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India Handmade Paper

Arts - No Comments » - Posted on August, 22 at 7:28 pm

Handmade paper is an ancient art and is thought to have come to India from the Northwestern parts. It was revived during the Swadeshi movement by Mahatma Gandhi. Handmade paper can be made using a bewildering variety of natural materials and dyes as well as a number of finishing techniques.

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India is a land of plenty

Arts - No Comments » - Posted on May, 28 at 8:22 pm

India is a land of plenty. With such diverse cultures India is arguably one of the richest as far as art forms are concerned. Culturally vibrant, India allures one and all.

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Painting of Bodhisattva in Ajanta cave

Arts - No Comments » - Posted on March, 22 at 7:58 pm

Nature has always had tantalising effect on mankind. There has always been an effort to express the fascination, awe, excitement and fear evoked by natural phenomenon. The expression could be a hymn of Rigveda or a cave painting depicting a hunting experience. Unfortunately the hymns remain but the material used for paintings being perishable little […]

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