El Escorial, Alcalá and Aranjuez: a walk through Madrid’s heritage
bySan Lorenzo del Escorial, Alcalá de Henares and Aranjuez have a lot in common: They are Unesco Heritage enclaves and are also denominated “Legacy…
Art & Heritage
Top 7 Bizarre Superstitions in India
byNarendra Dabholkar, the rationalist who took up the battle against superstition in Maharashtra, was murdered on 20 August 2013 by two gunmen in Pune….
‘Hindi cinema has greatly contributed to a secular idea of India’
byMumbai: Throughout the past 100 years of Indian cinema there have been Hindi movies that embody and define the quintessence of Hindi cinema. Filmmaker Manmohan…
Artist Neeraj Mittra, a rare talent
byFrom MF Husain’s iconic symbol of horse as a medium of nature’s powerful expression on canvas to Picasso’s cubic influences on human distortions, budding…
With pilgrims gone, efforts to boost tourism in Uttarakhand
byDehra Dun : Uttarakhand tourism minister Amrita Rawat intends organizing the World Tourism Day, that falls on Sept 27 in Uttarakhand, in the hope…
Majesty of Royal Rajputana in Pictures
byRajasthan, known as “the land of kings” is located in the northwest of India and covers 10.4% part of country, an area of 342,239…
Picturesque Mussoorie from the late 19th century
byA sleepy town in the religious state of Uttarakhand- Picturesque Moussorie from the late 19th century Image Credit: Ebay
Look gorgeous in saris inspired by Madhubani paintings
byNew Delhi: The six-yard gets ethnic with a mythological twist – a range of saris inspired by Madhubani paintings with focus on mythology has…
Sun temple, Nirath in Himachal threatened by dam backwaters
byShimla: Historic Sun temple at Nirath village in Sutlej river valley not only suffers neglect but is also threatened by a large dam coming up in the vicinity;…
Folk artists ignored at Shimla Summer Festival
byShimla: The organizers of international summer festival in Shimla once again ignored local talent and folk artists by not inviting many of them to…