Alam Ara: was the first talkie movie made in India by A. Irani in 1931. India is the world’s largest producer of films. In 2009, India produced a total of 2961 films on celluloid, that include 1288 feature films. The provision of 100% foreign direct investment has made the IndianContinue Reading
Kyung-sook Shin has won the Man Asian Literary Prize for her novel, Please Look After Mom. The South Korean novelist is the first woman to win the award. The novel is about a family’s search for their mother, who goes missing one afternoon amid the crowds of the Seoul StationContinue Reading
Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci (fullname Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci) was an Italian polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer. He lived from 1452 to 1519, and is considered to be the archetype of the “Renaissance man,” meaning thatContinue Reading
Classical Dance of India Dance State Bharat Natyam Tamil Nadu Bihu Assam Bhangra Punjab Chhau Bihar, Orissa, W. Bengal and Jharkhand Garhwali Uttaranchal Garba Gujarat Hattari Karnataka Kathak North India Kathakali Kerala Kutchipudi Andhra Pradesh Khantumm Mizoram Karma Madhya Pradesh Laho Meghalaya Mohiniattam Kerala Mando Goa Manipuri Manipur Nati HimachalContinue Reading
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