Rabindranath Tagore  [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 452, Hits: 4629]
Rabindranath Tagore was the youngest son of Debendranath Tagore, a leader of the Brahmo Samaj, which was a new religious sect in nineteenth-century Bengal...
Manpreet  Updated On: 5/7/2009
Tags: Debendranath Tagore, Brahmo Samaj, Bengal, Gandhi, modern India, British Government, Yogayog, Ghare-Baire, Manasi [The Ideal One], Sonar Tari [The Golden Boat], Gitanjali [Song Offerings], Gitimalya[Wreath of Songs], Balaka [The Flight of Cranes], English renderings, The Gardener, Fruit-Gathering, The Fugitive, Tagore short stories, Autobiographies, Musical dramas, Dance dramas

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Yusuf Arakkal  [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 95, Hits: 531]
Leaving the comforts of his house behind, the boy Yusuf left for Bangalore, lonely but with a passion to become a painter...
Updated On: 5/4/2009
Tags: Kottakkal Kerala, Royal Family of Arakkal, Muslim Royal Family, Keyees, Kozhikode, Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat, Graphic Print, National Academy Community Studios, Lorenzo De Medici Gold Medal, Florence Internazionale Biennale, Child and Priest Painting, Lorenzo de Medici, Drawings, Paintings, Sculptures, Murals, Paper Works, Karnataka Lalithkala Academy Award, Asian Art Biennale, Thalassery

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Ratnadeep Adivrekar  [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 98, Hits: 540]
The sense of realness present in an image becomes rarified, when a photograph is painted on canvas...
Updated On: 4/29/2009
Tags: M. F. Husain, Contemporary Artist, Ratnadeep Gopal Adivrerkar, Gopal S. Adivrekar, Sir J. J. School of Art, Pictures of Asia, Larasati, Singapore, Chelsea Art College, Art Award, Harmony Emerging Artist Award, Photographic Documentations, Mechanical Technology, Refraction of Ideas

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Feroz Khan  [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 94, Hits: 824]
Feroz Khan was born in Bangalore, India. His father was Sadiq Ali Khan Tanoli...
Updated On: 4/26/2009
Tags: Feroz Khan, Sadiq Ali Khan Tanoli, Pathan, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, Akbar Khan, Didi Movie, Low-Budget Thrillers, English-Language Film, Tarzan Goes to India Movie, Simi Garewal, Oonche Log Hindi Film, Arzoo Movie, Film Aadmi Aur Insaan, Filmfare Award, Film Mela, Film Dharmatma, Hollywood Film The Godfather, Horror Film Nagin, Movie Qurbani, Nazia Hassan, Janbaaz Movie, Cinematography, Film Nayagan, Janasheen Movie, People for Animals, Animal Cruelty, Sanjay Khan, Sameer Khan

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Walter Gropius  [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 131, Hits: 1190]
On Walter Gropius work, a series of books entitled The Walter Gropius Archive was published covering his entire architectural career...
Updated On: 3/25/2009
Tags: Berlin, Germany, Walter Adolph Gropius, Manon Auguste Pauline Scharnweber, Composer Alban Berg, Violin Concerto, Walter Gropius, Utilitarian School, Adolf Meyer, Werkbund Exhibition, Grand-Ducal Saxon School of Arts and Crafts, Bauhaus, Paul Klee, Johannes Itten, Josef Albers, Herbert Bayer, László Moholy-Nagy, Otto Bartning, English architect Maxwell Fry, Isokon Group, England Architectural Tradition, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Martin Gropius

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R Venkataraman  [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 235, Hits: 1500]
Shri Ramaswamy Venkataraman was the 8th President of the Republic of India, serving from 1987 to 1992. Before his election as President...
Updated On: 1/27/2009
Tags: Ramaswamy Venkataraman, Republic of India, 8th President of India, Vice-President of India, Indian National Congress Party, Pattukottai, Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu, City of Madras, Master Degree in Economics, High Court, Madras, Britains Colonial, Quit India Movement, Defence of India Rules, Japanese Occupation, Madras Provincial Bar Federation, Labour Law Journal, Law and Trade Union, Metal Trades Committee of International Labour Organisation, Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Doctorate of Law, University of Madras, Madras Medical College, Doctor of Social Sciences, University of Roorkee, Doctor of Law, Nagarjuna University, University of Burdwan, Freedom Struggle, Soviet Land Prize, Sat Seva Ratna, Sankaracharya of Kancheepuram

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Manjit Bawa  [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 960, Hits: 2588]
Bawa's older brothers encouraged him to pursue art. He studied fine arts at the School of Art, New Delhi between 1958 and 1963, where his professors included Somnath Hore, Rakesh Mehra, Dhanaraj Bhagat and B.C. Sanya...
Updated On: 1/5/2009
Tags: Mythological Paintings, Sufi Philosophy, Michelangelo, Dalhousie, Wealth of Wisdom, Somnath Hore, Rakesh Mehra, Dhanaraj Bhagat, School of Art New Delhi, Indian Painter

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Aamir Khan  [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 296, Hits: 2287]
Khan began his film career as a child actor in a home production, produced and directed by Nasir Hussain, titled Yaadon Ki Baraat...
Updated On: 12/22/2008
Tags: Yaadon Ki Baraat, Ketan Mehta, Filmfare Best Director Award, The Rising, Nasir Hussain, Mansoor Khan, Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak Film, Dil Film, Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin Boolywood Movie, Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar HIndi Movie, Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke Film, Rangeela Film, Andaz Apna Apna Movie, Salman Khan, Mangal Pandey Movie, Real-Life Sepoy, Filmfare Critics Award, Rakeysh Omprakash, Rang De Basanti Movie, BAFTA Awards in England, Movie Fanaa, Reena Dutta, Lagaan Movie, Ashutosh Gowariker, Tahir Hussain

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Harda Surdas  [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 381, Hits: 1664]
Blind since birth, Harda has added Surdas to his name. His disability in no way lessens his energy...
Updated On: 12/8/2008
Tags: Blind Since Birth, Harda Surdas, Lessens his Energy, Sing on Invitation, Effortless, Almora Singer, Folk Singer

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V. P. Singh  [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 404, Hits: 1989]
V. P. Singh entered local politics in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh during the Nehru era. He soon made a name for himself in the state Congress Party for his unfailing rectitude...
Updated On: 11/27/2008
Tags: Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Politics in Allahabad, Janata Party, National Publicity, Rajiv Gandhi, Images of Flowers, Pencil Sketches, Figuration of Bengal School, Romantic Symbols, Connoisseur of Naive Art, Varanasi, Mathura, Faizabad, Janata Party, Rajiv Gandhi, Finance Minister, Extraordinary Powers, Dhirubhai Ambani, Amitabh Bachchan, Defence Ministry, World War II, Secular Values, Hindu-Muslim Massacres, Freedom Struggle

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