In the Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome, The sculpture The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa can be seen which was designed and sculpted by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. It is considered as one of the greatest work of art from the Baroque Period …
Alpana is a floor art which originated from the women of rural Bengal and has been in practice for many centuries. Traditionally all Alpanas are supposed to be only white in colour. The modern day Alpana we see that adorns the puja mandaps and wedding ceremonies are markedly inspired by the Shantiniketani school of art …
Are you a new business? Want to grow big? Looking for the ways for steady growth? …
These are the questions which must be coming to your mind in order to make your startup grow at a fast, steady and smooth pace …
Aditi Kar is a native of Puri, Odisha, currently based in Bhubaneswar. Here is a glimpse of her work …
गर्मी की छुट्टियों का पहला दिन गाँव में कब निकल गया, पता ही नहीं चला। हर दिन की तरह रात होते ही वो आज भी गद्दे और बिछौने लेकर छत पर चला गया और अपने दादी-दादा के पास आकर लेट गया …
Madhubani paintings are interwoven with traditions, folk songs, history and myths. They mostly depict themes revolving around deities, scenes from the royal court, social events like weddings, symbolic images of sexual pleasure, nature, animals, birds and procreation. These paintings were also used as a method to control deforestation …
English has become easier for us now, as slowly, but steadily, it has established a bonding with the native Indian languages by inheriting their words, thus making its speakers more comfortable with it. Eventually, it has become a global language or international language as they say it. In this light of the worldwide exposure and use of English, we are to understand the ups and downs it had to face to attain the position it holds today …
तीन स्रोतों से मुझे है नाम मिलता,
सृषि के तीनों गुणों को हूँ समेटे,
मैं नदी हूँ …
यह प्रवाहोल्लास मेरा!
भङ्गिमा कल्लोलिनी मेरी! …
पाट मेरा, घाट मेरे,
सोच, फिर! प्रतिघात मेरे …
तीस्ता मैं …
Rhiti Chatterjee Bose had a glimpse of the journey of Lakshmi Vishwanathan from the corporate to the world of art. Here’s what she got to know …
Using primary dyes sourced from plants the artists painted large pieces of fabrics to add to the visual stories that were being told to the audiences, these Chitakattis gave birth to the form of art now known as Kalamkari. Kalamkari broadly stands for hand painted or block printed cotton textile which originated from the states of …
At the age of almost 40, poet Jayanta Mahapatra conquered the world with his poetry. A combination of brevity and sharpness that he derived from physics (his subject) and the gift of a strong vocabulary took this poet to places and stages one can only imagine. His poems have been silent protests and an eye-opener for many. Our conversation with the legendary poet’s life, lessons and poetry …
“ଜ୍ୟୋତ୍ସ୍ନା,
କାହା ପାଇଁ ଶୀତଳ
କାହା ପାଇଁ ଝାସ,
କଥା ସମୟର
ସମୟର ଖେଳର
ବନ୍ଧନରୁ ଯାହାର,
କେହି ନାହିଁ ମୁକ୍ତ,
ନା ତୁ ସଖୀ, ନା ମୁଁ
…”
‘जोखनी की माँ’ दरअसल हमारे घर की ‘आपातकालीन सुविधा’ थी जो हमारी कामवाली बाई के अचानक काम पर न आने से चार बच्चों वाले घर में मची अफ़रातफ़री को कम करने में अम्मी का हाथ बँटा देती थी । वो मुझे और मेरी बहनों को ‘मईयाँ’ कहती थी। …
अगर सोचो हक़ीक़त में, ख़ुदा की चाल निकली तो.. हमारा साँस लेना क्या पता मालूम करना हो ! कि जैसे हम.. हर इक शय जाँचते हैं और परखते हैं.. ख़ुदा हमको बनाकर उम्र भर बस देखता हो तो ! अगर उसकी निगाहों में ग़लत शय हम भी निकले तब, हमारे साँस लेने का कोई मतलब…
Innovation has historically been connected with the handicrafts. The evolution of handicrafts finds its roots in the sense of the need of common man. Then the artistic skills come into the picture …
