Share K Sai Raghava India the world’s largest democratic country, remained silent for years with regard to India’s renowned and celebrated artist, M.F. Husain. Husian aged about 95 an eminent and elegant personality was criticized in India for painting nude portraits, so much so, that he had to leave the country because of the fatwas by the [...]
Share Manali Misra: The tradition of classical dance and music dates back thousands of years in India. The world famous dance forms originated and developed in India like Kathak, Bharatnatyam, Kathakali, Kuchipudi, Manipuri, Odissi and Mohiniattam have their individual history and importance. There was a time when dance was supposed to have a divine association with the [...]
Share Manali Misra: Our country’s rich past, diverse culture, magnificent architecture and unique geography are popular throughout the world. We all proudly agree to this fact. But hold on, how many of us actually know about our own country’s history? How many of us even think of being well-read about our culture? Very few of us [...]
Share Sudeep Pagedar: A few days ago, a man named Jerome David Salinger shuffled off his mortal coil and moved on to the next world, or whatever happens when a person dies. The world didn’t come to a stand-still, and everything continued as it always had. Except, the day it was announced that J.D. Salinger was no [...]
Share Karuna Ahuja: There is plenty of light. We will paint with shadows And the colour is darkness! -Amar Sen Lights , Camera, Action! Welcome to the world of HandShadowgraphy!. Shadowgraphy or ombromanie is the art of performing a story or show using images made by hand shadows. This mode of entertainment is nothing but a sleight of hand. Like any other [...]
Share Abhirup Bhunia: Kolkata: From the stands, at a popular English stall in the book fair, in a strikingly good typeset, flickered the name, Shobhaa De. And soon the ambience of the book fair enclosed the inner senses. This time, I decided to move out of the house, spare the laptop and visit the place for a [...]
Share As a child, many of us heard this song by the Lok Seva Sanchar Parishad, promoted by Doordarshan. The song, popularly known as the “India song” lost its relevance soon after. 70% of the urban youth are not even aware of the importance and significance of this song. As an initiative to reconstruct our cultural [...]
Share Menorca Chaturvedi: This is part 2 of our 2 part series on the Indian classical music. Read part 1 here. Indian classical music is an extremely rich tradition, having ancient roots. The Samaveda, one of the four Vedas, describes music, which transformed from Samagana to Jatis to Ragas. It was originally used to help one meditate and attain [...]
Share Praveen Kumar: It mesmerizes, it rejuvenates and it brings joy. It unites people. Music is the bond that ties people from different backgrounds, languages and regions. Many people say that nature was the first to create music. The winds from the south, they say, tickled tall trees in forests and generated sweet melody which sounded like [...]
Share Kaushik Narasimhan: While most of us spent our New Year eve this year sitting at our homes, with our families, watching television, wishing we were partying somewhere instead, there were many as of that very night living our dream to the fullest. Twenty three yearr old Meha Bahuguna, a hospitality professional working in Bangalore was one [...]
