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Kirrt
Every village, town and city has such stories — stories of people, of their labour and their art. These people live among us, unnoticed. They remain in the shadows. To know them, take a break from the humdrum existence and keep an ear to the ground.
Kirrt is an initiative in this direction. It documents the stories of kirrtis (artisans) and kirrts (their works), word by word, frame by frame. Kirrt is a Punjabi word with roots in Sanskrit word krit or kriti. It means manufacturing and creation. Guru Nanak placed kirrt first in his three commandments: Kirrt karo, naam japo, vand chako (work, pray and share the produce).
As a project, Kirrt is an online platform started in May by Gurdeep Dhaliwal, a writer and photographer, and Navjeet Kaur, a costume and book designer. Jasdeep Singh, a translator and editor, and Satdeep Gill, who is pursuing MPhil in Punjabi, joined the collective later.
-Stories, frame by frame, Sanjam Preet Singh, The Tribune

























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