[Personal diaries and notes of Komal Kothari]

This is a notebook containing notes and personal writings of Komal Kothari. The first few pages contain a few contact details of musicians and list of muscial instruments played by them. A note on Mainar village and the relation of its community rituals to farming followed by an interview of Chhabilal ji on the local deity, Seetala, in Udaipur followed by a schematic division and analysis of a Nat performance, and a note on unionization of Kala mandal workers. A large part of the notebook contains short biographical notes and transcription of songs of Jodharam, S/o Shivnath Mand and his wife Sayari Bai. The rest of the notebook contains notes on various books incluiding Brenda Beck's The Three Twins, Dr. Kanhaiyalal Sahal's Nihalde Sultan, Manohar Sharma's Tolade and Geyaroop ki Katha. Custodial history: Collection of Komal Kothari, housed at Rupayan Sansthan. Administrative context: Personal Diaries and Notes. Extent and format of original material: 81 pages. Physical characteristics: A small green coloured pocket notebook wth a plastic jacket which is detached from the notebook. The notebook contains text in blue and black ink. Discolouration and water damage can be seen in the notebook. Owner(s) of original material: Rupayan Sansthan. Author(s) of original material: Komal Kothari.