Cultural Heritage – Discussion 1
Cultural heritage is unique and irreplaceable, which places the responsibility of preservation on the current generation. Smaller objects such as artworks and other cultural masterpieces are collected in museums and art galleries.
Cultural Heritage – Discussion 2
Cultural heritage is unique and irreplaceable, which places the responsibility of preservation on the current generation. Smaller objects such as artworks and other cultural masterpieces are collected in museums and art galleries.
April, 17, 2021
INDIA’S THREATENED COASTAL HABITAT – PART I
India has a vast coastline of nearly 7516.16 kms. The coastal ecosystem consists of four major categories – salt marshes, mangroves, estuaries, and coral reefs. The marine and coastal habitats of India are being subjected to severe environmental stress. The coastal areas and the seas are treated as a depository of all pollutants from the terrestrial environment. Silt and sediments from uplands, ....
April, 10, 2021
GOLCONDA – THE KINGS AND THEIR CULTURE PART II
With the transformation of the Golconda kingdom into a Moghul protectorate due to the Inkiyat Nama or the Deed of Submission signed under the duress by Abdullah with Shah Jahan, Mughal style gradually pierced into the Golconda paintings and a perceptible impact of the same can be gleaned from the paintings ascribed to and after Abdullah Quli. Consequently, at times to distinguish the Golconda pain....
April, 3, 2021
GOLCONDA – THE KINGS AND THEIR CULTURE – PART I
The Shi-ite Qutubshahi Kings of Golconda having their origin in Persia, established their supremacy firmly for hundred and seventy-one years i.e., from 1518-1687 on the Decanis political firmament and actively contributed enormously for the cultural advancement of Golconda (lying in the precincts of the present Telangana in Andhra Pradesh) by evolving a novel composite culture in Deccan.
The Qutu....
March, 27, 2021
ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS – A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE – PART II
Apart from the tribals, the mutineers and prisoners who started occupying the islands since 1858, led to the growth of the populace in these islands. The total population of these islands in 1901 was 24,649, of which 18,138 were living in the Andaman group of islands and 6,511 in the Nicobar group of islands. The population of both the groups increased to 33,768 during 1941 and then decreased to 3....