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Life through LIGHT
Light is a silent brush that paints the surroundings in magical colours. Nair captures this at Rangdum, Ladakh.
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With the camera as his tool and light as his muse Mahesh Nair captures different moods of Mother Nature in his book
Let There Be Light. The book — with essays by experts — offers a range of perspectives on the effects of light in the world around us. Excerpts:
Photography comes from
the French "photographie" which is based on the Greek words
phos (light), and graphis (stylus, paintbrush) or graphê
(representation by means of lines or drawing), together meaning
"drawing with light." So, the essential element for
photography, apart from the photographer, the subject and the camera,
is light.
Making the invisible visible
West
has only junk culture —
M.F.Husain
Roped in for a massive
project to create 99 paintings on Arab culture by Qatar’s royal
family, eminent painter M F Husain, in self-exile after drawing the
ire of Hindu outfits for his works, insists that art is India’s
"soul" and has the depth that is lacked by the West which
has only "junk culture" to offer.
War robot
Robot manufacturer iRobot Corporation and research and development company Metal Storm have together invented a war robot for the U.S. military. Experts behind the Terminator-like war robot have yet to name it. As of now, the robot is being marketed for “border patrol” and “crowd control” scenarios. Its makers say that they are trying to enable the machine to work in several other military situations, too.
A trek to Bijli Mahadev
K.C. Prashar
Situated at an altitude
of 2,438 metres (8,000 ft), the Bijli Mahadev shrine is 10 km from
Kullu across the Beas river. The temple is located opposite the
township on top of a hillcrest.
Stonehenge: Geometric perfection
A study has revealed
that the builders of the Stonehenge had a sophisticated knowledge of
geometry to rival that of even Pythagoras, the ancient Greek
mathematician. According to a report in The Independent, five
years of detailed research, carried out by the Oxford University
landscape archaeologist Anthony Johnson, has claimed that Stonehenge
was designed and built using advanced geometry.
Ekta in a hurry to launch Mahabharat
The show will be aired in July instead of August. Srabanti Chakrabarti
on the reasons behind
the haste
It seems Ekta Kapoor is
in a rush to launch her version of the Mahabharata. Maybe the rumours
that other production houses have serials lined up on the same epic
can explain the advancement of her show’s launch date by more than a
month. Ekta’s Kahani Hamare Mahabharat Ki will premiere on
July 7 at 9 pm on 9X. The serial will be aired from Monday to
Thursday.
Call of the countryside
The recently released
Summer 2007 is set in a village. M.
L. Dhawan looks at films on rural
India
Since the success of
Yash Raj Chopra’s Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, rural settings
have become fashionable in Hindi cinema. However, the overdressed
farmer families in these films appear more like an NRI filmmaker’s
idea of rural India. Filmmakers like Bimal Roy, Shyam Benegal, Govind
Nihalani etc have tried to capture the toil and struggle of farm
labourers.
Kamal’s perfect 10
Kamal Hassan’s magnum
opus Dasavathaaram, featuring the superstar in 10 roles, is the
costliest-ever movie in India. Made with a colossal budget of nearly
Rs 65 crore, the film was released after a long legal battle. The
Tamil film was also released in Telugu and Hindi.
Society
Positively
brave
HIV-positive Koma Mohanty is
an example of courage for women in similar situation in Ganjam
district of Orissa. She addresses awareness rallies in villages and
schools of the area, says Manipadma Jena
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