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Paper Jewels @Paper_Jewels

Paper Jewels is a visual history of India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka through postcards, available for free to download and in an art book: amzn.to/2BlhrUE

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After this excellent November giveaway, we are excited to give away another copy of the book in our postcard caption competition. This may be your last chance to win a copy ;) x.com/Paper_Jewels/status/12… #GiftIdeas #AsianGifts #AsianArt #VisualArtGifts #booklovers #BookBoost #Post

Paper Jewels@Paper_Jewels
27 Nov 2019
A #free copy of the gorgeous Paper Jewels book (£45) is up for grabs for someone who knows their #SouthAsian cities well! Or someone who is savvy with Google ;) Show us what you know here: facebook.com/paperjewelsraj/… #Indianhistory #AsianCities #Trivia #History #HistoryInFocus
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📢COMPETITION/GIVEAWAY📢 Enter to win a copy of art history postcard book @Paper_Jewels. Rules: 1. Caption this postcard 2. Tag a friend to 'send' it to them 3. Retweet to send worldwide. Winner announced Dec 25. #SouthAsia #Competition #Postcards #IndianHistory #ArtHistory #Art
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Thanks for the RT? Why not have a go at the competition?Caption the postcard and tag someone to 'send' it to them. @jacobson_corina @brianHA52533529 @maxjacobson12
Thanks for the RT @twoshotgurl! Can't wait to read your caption to the postcard ;)
As promised... here's another competition. It's a little different but we would love to hear your caption ideas! @sushmajansari @indoislamicpage @AshvinW @amanmadra @pulkit963 @littlegaudy @sidin @bombaywallablog @sorayyakhan @crispinsimon @hkmadra 
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The #Taj, whose marble walls and dome and minaret are reflected in the water, was commenced in 1630 A.D. by the Emperor Shah Jehan to receive the body of his beloved Mumtaz-i-Mahal. This #postcard is from 1908. RT to place this #workofart on your Twitter wall.
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We have a WINNER! Our competition was across Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. The person who gave the best answer, including the correct cities with details about what the image was actually referring to was Saaz Sahani!! Her answer is on the right-hand side #SouthAsia #Trivia
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The answer is revealed! Thank you all who took part. Look out for our next video competition in the next two weeks. We will tag you so you can get first dibs! @IndoIslamicPage @amanmadra @pulkit963 @littlegaudy @littlegaudy @sidin @SushmaJansari @BombaywallaBlog @SorayyaKhan
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For the next 48 hours we will send a hint via DM to the answer to this #SouthAsian city trivia to anyone who retweets this video. No one has been able to get the answer right yet. Who will figure it out? So far only Omar Khan knows the answer! #Trivia #geography #TheApprentice
Paper Jewels@Paper_Jewels
21 Nov 2019
A beautiful, colourful journey to 10 South Asian cities via postcards created and sent in the 1900s. Can you tell which two postcards don't correspond to their caption? Comment to win a copy of the Paper Jewels book. #SouthAsia #ExploreAsia #India #Pakistan #SriLanka #Kashmir
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A beautiful, colourful journey to 10 South Asian cities via postcards created and sent in the 1900s. Can you tell which two postcards don't correspond to their caption? Comment to win a copy of the Paper Jewels book. #SouthAsia #ExploreAsia #India #Pakistan #SriLanka #Kashmir
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@JasKand can you figure out which two images don't match their corresponding text? Hmm. Hint in this comment section: facebook.com/paperjewelsraj/…
@SorayyaKhan do you know the answer to the above? Hint in the comment section here: facebook.com/paperjewelsraj/…
@BombaywallaBlog do you know your South Asian cities well? Which of these two images don't match their text? Hint in the comment section here: facebook.com/paperjewelsraj/…

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@wanderingrooh we just wrote a hint to the answer in the comment section here. Can you figure it out now: facebook.com/paperjewelsraj/…

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@marykeepsgoing can you figure out when two images in the video don't match their text? Hint in the comments here: facebook.com/paperjewelsraj/…
A #free copy of the gorgeous Paper Jewels book (£45) is up for grabs for someone who knows their #SouthAsian cities well! Or someone who is savvy with Google ;) Show us what you know here: facebook.com/paperjewelsraj/… #Indianhistory #AsianCities #Trivia #History #HistoryInFocus
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@storyvilled have a go at guessing. There is a hint in the comments ;)
Can you figure out which two slides in this video are incorrect (aka text and image don't match)? Test your knowledge of #SouthAsian cities ;) Winner gets a #free copy of the Paper Jewels book. @littlegaudy @KapadiaAparna @Chooty_Nangi @KannanGopinath4 @munza14
Paper Jewels@Paper_Jewels
21 Nov 2019
A beautiful, colourful journey to 10 South Asian cities via postcards created and sent in the 1900s. Can you tell which two postcards don't correspond to their caption? Comment to win a copy of the Paper Jewels book. #SouthAsia #ExploreAsia #India #Pakistan #SriLanka #Kashmir
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Vaulting into the weekend like the Parsi athlete shown in this 1908 postcard from Calcutta. #FridayFeeling #weekendvibes #IndiaAthletes #vintagepostcards #vintageart #arthistory
'I see the women go through camp every day carrying these pots, some are earthenware & others are brass, they carry water & milk in them' -- written on the back of this postcard from #Calcutta in 1908 #indiangirl @HeritageIndia #Indiablogger #FlashbackFriday @sindhuvfunny
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