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This exclusive travel guide guides the visitor through the most incredible activities to be found in Shanghai: savour the food of world-class chefs in Asia's most romantic two-seater salon; eat at the best holes-in-the-walls and discover local street food haunts; find the best tailors and quality cashmere, satins and brocades by the yard; expert ......
Includes reproduction of the author's paintings.
The volume comprises papers presented at an international symposium on 'Transmissions and Transformations: Learning through the Arts in Asia' organized by the IIC-Asia Project. The essays, by educationists from different Asian countries, highlight the diverse as also the distinctive ways of transmitting knowledge through the arts and the crafts. The essays are a significant contribution to the recent focus on evolving alternative pedagogical tools in the formal and non-formal systems of education. The international symposium, held in 2005, gathered on one platform people from different parts of Asia -- Singapore, Malaysia, Korea, Thailand, Hong Kong, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan and Austra...
Khajuraho Is A Small Village In Madhya Pradesh, Where Over Twenty Extraordinary Temples Were Built In The Tenth And Eleventh Centuries. This Book After Much Original Research, Offers A New And Innovative Explanation For The Design And Symbolism Of The Temples And Their Sculptures. Without Dustjcket.
An updated version of the critically-acclaimed Divine Ecstasy: The Story of Khajuraho, this is an eye-opening book on one of India's most fascinating heritage sites and is indispensable reading for all those interested in rediscovering India's cultural past. Includes 67 photographs.
The essays in this volume develop an understanding of the institutions, practices and forms of representation of Indian sexual relations and their boundaries of legitimacy.
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The Essays Here, Challenging The Boundaries And Assumptions Of Mainstream Art History, Question Many Preconceived Notions About Meaning In Representations Artistic And Art Historical. Emphasizing On Specific Visual Cultures Within The Dynamics Of Historical Processes, They Raise Critical Issues Of Art Production, Circulation And Consumption And Attempt To Rescue Traditional Arts From A Past That Is Hermetically Sealed Off From The Present.
'The Splendour of Lodi Road is a wonderful "must" for Dilliwallahs as well as for the thousands of tourists and other people who visit this city. Ravi Batra has captured the historical essence of the monuments on this road in utterly delightful paintings. There is a gentle transparency, a lyrical fluidity, a dreamlike impression when reality is rendered in watercolours.'- Malvika SinghIn the words of Ravi Batra 'There is perhaps no other road in Delhi, or even the whole world, which connects, over a distance of just four kilometres, a unique heritage gateways, mosques, tombs, gardens and even a step-well and a bridge. They were built during successive empires and over several centuries, with different architectural styles and building materials. They include Humayun's Tomb a UNESCO World Heritage site'. The text provides historical, architectural and anecdotal information on each monument.
A Delightful Read The Hindu The First Woman Chief Justice Of A High Court In India, The First Woman Judge Of The Delhi High Court, The First Woman To Top The Bar Examinations In London: Leila Seth Has Led A Full Life. In This Autobiography, Leila Talks About Its Joyous As Well As Its Difficult Moments. Figuring Prominently Are Her Early Years Of Homelessness And Struggle, Her Straying Into Law While In England With Her Husband Premo, And Later Practising In Patna, Calcutta And Delhi; And Her Happy Marriage Of Over Fifty Years, Including The Experience Of Bringing Up Three Remarkable Children: Writer Vikram, Zen Buddhist Dharmacharya Shantum And Film-Maker Aradhana. Intertwining Family Life W...