In 2010, I had started a ‘Centre for Leadership’ and the idea was to document the lives of lesser-known leaders from different professions. We had hired a few associates to help us on this, but somehow it did not work out as they got information or met just the known names. I was...
45.5. The traditional texts followed by the practitioners of Kerala mural art are theTantra-samucchaya, the 15th Century treatise on temple architecture and art written by Narayana;and theShilparatna, the 16th Century text by Sreekumara. The later is also a standard text on temple architecture;...
Roy stayed in Berlin under his assumed name Roberto Alleny Villa Gracia ; and was holding the Mexican diplomatic passport that was provided to him by the Mexican President Carranza during November 1919, to enable Roy and Evelyn to travel safely to Berlin and then on to Moscow. Soon after h...
1.1. As said before, the evolution of Music of India in all its forms, including the sacred music, art music, dance music, opera, instrumental music and other recognized forms (Gita prabandha, Vadya prabandha, Nritya prabandhaandLakshana prabandha) is a long process spread over many centurie...
the individual. The People’ s Plan for Economic Development of India and the Draft Constitution of Free India prepared by Roy and his associates during 1944 and 1945 hold out some solutions to India’s current economic and political problems. His ideas in these regard are very relevant, today...
During this period, Sarat was influenced by the then popular romantic English novels by Ellen Wood (better known as Mrs. Henry Wood) and Marie Corelli. His short stories or novels likeAbhimaan, Bojha, Anupamar-Prem, Sukumarer Balyakatha, Bardidi, Chandranath, Debdas, PashanandAbhimaanwere ...
Shri Prasanta Kumar Paul, a biographer of Tagore, surmises that Jagmohan could have been modelled after the college teacher and writer Krishnakamal Bhattacharya, described as a romantic rebel. Shri Paul bases his argument on Shri Bipinbihari Gupta’s delightful memoirs, Puratan prasanga, an ...
Yath kinchi loka Sadrushyam chitram tatsy ucchate / Dhirga-ange sa-pramanam cha Sukumaram su-bhumikam / 3.41.2/ Chatursram su-sampurnam , na Dhirgam, no ulbano -akriti / Pramanam sthana lamabadyam Vainikam tan nigadyate /3.41.3/ ...
TheSilappadikarammentions many technical terms related to Dance. Some of those terms are similar to the ones that figure in theNatyashastra; such as:Natya, Ranga (Arangam,Aadukalam), Pindi, KaranaandMandala (Mandila)etc. There are also many Tamil technical terms; such as:elir kai, tolir...
who is an infant or a boy .Verily all of you are very great” (na hi vo astyarbhako devaa so na kumaraha, visve sato mahanta iti– RV 8.30.1). No one god in particular was regarded as the superior deity guiding and controlling the rest. But, all gods of Rig Veda were of co-...