Life is like a game of cards.’– Jawaharlal Nehru Well, apart from the philosophical perspective, a game of cards has become quite popular among people over time. It is a great means of passing time, especially during this pandemic because psst it’s an indoor game! Did you know? The game of cards was introduced to […]
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With its pristine hills, serene lakes, eye-catching meadows, spectacular glaciers and glistening streams the state of Uttarakhand is palpably the abode of everything divine. Complementing its rich natural beauty is its equally rich culture. Uttarakhand, also known as Dev Bhoomi, is primarily divided into two regions: Garhwal and Kumaon. The two regions presently serve as
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“Meenakshi….Her eyes are as golden and graceful as a fish’s. That would be a lovely name for her…” {Rishi Vishwaras on occasion of his daughter’s birth, Lanka’s Princess, Kavita Kane} Unfortunately, India always has adopted a hypocritical policy regarding its treatment of women who are worshipped in the temples and yet step-downed upon elsewhere. The
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Art Deco is a style of visual arts, architecture and design, a movement in decorative arts and architecture. It was a movement that carved its niche among varied decorative arts and architecture after its successful outcome at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes (International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts), held
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The Indian society has been unforgiving and at the same time rewarding when it comes to women in a rather paradoxical way. While on the one hand we see them as goddesses and worship them in temples, we barely hesitate to rip them apart in the streets on the other. One such example of a
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One of the oldest living city of India, Varanasi, formerly known as Banaras or Kashi, houses a variety of intangible as well as tangible heritage. The heterogeneous nature of the city attracts thousands of tourists all around the year. Situated amidst this assorted set up is the Ramnagar Fort. The architecture of the fort aptly
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Conserving cultural heritage and passing them onto our descendants implies not only safeguarding cultural values but also securing the future as well. Festivals are an integral part of our intangible cultural heritage; since the evolution of social life people celebrated festivals shaped by their cultural beliefs to express emotions. Chhath is one of such festival
Sir Rameshwar Singh was the Knight Commander of the Indian Empire, and later became the Maharaja of Darbhanga. He was born in January 1860 and was a member of the Indian Civil Service from 1878 to 1882 after which he resigned. Soon after his resignation, he was made a Rajah Bahadur and was appointed as
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Image Source : Museo Camera: Gurugram Museums around the globe have evolved over the time in the sense that the way in which they are portrayed and interpreted has changed considerably. The same can be said about Indian museums. There has been a significant shift in the paradigm of Indian museums, a journey from old
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The derivation of the term museum accentuates a wide range of meanings and intricacies of subjects. Museums explicitly contain implications of cultural, sociological, historical, religious aspects of the society. They are not merely a repository of items but disseminate the collections through knowledge and information. In order to do so, museums have evolved over the
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