With Navratras’ onset, devotees throng Himachal temples
byShimla: Tens of thousands of devotees assembled in different parts of Himachal Pradesh Tuesday and offered prayers on the onset of the nine-day Navratras,…
Culture
Time to turn Navratri fasting into feasting
byNew Delhi: Cookies, vegetarian ‘mock duck’, Parsi ‘malai kulfi’ and much more — chefs have put together interesting recipes for those observing the nine-day…
We’ve been replaced by computers: Poster designer Eswar
byChennai: He has designed posters of around 2,500 films in a career spanning three decades. But now, India’s renowned publicity and movie poster designer…
Minimal Art: Going back to the Basics
byWith the online presence of all businesses soaring, the element of design is really beginning to shine through in the promotions and merchandise these…
Art in a Can: Interview with Graffiti Artist Bruce Dunn
byPune-based Bruce Dunn explores the usually ‘outcast’ art form graffiti as a medium of art and social expression. Although Bruce shuns conventional galleries, he has held Graffiti…
A peek into an ancient past – through ghost walls
byNew Delhi: They were walls that existed hundreds of years ago – of buildings to house royalty and even deities. Today they are reduced…
Vikram Seth’s new canvas: Spirits, poetry, calligraphic
byNew Delhi: Art is a natural extension of novelist-poet Vikram Seth’s literature. The writer says he likes to paint — both in words and…
‘Kathputliyan’ : Paradise Regained?
byHamirpur: Puppet show presented by the well-known puppeteer from Jalandhar, Badri Bhatt at a five-day-long ‘Bharat Nirman’ public information campaign organized by the Press…
Roerich estate has 37 rare paintings of Russian painter
byShimla: The International Roerich Memorial Trust (IRMT), which manages Russian painter and philosopher Nicholas Roerich’s estate in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh, has over…
Shiva’s mace procession begins in Himachal
byChamba: The traditional ‘Chhari Yatra’ or the procession with the mace of Lord Shiva has started from this town, 450 km from the state…