Copyright Notice & Disclaimers

Summary: Do not try to profit from our work; and we are not liable.

The contents of Kamat's Potpourri represent extensive field work, research and photography done by the author(s) over 40 years and are the sole property of the authors. Under no circumstances will the contents of Kamat's Potpourri be duplicated, stored in another media, distributed, or resold except for these purposes: to quote from, to use as a reference, to write critiques and reviews.

Transfer to an electronic medium for the purposes of distributing (networking) within a closed or open community (school libraries, online forums) is prohibited unless licensed from the author or his agents. Please contact Vikas Kamat at  with your requests.

The text and graphic content of Kamat's Potpourri may be used for review, educational purposes ,and for excerption only under following conditions:

• The content is used for non-commercial purposes only
• Copyright information is displayed (Copyright © 1996-2004, Kamat's Potpourri. All Rights Reserved.)
• The pictures and the stories are not modified.
• If used online, a link must be provided to http://www.kamat.com

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

• We receive a number of requests for permission to link to our site. We welcome your links. No permission is needed to link. If you link to us, it does not mean we endorse the linker's content, activities, or views.
• You CAN print the web pages as they are (without modifications) and distribute during class projects, presentations, cultural events etc. However, you SHOULD NOT charge a fee for it when done so -- not even duplicating costs.
• We also receive requests to advertise. Please contact Burst for our rate card/details. Syndication requests (license our content for use in your website/magazine) are also welcome.
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FAIR USE: ACCEPTABLE USAGE OF OUR CONTENT

We certainly want you to share this website and its contents with your classmates, friends, and family.  The following types of use of our contents is welcome.

• If your design layout does not allow for separate text, add a watermark with the text www.kamat.com
• If you are a not-for-profit group, institution or an individual who wants to enhance your paper/website, and provide the credits as explained.
• HTML framing of our pages if your frame header does not contain commercial message.

NOT ACCEPTABLE USAGE OF OUR CONTENT

• Separation of usage of our contents with credits. You cannot use our content on one page and provide credits on a separate page. It should be clear to your reader which content is yours and which is ours.
• Modifying pictures to create derived works.
• HTML Framing of our pages if your frame header contains a commercial message.
• Linking only to our pictures or embedding of our pictures in your pages (a.k.a. bandwidth stealing)
• Any other creative ways to make a profit  from our work/contents.

NOTICES  & DISCLAIMERS

• The maps are not cartographically and politically correct. They are drawn by the author for easier understanding of the context.
• This website includes images from Corel Professional Stock which are protected by copyright laws of the U.S., Canada, and elsewhere. Used under license.
• This website includes images from Corbis-Bettmann collection which are protected by copyright laws of the U.S., Canada, and elsewhere. Used under license.
• We are not responsible for any errors (see Errata), omissions or representations on any of our pages or on any links on any of our pages. The software, search tools, search results, citation databases, screen savers, and photo quilts are provided as is, without implied or other warranties.
• We do not endorse in anyway, any advertisers on our web pages.
• The contents of KälaRanga (The Timeless Theater), Geographica Indica, and Kamat's Potpourri are comments of one individual only and are not meant to generalize.
• The contents of Kamat Research Database features abstracts of research papers conducted by third party scholars, and photographs by third party photographers. We are unable to assist with copyright clearing of contents not copyrighted by us.
• The opinions contained in AnthoBLOGy and Amma's Column are that of the respective authors only.
• The contents were documented over five decades and some of the descriptions made by the author may not be present in the locations mentioned due to cultural, political and economic influences.
• We believe that Kamat's Potpourri is an important historical and cultural archive, and we have retained the usage of some terms for historical reason, which have since become politically incorrect. We sometimes have retained old names, old spellings, and old maps for this reason.