A Century Old Masterpiece
Once, a person had reportedly asked the author: “Where were you during the First World War?” The author replied: “I was busy with my Ulysses, and you?” It is one […]
Recognising Her Work & Legacy
American pioneering art historian Stella Kramrisch (May 29, 1896 – August 31, 1993) had arrived in India in 1922 at the invitation of great Indian poet and philosopher Rabindranath Tagore […]
Art(iculation)
A tramp comes across a little child, and brings him up, but is at a state of utter loss, when the orphanage reclaims the child. This is, in a nutshell, […]
‘The Literates’
It is mentioned that Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (November 30, 1874 – January 24, 1965) was so awestruck and embarrassed after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953 […]
Restoration Of Treasures
The people of Iraq still remember the day… April 9, 2003! On that day, the last staff at the Iraq Museum in Baghdad left the building. Before leaving the museum, […]
Life Imitating Art
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, […]
A ‘Truth’ Revealed!
It has been brought to notice that around 78 statues have been there for years near a huge square in the heart of an ancient and historic city of northern […]
On The Devil’s Violinist
Niccolò Paganini (October 27, 1782 – May 27, 1840), the most celebrated Italian violin virtuoso of his time, left his mark as one of the pillars of modern violin technique. […]
Dismantled & Disbanded!
The famous sculpture, called the Pillar of Shame, was there in the campus of the University of Hong Kong for more than two decades. The 26ft-tall sculpture made of bronze, […]
Boundless Ocean Of Politics 