[Personal diaries and notes of Komal Kothari]

This is a diary containing notes and personal writings of Komal Kothari. The first few pages contain notes on an ARCE seminar "Text, Tone and Tune" held in Delhi, and lecture notes for a lecture to be given at Jaipur as part of training of Indian Forest Service followed by a note on visit to the Nagaur mela (fair) with Gulab. The rest of the diary has been used as a daily journal documenting Sangeet Natak Akademi fellowship award ceremony, ICCR meetings and seminars, rehearsal schedules, passport related work, and arranging programmes for various artists all over the country. The diary also contains a few contact details of artists. Custodial history: Collection of Komal Kothari, housed at Rupayan Sansthan. Administrative context: Personal Diaries and Notes. Extent and format of original material: Diary has 328 pages. Of these pages 145 are handwritten while rest of the pages are blank. Physical characteristics: Diary dark synthetic cover bound on hardboard covers. Diary is hardbound book. Its pages has turned yellow and has stains in first few pages. Three loose pages of the notepads were kept inside the diary. Written with blue and black ink. Owner(s) of original material: Komal Kothari. Author(s) of original material: Komal Kothari.