Traditional Indian Folk Culture Indian culture has been shaped by its long history, and its diverse geography. The ancient heritage of the Indus Valley Civilization has been preserved even while absorbing customs, traditions, and rituals from both immigrants and invaders. India’s different religions followed by its vast populace have contributed to making its culture as diverse as it is unique. The epics of Hinduism – the Ramayana and the Mahabharata which...

Rabindranath Tagore: The Voice of The East Rabindranath Tagore was born on 7th May 1861, in Calcutta, India to Debendranath and Sarada Devi. His parents were affluent Brahmins. He did not attend school, hence did not receive any formal education. He was educated at home and yet he achieved literary greatness the likes of which only few educated writers are privilege to. Tagore began his tryst with writing at the young...

Theatre: A Dying Art Back in the old days, theatre was an integral part of religious ceremony. It served to celebrate and placate the gods on who all depended. Eastern theatre owes much to India and its parent language Sanskrit whose great epic poems such as the Ramayana were enacted. The eighteenth and the nineteenth century were witness to cinema at its best. It flourished as the number one choice for...

Art for Art’s Sake The line, “Art for art’s sake” was translated from the French “1 ‘art pour l’art”, which was coined in the early 19th century by the French Philosopher Victor Cousin. To Theophile Gautier; however, goes the credit for having first adopted this line as a slogan. In the nineteenth century, art epitomized the good conservative ethics of Christian sentiment. Academic artists believed that art had to be reflective...

Sourav Ganguly Sourav Chandidas Ganguly was born on the eight of July 1972. He lives in Kolkatta, India. He is a left-handed batman and a right-handed medium-pace bowler. Ganguly is naturally right-handed, but became a left-handed batsman at a young age so that he could use his brother, Snehasish’s cricket equipment. His fans are grateful for ‘it, because there are few things in cricket that can outshine a Ganguly left-handed drive....

Sports Equipment – An Emerging Technology Almost today has been affected by technology. Many innovations in the fields of sports have happened because technology has made them possible. In the house or at work we are constantly bombarded with technology to the extent that today we don’t give it a second thought, it is part and parcel of life. Sports equipment — a relatively young offshoot of technology seems to be...

Olympics and India India has been participating in the Olympics since 1900. It has shown some magnificent performance in Hockey at the Olympics. India bagged 6 gold medals in Hockey from 1928 to 1956 an achievement which has yet to be beaten. They won the gold medal at the 1964 and 1980 Olympics as well. In all India has won eight gold medals in hockey. However, despite this wonderful show in...

Indoor Games Indoor games were originally invented to help people amuse themselves within the confines of their homes. They were invented to pass time at home when, either the weather was bad or, when, sickness confined a person to his or her bed. Indoor games also meant, mothers could keep a watchful eye on their children while doing their housework. Indoor games can be briefly categorized into three types viz. Card...