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Mythology: As Represented In Indian Paintings

September 29, 2020September 29, 2020 Ritika Soun 0 Comments ancient tales, Art, art history, artists, artwork, Belief, colors, composition, contemporary, creativity, decoration, History, imagery, imagination, immortal, Indian art, Indian Mythology, Indian paintings, Indian Traditions, inspiration, logic, Mahabharata, modernism, motif, Mythology, narration, naturalistic, Oral tradition, outlook, painters, painting, past, past traditions, primitive, Puranas, Puranic, Ramayana, Religion, resonance, science, Spirituality, stories, symbolism, Tradition, traditionalism, Upanishads, uplift, Utopia

We all grew up reading mythological stories either from comic books, or we listened to our grandparents narrate it to us – almost as if they were a part of it. These stories would paint too many pictures inside our heads back then, but out there in the real world, they have been represented by many talented artists. Can we correlate?

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Handloom –A Revolution or a fiasco?

August 7, 2020August 7, 2020 Editor 0 Comments ajrakh print, ancient craft, Ancient Indian culture, artistry, arts of India, artwork, Aurangzeb, crafts of India, creativity, Dastkar bazaar, designs, economic sector, economy, employment, fabric, figurines, globalisation, Gujarat, hand loom, Hand woven clothes, india, Indian culture, Indian history, Indus valley civilization, jamdani, khadi, Mahatma Gandhi, mechanisation, modern, modernisation, Mohenjo-Daro, Mohenjo-Daro Priest King sculpture, muslin, patterns, power looms, Princess Zeb-un-Nisa, Rajasthan, sindh, Swadeshi Movement, Tradition, weaver

Handloom still holds finesse as an ancient Indian craft. Tracing its history, this article brings forth hand woven clothing’s charm even in modern India. Celebrating the 6th National
Handloom Day, we are here with another insight into the artistic realm of our handloom industry
– a revolution or fiasco?