India becoming market for high end European art (With Images)
April 30th, 2012 - 12:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Rising disposable incomes, exposure to unique art forms and greater social interaction are opening urban Indian homes to niche British interior accessory art like Amanda ... Read more...
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Tough call: Showcasing high-art stainless steel on its 100th anniversary (With images)
March 9th, 2012 - 10:43 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) The down-to-earth stainless steel has travelled a long way into its 100th year as an industrial metal for manufacturing everything from kitchenware to surgical equipment ... Read more...
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Masters to take part in international dance fest
February 7th, 2011 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Dance maestros from five countries representing a broad sweep of global dancing traditions will flock to India Feb 15-18 for a three-day, two-city international festival of dance ... Read more...
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Chandigarh gets Rs.5 crore to light up Rock Garden
January 29th, 2011 - 3:00 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 29 (IANS) Chandigarh's famed Rock Garden will now be illuminated. The union tourism ministry has given a Rs.5 crore grant to illuminate the garden, a major tourist attraction, and promote ... Read more...
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Women use dry grass to earn livelihood in Jharkhand village
October 7th, 2010 - 6:07 pm ICT by ANI
By Girija Shankar OjhaDabanki (Jharkhand), Oct.7 (ANI): The poverty-ridden women of Dabanki village in Jharkhand make beautiful apparels and accessories with the help of dried grass and thus earn a decent livelihood.A ... Read more...
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Sand animation at CWG opening
September 27th, 2010 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 27 (IANS) Sand animation accompanied by a theme song on Mahatma Gandhi will enthrall audience at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games Oct 3.
Noted sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik will ... Read more...
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Bihar artist making pictures of dignitaries inside bottles
April 16th, 2010 - 6:00 pm ICT by ANI
Darbhanga (Bihar), Apr 16 (ANI): Umesh Mukhiya, an artist in Bihar's Darbhanga District is engaged in a unique art of making pictures of dignitaries inside the bottles.Called the Bottle art, ... Read more...
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‘Face reader’ to be Pak’s ’secret weapon’ during Feb 25 talks with India
February 24th, 2010 - 12:13 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Feb.24 (ANI): The Pakistani delegation coming to India to take part in the foreign secretary-level talks on February 25 also includes a 'physiognomy' expert, who would read the faces of the ... Read more...
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His fine art - drawing with fingernails!
February 18th, 2010 - 10:27 am ICT by IANS
By Asit Srivastava
Lucknow, Feb 18 (IANS) A resident of Lucknow has mastered the unique art of drawing with his nails. Be it intricate designs, portraits or cartoons, R.S. Dobarial, 31, does it ... Read more...
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Jimmy Page launches set of stamps featuring classic album covers
January 7th, 2010 - 2:37 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 7 (ANI): Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page has launched a new set of stamps featuring classic album covers from the last 40 years.Of the thousands of pieces of artwork ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh artists make jewellery with animal bones and horns
November 25th, 2009 - 2:55 pm ICT by ANI
By VibhavMuradabad, Nov.25 (ANI): Artists in Muradabad city of Uttar Pradesh have mastered the unique art of making wealth from waste. Believe it or not, they make jewellery from bones and horns ... Read more...
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Muay-Thai Kick Boxing master promotes the art in Northeast
November 17th, 2009 - 9:49 pm ICT by ANI
By Vaschipem KamodangGuwahati, Nov 17(ANI): Ayekpam Rakesh Meitei, a master in Muay Thai or Thai boxing, is training youth in the northeast to promote the sport in the country. Thai boxing is ... Read more...
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A housewife in Assam creates lamps with pulse grains
October 17th, 2009 - 5:27 pm ICT by ANI
By Peter Alex ToddGuwahati, Oct.17 (ANI): An innovative lady in Guwahati has heralded Deepavali, the festival of lights, by preparing economical lamps with pulse grains. These lamps need just a drop of ... Read more...
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He doesn’t draw paintings, he writes them! (Feature)
October 12th, 2009 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
By Asit Srivastava
Lucknow, Oct 12 (IANS) A picture is worth a thousand words. In the case of Shohaib Khan, words are worth a picture. Confused? The 20-year-old artist from Uttar Pradesh writes ... Read more...
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Howzzat! Government official writes in 125 styles with both hands
August 19th, 2009 - 12:05 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 19 (IANS) It started as an exercise to improve his poor handwriting when in school and has blossomed into a unique calligraphic talent. Government official Ravi Prakash Saraswat, 50, has ... Read more...
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Capturing essence of Connaught Place through art (With Images)
August 8th, 2009 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) What is it about Connaught Place, the sprawling entertainment and business hub in the heart of the capital, that makes Delhiites so nostalgic ... Read more...
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Artisans carve new image for northeast in Bangalore
July 24th, 2009 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
By Maitreyee Boruah
Bangalore, July 24 (IANS) "We have come from a distant land, from far-off northeastern India. Hopefully you'll like our indigenous artefacts." That was what artisans from northeast India say as ... Read more...
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Booby Pammie gets ‘rubbish-istic’ makeover!
June 16th, 2009 - 1:43 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 16 (ANI): Hottie Pamela Anderson has undergone a "trashy" makeover - an artist has created a portrait of the Hollywood babe using rubbish taken out of her bins!Jason Mecier, ... Read more...
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`City of Joy” heralds Olympiad with palm art
August 9th, 2008 - 9:45 pm ICT by ANI
By Soma Mitra
Kolkata, Aug.9 (ANI): A Chinese artist in Kolkata has brought alive the spirit of the Olympics here through paintings made by his palms and fingers.
Fifty-six-year-old Guan Yaojiu paints mountains ... Read more...
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Bastar artefacts get patent cover
July 14th, 2008 - 11:42 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, July 14 (IANS) Exquisite and unique bell metal and traditional handicraft items of the tribal artisans of Bastar in Chhattisgarh have got the patent protection from the Hyderabad-based National Institute of ... Read more...
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India to get first taste of German Fluxus art
May 14th, 2008 - 2:14 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Take a sheet of paper. Shake it, rumple it and tear it. Place the act in the context of creative art, installations, short texts and theatre. You ... Read more...
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Meet Kochi man, a blackboard-chalk carving expert
February 13th, 2008 - 11:31 am ICT by admin
By Juhan Samuel
Kochi, Feb 13 (ANI): A native of Mattanchery in Kochi has developed a unique art of carving sculptures out of blackboard chalks using a pin.
For the past 35 years A.B. ... Read more...
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Meet Kochi man, a blackboard chalk carving expert
February 12th, 2008 - 8:13 pm ICT by admin
By Juhan Samuel
Kochi, Feb 12 (ANI): A native of Mattanchery in Kochi has developed a unique art of carving sculptures out of blackboard chalks using a pin.
For the past 35 years A.B. ... Read more...
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