British Library gathers antique Ramayana into one virtual location. Nobody else has seen it together for more than 150 years. The original folios ending up in the British Library, the CSMVS Museum in Mumbai, the Baroda Museum and Picture Gallery in Gujarat, the Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute in Jodhpur and a private collection, also in Mumbai. The chance to see the striking Ramayana seemed lost forever. Until now. All photos courtesy of British Library.
In numbers: PKK’s money network in Europe
Germany: PKK collectors typically bring in $18 million in cash a year – amount has trebled since 2010
Revolutionary tax: Investigators say about $2 million a year raised from ‘tax collection’ around Marseille
Extortion: Gunman convicted in 2023 of demanding $10,000 from Kurdish businessman in Stockholm
Drug trade: PKK income claimed by Turkish anti-drugs force in 2024 to be as high as $500 million a year
Denmark: PKK one of two terrorist groups along with Iranian separatists ASMLA to raise “two-digit million amounts”
Contributions: Hundreds of euros expected from typical Kurdish families and thousands from business owners
TV channel: Kurdish Roj TV accounts frozen and went bankrupt after Denmark fined it more than $1 million over PKK links in 2013
