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Mensa crossword 4: Indian Literature, Art and Culture

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First Indian to win the Booker prize; they won it in 1997
A variety of silk, and also an award-winning 2008 movie directed by Priyadarshan
Place in Karnataka well-known for its toys (even has a registered geographic indication)
Creator of the Mohan Veena, and winner of the 1993 Grammy Award for best world music album (first of a three-part name only)
Renowned work by Rabindranath Tagore which has an introduction by the poet W.B. Yeats
Traditional dance in northern India performed by women in long swirling skirts. It gets its name from the spinning of the dancers, which displays their colourful skirts
Character from Mahabharata, and the subject of a well-known painting by Raja Ravi Varma
Dance form designed around plays called Attakathas
Dance from Gujarat performed during Navratri, it gets its name from "_____ deep" which means the light in the inner sanctum
He painted the highest-priced painting by an Indian, which sold at $5.5 million in March 2021 (last name only)
Laxmipriya Mohapatra was a well-known proponent of this dance form
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One of the Carnatic music trinity, in whose honour an annual festival is held in Tamil Nadu
Renowned film music director and the first Indian to compose a symphony for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Wool from a wild Asian mountain goat that is typically used to make woollen fabrics in Kashmir
In which state capital is the project office for the promotion of Tribal and Oral literature set up by the Sahitya Akademi?
Traditional song and dance form from Maharashtra performed by women in nine-yard sarees
Designer of the Sahitya Akademi Award plaque (first name only)
Tribal art form that uses basic geometric shapes