star.gif (2664 bytes)A Down To Earth Supplement
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Special Jaipur edition, February, 2002
Gobar means animal dung in Hindi. All of rural India uses it in a variety of ways. Ways that exemplify sustainable existence. That's why we use it, too.

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COW PATS
A SPECIAL EDITION
Take twenty-two 12 to 14-year-olds into the pink city, let them investigate, click, draw and design, introduce them to people, and voila, you have a great special edition of Gobar Times ready!! INTACH, Jaipur and The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi organised the Gobar Times Media Workshop to introduce children to environment, crafts, artisans and monuments of the Walled City.

RANG - RANGEELE
cowpat1.jpgOur pink city was not pink. It was yellow. Then just for experiment it was painted in blue, green, black, white, peach and dark pink and finally when Prince Albert came here in 1877 A.D, it was painted in a lighter shade of pink.


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