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Mai Dams of Assam: Echoes of a Majestic Past, Embraced by UNESCO

 The recent inscription of the Mai Dams of Assam on the UNESCO World Heritage List marks a significant milestone for ...
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A Global Mosaic: Ancient Sculptures Weaving Cultural Connections

Ancient Sculptures: India, Egypt, Assyria, Greece and Rome is an international initiative that brings together long-standing partners — the Chhatrapati ...
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Project PARI: Public Art of India – Transforming Urban Landscapes Through Creativity

In an innovative and culturally rich country like India, public art has evolved as an effective instrument for community participation, ...
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House of The Spirits, IKons : The Saura Painting

When imagination and creativity fuse together, it gives birth to art. Through it, human beings express their emotions either in ...
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A Masterpiece of Architectural Engineering: Sun Temple Modhera

Alamkara or ornamentation is an aesthetic element used to beautify the objects. When we talk about the ornamentation of architecture, ...
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Madhushravani Festival of Mithila: Worshiping of the Naga Deities

India is full of rich cultural heritage; every region has its festivals to celebrate, which have been rooted in their ...
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Beyond the Frame: How Historical Site Portrayals Enrich Movie Storylines

Movies are mirrors reflecting the societies and cultures we live in. Often, movies draw inspiration from cultural settings, presenting layered ...
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UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES: THE NOMINATION PROCESS & SELECTION CRITERIA

WHAT IS WORLD HERITAGE SITE? A site or monument with legal protection under an international convention regulated by the UNESCO ...
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Informal Education In Museums: Impact on Students

WHAT IS A MUSEUM? A Museum is a storehouse of antique objects of history and heritage. It's an institution serving ...
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Ladakh’s New Year Festival: Losar

The celebrations are in full swing as Ladakh marks the Ladakhi New Year with the Losar Festival. Over the course ...
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HINDI: EVOLVING LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

कोस कोस पर बदले पानी, चार कोस पर वाणी Source: Business Standard The quote perfectly defines the ever evolving languages ...
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Building with Nature

“I like to welcome Nature and I take Architecture as a dialogue with nature, our nature and the nature of ...
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Hyderabadi Biryani- A Dish Proudly Carrying Forward It’s Past

Picture Credits: Pinterest (Arpita | Gastronomic Bong) What's the name of the dish which you can always connect to? A ...
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The Story of India’s Heritage Bakery: A Conversation with Chef Priyank Sukanand

Picture Source: Pinterest Picture Source: Pinterest Picture Source: Pinterest A Cake is a dish that is reserved for special occasions ...
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The Emperor, The Mystery, The Mausoleum

Undisturbed for about two millennia, the tomb of the Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang has been one of the biggest ...
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Delhi Heritage: Top 10 Baolis by Vikramjit Singh Rooprai

Published by Niyogi Books Pvt Ltd. Picture Credits: Srilagna Majumdar “We are creating newer and newer methods to exhaust our ...
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Book Review: Arayanka: The Vedic Mantra of the Forests

Picture Credits: Shatabdi Dass When we juxtapose Prakriti or nature with Sanskriti or Culture in light of the Vedas, we ...
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Commemorating the ‘Terrible’ Eulogising the ‘Blessed’

Picture source: Pinterest Nestled at the geometric centre of Moscow, Russia and gracing the southern side of the renowned ‘Red ...
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Jabalpur’s Bhedaghat: A Tale of Pride and Pollution

Picture Source: Ramyani Sengupta and Shatabdi Dass Jabalpur is a city that has always been enveloped in culture. For the ...
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The Tales of The Travelling Tea Cup

With the second lockdown and the dreaded second wave, the nostalgia for all the canceled travel plans and suppressed wanderlust ...
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Bengal’s own game of cards- The Dashavatar Tash

Image Source: http://getbangla.com/‘ Life is like a game of cards.’- Jawaharlal Nehru Well, apart from the philosophical perspective, a game ...
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Losing the Languages of the Land of Gods

Image Source: Rath India With its pristine hills, serene lakes, eye-catching meadows, spectacular glaciers and glistening streams the state of ...
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A Book Review of Kavita Kane’s Lanka’s Princess: Weaving up the Character of Surphanakha

Image Source : Rath India “Meenakshi….Her eyes are as golden and graceful as a fish’s. That would be a lovely ...
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Introduction à l’Art Déco

Art Deco is a style of visual arts, architecture and design, a movement in decorative arts and architecture. It was ...
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The Devadasi Tradition: From the sacred to the profane

Image Source : British Library The Indian society has been unforgiving and at the same time rewarding when it comes ...
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Remarkable Collection of Maharaja Banaras Vidya Mandir Museum

Image Source : Google One of the oldest living city of India, Varanasi, formerly known as Banaras or Kashi, houses ...
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Chhatth Puja

Conserving cultural heritage and passing them onto our descendants implies not only safeguarding cultural values but also securing the future ...
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Restoration of Sir Rameshwar Singh, K.C.I.E, Maharaja of Darbhangah

Sir Rameshwar Singh was the Knight Commander of the Indian Empire, and later became the Maharaja of Darbhanga. He was ...
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Moving Beyond the Repository

Image Source : Museo Camera: Gurugram Image Source : Museo Camera: Gurugram Museums around the globe have evolved over the ...
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Uninhibited Roles of a Museum

The derivation of the term museum accentuates a wide range of meanings and intricacies of subjects. Museums explicitly contain implications ...
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Images Recast: Pictorialism and Beyond

Image Source : Museo Camera: Gurugram The Merriam Webster dictionary defines photography as “the art or process of producing images ...
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The Song of Empathy

It is heartwarming to see how the nature is replenishing itself as soon as we took a step behind. The ...
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Environment in Covid-19

It has been months since the World has stood still. Socio-Economic activities halted, lives disrupted. This worldwide lock down has ...
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Environment Conservation and Heritage

The UN in 1972 designated 5th June as World Environment Day in order to commemorate the general awareness and sensitivity ...
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Unnoticed Chaupal : Every History matters

Main entrance Gateway Hidden in the heart of the city, a 275 years old Mughal era Chaupal is left alone ...
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Botched up Politics and Heritage

Heritage has a powerful symbolism and it evokes strong emotions. Every heritage is related with a particular ideology. If the ...
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