Word: bashaivali
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...after all, the sarangi is played to accompany dancing prostitutes, and painting is an illustrator's skill. At first, Samant clerked for a British oil company, but at 20 he began five years of study at Bombay's Sir J. J. School of Art. He copied Bashaivali and Jain miniatures to learn design and color, but, says he, "they all looked alike. I was just copying the 17th century." On a fellowship in Rome and later in London, Samant set his sights on all the centuries...
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