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Soul on Fire – The Passion of a Bhopa
May 18, 2014 6 min read
PRELUDE Excerpt from an article* I wrote for Jozan Magazine about the Art of the Phad. The shortest way to describe the Phad is ‘a devotional mural storyboard painted on … Continue reading →
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