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...

Base Ball: An American Craze There is only one way of putting it. Baseball is to America what cricket is to Indians. Yes, Americans sleep, eat and drink baseball. One might wonder what Americans like about a game the rest of the world finds slow moving at best. What it is about baseball that it is touted as America’s national pastime??? The baseball game is divided into nine periods of play,...

The Reliance Family Saga Reliance Industries, a Fortune 500 company, was created due to the brilliant visionary efforts of Dhirubhai Ambani, a poor, ill-educated man. Building a million-dollar company from scratch in the proverbial rags to riches way was the genius of Dhirubhai. Dhirubhai showed his entrepreneurial skills from the early age of sixteen when he sold “pakoras” to pilgrims in Mount Girnar over the weekends. Reliance Commercial Corporation was started...

The Bulls and The Bears A common myth is that the terms “bull market” and “bear market” originated from the way the two animals-the bulls and the bears attack a foe. A bear attacks by swiping its paws downward while a bull tosses its horns upward. Although this is a good mnemonic it is not the true origin of these terms. Long ago, “bear skin jobbers” were notorious for selling bear...