. Physical characteristics: A handmade notebook with red cloth cover and yellow coloured pages containing handwritten notes with blue and black ink. The notebook is in good condition even through the red cover has started fading. Owner(s) of original material: Rupayan Sansthan. Author(s) of original material: Komal Kothari.