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House of The Spirits, IKons : The Saura Painting
When imagination and creativity fuse together, it gives birth to art. Through it, human beings express their emotions either in ...
A Masterpiece of Architectural Engineering: Sun Temple Modhera
Alamkara or ornamentation is an aesthetic element used to beautify the objects. When we talk about the ornamentation of architecture, ...
Madhushravani Festival of Mithila: Worshiping of the Naga Deities
India is full of rich cultural heritage; every region has its festivals to celebrate, which have been rooted in their ...
Beyond the Frame: How Historical Site Portrayals Enrich Movie Storylines
Movies are mirrors reflecting the societies and cultures we live in. Often, movies draw inspiration from cultural settings, presenting layered ...
UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES: THE NOMINATION PROCESS & SELECTION CRITERIA
WHAT IS WORLD HERITAGE SITE? A site or monument with legal protection under an international convention regulated by the UNESCO ...
Informal Education In Museums: Impact on Students
WHAT IS A MUSEUM? A Museum is a storehouse of antique objects of history and heritage. It's an institution serving ...
Ladakh’s New Year Festival: Losar
The celebrations are in full swing as Ladakh marks the Ladakhi New Year with the Losar Festival. Over the course ...
HINDI: EVOLVING LANGUAGE & LITERATURE
कोस कोस पर बदले पानी, चार कोस पर वाणी Source: Business Standard The quote perfectly defines the ever evolving languages ...
Building with Nature
“I like to welcome Nature and I take Architecture as a dialogue with nature, our nature and the nature of ...
Hyderabadi Biryani- A Dish Proudly Carrying Forward It’s Past
Picture Credits: Pinterest (Arpita | Gastronomic Bong) What's the name of the dish which you can always connect to? A ...
The Story of India’s Heritage Bakery: A Conversation with Chef Priyank Sukanand
Picture Source: Pinterest Picture Source: Pinterest Picture Source: Pinterest A Cake is a dish that is reserved for special occasions ...
The Emperor, The Mystery, The Mausoleum
Undisturbed for about two millennia, the tomb of the Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang has been one of the biggest ...
Delhi Heritage: Top 10 Baolis by Vikramjit Singh Rooprai
Published by Niyogi Books Pvt Ltd. Picture Credits: Srilagna Majumdar “We are creating newer and newer methods to exhaust our ...
Book Review: Arayanka: The Vedic Mantra of the Forests
Picture Credits: Shatabdi Dass When we juxtapose Prakriti or nature with Sanskriti or Culture in light of the Vedas, we ...
Commemorating the ‘Terrible’ Eulogising the ‘Blessed’
Picture source: Pinterest Nestled at the geometric centre of Moscow, Russia and gracing the southern side of the renowned ‘Red ...
Jabalpur’s Bhedaghat: A Tale of Pride and Pollution
Picture Source: Ramyani Sengupta and Shatabdi Dass Jabalpur is a city that has always been enveloped in culture. For the ...
The Tales of The Travelling Tea Cup
With the second lockdown and the dreaded second wave, the nostalgia for all the canceled travel plans and suppressed wanderlust ...
Bengal’s own game of cards- The Dashavatar Tash
Image Source: http://getbangla.com/‘ Life is like a game of cards.’- Jawaharlal Nehru Well, apart from the philosophical perspective, a game ...
Losing the Languages of the Land of Gods
Image Source: Rath India With its pristine hills, serene lakes, eye-catching meadows, spectacular glaciers and glistening streams the state of ...
A Book Review of Kavita Kane’s Lanka’s Princess: Weaving up the Character of Surphanakha
Image Source : Rath India “Meenakshi….Her eyes are as golden and graceful as a fish’s. That would be a lovely ...
Introduction à l’Art Déco
Art Deco is a style of visual arts, architecture and design, a movement in decorative arts and architecture. It was ...
The Devadasi Tradition: From the sacred to the profane
Image Source : British Library The Indian society has been unforgiving and at the same time rewarding when it comes ...
Remarkable Collection of Maharaja Banaras Vidya Mandir Museum
Image Source : Google One of the oldest living city of India, Varanasi, formerly known as Banaras or Kashi, houses ...
Chhatth Puja
Conserving cultural heritage and passing them onto our descendants implies not only safeguarding cultural values but also securing the future ...
Restoration of Sir Rameshwar Singh, K.C.I.E, Maharaja of Darbhangah
Sir Rameshwar Singh was the Knight Commander of the Indian Empire, and later became the Maharaja of Darbhanga. He was ...
Moving Beyond the Repository
Image Source : Museo Camera: Gurugram Image Source : Museo Camera: Gurugram Museums around the globe have evolved over the ...
Uninhibited Roles of a Museum
The derivation of the term museum accentuates a wide range of meanings and intricacies of subjects. Museums explicitly contain implications ...
Images Recast: Pictorialism and Beyond
Image Source : Museo Camera: Gurugram The Merriam Webster dictionary defines photography as “the art or process of producing images ...
The Song of Empathy
It is heartwarming to see how the nature is replenishing itself as soon as we took a step behind. The ...
Environment in Covid-19
It has been months since the World has stood still. Socio-Economic activities halted, lives disrupted. This worldwide lock down has ...
Environment Conservation and Heritage
The UN in 1972 designated 5th June as World Environment Day in order to commemorate the general awareness and sensitivity ...
Unnoticed Chaupal : Every History matters
Main entrance Gateway Hidden in the heart of the city, a 275 years old Mughal era Chaupal is left alone ...
Botched up Politics and Heritage
Heritage has a powerful symbolism and it evokes strong emotions. Every heritage is related with a particular ideology. If the ...