“Man is defined as a human being and a woman as a female — whenever she behaves as a human being she is said to imitate the male.” ― Simone De Beauvoir The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines feminism as “the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities.” The...
“A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance.” –Jawarhalal Nehru On 15th August 1947, India woke up to life and freedom from almost 350 years of British Rule...
“Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.” ― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray What does it take to be an artist? Merely emulating a work cannot be considered art. Art is something that comes from within. The creator’s fervor...
The shows which not only gave fame to the television networks, but also had a major contribution in giving them the spot, they are enjoying today. Let’s have a roller coaster ride, back to 70s and 80s. Besides, the time when all eyes were prying on the world events like fall of the Berlin...
Home is where the heart is, and if you want your heart to keep beating the right way, you’ve got to have a magnificent home! Your home must be your perfect sanctuary, which is why home decor is of such key importance. Decoration is often dismissed as a frivolous and idle exercise, and this...
Philosophy in its traditional sense and in a layman’s term can be put as nothing but science. Renowned philosophers like Aristotle used rationality to come to scientific knowledge of the world around us. It is not until relatively modern times that philosophy was considered separate from...
I’m very sure people who have grown up in Indian households know what henna mehendi entails. This concept is not new to us. But there may be many other people around the world who are strangers to this tradition and may be fascinated by it all. In simple terms, mehendi is just a paste...
And then you ask “Reincarnations?” Yes those. I am sure you’ve heard of them before. Don’t tell me you’re not familiar with concepts of Life after Death.. or are you? The concept of reincarnation is mostly a thing of the east, actually more like of the Indian...
None other than Daphne Du Maurier could have put it so plainly and beautifully, ‘I am glad it cannot happen twice, the fever of first love. For it is a fever, and a burden, too, whatever the poets may say.’ What is love and how it comes to exist I cannot explain, however, I can tell you this...
Mehendi decoration is a ceremonial art form which is a common part of a woman’s look in the South Asian (Indian) subcontinent. These intricate designs using swirls and circles are usually drawn on hands and legs are symbolic of auspiciousness and are mostly part of religious or cultural...
