I’m sure you all have heard of Pablo Picasso. If you have not then, don’t worry. You have come to the right place! Pablo Picasso was not only a Spanish painter but also a sculptor, print maker, ceramicist, stage designer, poet and a playwright. He was actually baptized Pablo Diego...
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Top 10 Interesting Facts about the Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire- now where have I heard this name before? I’m sure you all must be pondering upon it too. It’s not too uncommon a name but do you know what it actually entails? If my memory serves me right, I first read about this great empire in a few verses of a poem. That got my...
10 Novels you Must Read to Understand Feminism
“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...
10 Books on Indian Partition that you must Read
“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...
Top 25 Most Famous Paintings in the World
“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...
Top 15 Best Rated 70s and 80s Shows
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...
10 Easy Ways to Decorate and Liven Up your home
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...
Top 10 Greatest and Famous Philosophers of History
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...
33 Best Easy to Make Henna Mehendi Designs
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...
Top 8 Things we know about Reincarnation according to Hindu Mythology
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...