Tijara is just under 100km from Delhi on way to Alwar but it is like 2,000 years away in time. Well, a crime novel, Tijara’s Mystery Codes, written by one of the most unusual storytellers, Hemma Myers Sood, has traced it imaginatively to 5,000 years ago, when the Pandavas no less, stayed here in Matsya […]Read More
Benoy K Behl According to ancient texts, the deity in the sanctum of the temple is depicted closest to its all-pervasive nature. It is a manifestation of the ultimate truth. There also developed a great tradition of utsava murtis or ‘festival images’. The deity, in many manifestations of human form, comes out to the streets […]Read More
Team L&M MapmyIndia Mappls, a digital maps and deep-tech company, is releasing a series of physical, printed map art works, The Ramayan Maps, as part of an initiative to help people connect better with India’s heritage and culture through the lens of maps. This physical printed map art works on canvas (offered in varying sizes […]Read More
Team L&M In a major find, the Jabalpur Circle of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has unraveled remarkable archaeological remains in Madhya Pradesh’s Bandhavgarh Forest Reserve. During the exploration, the ASI found 26 ancient temples/relics of Kalachuri period (9th century CE to 11th century CE), 26 caves (2nd century CE to 5th century CE […]Read More
Team L&M Metaform and XP&DLand announced a world first with the MetaPujo which brings iconic Durga Puja celebrations of Kolkata to the Metaverse. Four important Durga Puja pandals of Kolkata Ahiritola Sarbojanin, Deshapriya Park, Ballygunge Cultural and Tala Prattay pandals will be accessible through 3D twins on the Metaverse this time. Elaborating on the experience, […]Read More
Wet days in September Raindrops fallin’ tender As I stare outside my window And I see the clouds are passin’ by.… Sang the famous Pussycats in 1978. It was one my favourite songs during those youthful days at college. I now recall this as suddenly rains cooled Delhi and the change in season ushered in […]Read More
Team L&M The film Imperial City of Vijayanagara is part of the series of documentaries ‘Spectacular India’, produced by Art Historian, Filmmaker and Photographer Benoy K Behl for Doordarshan. India Habitat Centre, New Delhi is showing this film and holding a talk on it under its Glimpses of Culture series on September 24, at 6pm. […]Read More
Benoy K Behl A most remarkable Indian tradition of the early period is that the focus of life and society was on the eternal themes and not on human personalities, which were, after all, ephemeral. In the 3rd century BCE, even the rulers did not inscribe their names upon their messages on monuments. Almost all […]Read More
Team L&M Re Sustainability once again partners with 92.7 BIG FM to provide eco-friendly Ganeshas to celebrate the auspicious festival of Ganesh Chaturthi. Close to 15000 Ganesha idols made of eco-friendly materials are distributed across five cities every year. This is the 15th edition of the award-winning Green Ganesha initiative. The ganeshas will be handed […]Read More
Team L&M Sahitya Kala Parishad is organising a three-day Thumri Festival at Kamani Auditorium, Mandi House. A line-up of eminent artists and their disciples will represent the melodious journey of Hindustani classical music during the festival Talking about the festival, Dr Monica Priyadarshini, Secretary, Sahitya Kala Parishad, said, “we have been organising Thumri Festival on […]Read More
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