“Every man, I daresay, has his own notion of what constitutes perfect peace and contentment, but all of those notions, despite the fundamental conflict of the sexes, revolve around women. As for me–and I hope I may be pardoned, at this late stage in my inquiry, for intruding my own personality–I reject the two commonest […]
Sandro Botticelli
period | Early Renaissance
date | circa 1470-80
Over the centuries, scholars and art historians have written extensively about Sandro Botticelli’s Primavera. And while there are many different interpretations of this magnificent painting, there is one version that is widely accepted - the work represents a mythological version of the coming of Spring. Even the title […]
It is a relief and a pleasure to have shifted our web pages to WordPress. I was finally satisfied with the way they all look and function after having modified this and that, and installing and upgrading this and that plug-in to Wordpress 1.5, only to discover that WordPress 2.0 is on the way.
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Credit: Marco Di Lorenzo et al. courtesy Aviation Week, Mars Exploration Rover Mission, Cornell, JPL, NASA;
Explanation: What is the geologic history of Mars? To help find out, the robot Spirit rover explored the terrain on the way up to the top of Husband Hill and took pictures along the way. Earth-bound team members later combined […]
“Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan can be described as an artiste who has had the maximum impact on the 20th Century Hindustani Classical Music scenario. Born in 1902 into a great musical lineage from Kasur in the Western Punjab, this great savant amalgamated the best of four traditions; his own Patiala - Kasur style, sculpturesque […]
