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In
the Company of Art
The Company
School of Painting, or pictures made by artists during the
British Raj, refers to the genre of pictures that were
specifically commissioned by or made for the John Company
officials and other European residents.
Pran Nevile gives a vivid account
of the socio-cultural practices of the period, replete with rich
and rare visuals brought together for the first time in his
latest book. Exclusive excerpts:
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most notable artists
who captured the Indian panorama in their paintings were William
Hodges who travelled to India between 1780-83 producing his Select
Views of India in 1787 and the uncle and nephew team of
Thomas and William Daniell who toured the country extensively,
making sketches and watercolours, which they took back to
England and produced their famous six-volume series of
aquatints, Oriental Scenery. |
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SEOUL
Making
capital of things ethnic & modern
South Korea, with its
progressive yet traditional ways, serves as a model for developing
countries. Anand & Madhura Katti
visit Seoul, the political and cultural capital of the country
Barren
trees with newly
blossoming pinkish white cherry flowers on the busy streets of capital
Seoul welcomed us to ‘the land of morning calm’, ‘the country of
courtesy’, ‘the home of taekwondo’ or to South Korea during
spring.
V.R.
Patel’s last show
One
of the most distinguished
printmakers of the country, for Vinod Ray Patel art was a means of
self-expression, even self-indulgence. He did not subscribe to the
view that ordinary people should either consider art important or take
it seriously.
TRIBUTE
Big
appetite for colour
Eminent artist and scholar K.G.
Subramanyan on V. R.’s last exhibition
Vinod Ray Patel is an artist
who lives up to his name; he seems to derive a lot of amusement from
whatever he does. And he has the talent and technical facility to
cover a large ground.
Bollywood
vs Hollywood
The term to describe Hindi
movies is here to stay. Feeling offended by it is a denial of the fact
that film stories in this country are often adapted and inspired from
Hollywood, writes Shakuntala Rao
What
is this incessant
comparison with Hollywood?" wrote a well-known critic in a recent
issue of Outlook magazine. "Our [Indian] film industry is
different and we should hold our head high on our own merit."
"Bollywood is a pejorative term," writes Satvinder Rana of
BBC Radio.
Indian
films a hit in LA
Andy Goldberg in Los Angeles
It
could be the plot of a
particularly unlikely Bollywood movie. A young Greek girl grows up on
the Mediterranean island of Crete and falls in love with movies from
faraway India. Every weekend she sits glued to the screen to watch her
idols like Raj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar and others.
Lucille
Ball honoured
Eighteen
years after her death,
American actress/comedian Lucille Ball, star of the landmark sitcom I
Love Lucy, was honoured with the Legacy of Laughter Award at the
5th Annual TV Land Awards, which are designed to honour classic stars
and shows.
TV
stars stay abreast of cancer
A path-breaking film on breast
cancer by top specialists has cameos by three leading small screen
actors, writes Nag Mani
For
the country’s best known
cancer specialist who has treated and given hope to thousands, this
operation took four years of meticulous work. She does not hesitate to
add that it has been her most important as well as most precious
project.
Love
to survive
They cannot afford to fall
out of love. Meet the relationship addicts whose life is lost without
love and who derive satisfaction by constantly searching for
companionship, reports Ritusmita Biswas
It’s
sad when a romance ends.
It signifies a time of introspection, sadness and most importantly,
solitude. But not for likes of Sujoy Basu. Known in his immediate
circles as a flirt and incapable of serious relationship, Sujoy,
however, denies that he is not so.
Golf
and yoga in Himalayas
Here’s
some good news for all
golfers. If you are hitting the rough every time you raise the club,
then try yoga—-that too in the midst of the Himalayas.
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