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Benoy K Behl For long, Indian artists have been famous for human depiction of animals. This is for the simple reason that these artists do not see any difference between humans and animals. Enjoy this exquisite drawing from the wall of the Amber Palace, just outside Jaipur, photographed in 2001. The Bhojanshala of the Amber […]Read More
Benoy K Behl Day-before-yesterday I read a report by Profs. Andrew Cunningham and Kate Jones, both of London, which very clearly explained the responsibility of us human beings for the present crisis. They also explained how other viruses could also spread, even after the present disaster was past. Besides dealing with the present situation, I […]Read More
There have been many dances, dramas, television shows and films made on the great Indian epic The Mahabharata. We all have seen the BR Chopra’s Mahabharata and also the one Ekta Kapoor made. But what I saw a few days back was above the two Mahabharatas. I am talking about the theatre production, Mahabharata – […]Read More
I have always believed that dancers are the luckiest persons, not only because they are creative and can make all their imaginations come alive through their dance moves but because whenever they travel they make friends very easily and the relationship that develops is only because of the medium of dance that gets them to […]Read More
Chandigarh-based Pracheen Kala Kendra, the premier organisation dedicated for the promotion, preservation and dissemination of Indian classical art and culture with a pan-India presence, witnessed a soothing sitar recital by prominent sitar player Subrata De and a melodious Dhrupad recital by Mallick Bandhus at Triveni Kala Sangam Auditorium on the first day of the […]Read More
Three-day Mehrauli Monsoon Festival kicks off tomorrow Team L&M Home to a large number of monuments and archaeological ruins, a large section of tourists limits their visit to the Qutub Minar. In order to highlight the cultural and ecological significance of Mehrauli as a tourist destination, Delhi Tourism is reviving the ancient tradition of visiting […]Read More
Team L&M Take time out and visit one of these museums this Independence Day which chronicle the history of our country’s freedom struggle and experience life, as our freedom fighters and our forefathers spent, back in those days… Partition Museum, Amritsar Located in Walled City’s historic Town Hall Building, the first museum in the country […]Read More
Benoy K Behl The seemingly-miraculous achievements of Indian civilisation, consistently over the ancient and medieval periods, have been because of a great sense of dedication. This dedication has come from a deep study of the science of life. Philosophy has been a way of life of the Indian people. What is remarkable is that the […]Read More
Benoy K Behl Most people are not aware that at least a score of Hindu deities are very actively worshiped in Japan. In fact, there are hundreds of shrines to Saraswati alone. There are innumerable representations of Lakshmi, Indra, Brahma, Ganesha, Garuda and other deities. In fact, deities we have practically forgotten in India, such […]Read More
Shobha Deepak Singh Forty years ago, the Kendra was perhaps the only institute to present an aesthetically refined Sampurna Ramayana. Now, it has become imperative for the Kendra to make a departure. This script runs parallel to the show which we have been presenting for the last six decades. What has, however, been done to […]Read More
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