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Beautiful animals, cards, earrings, vase, flowers, different hearts; all with paper strips? 3D? Possible? In 21st century?  Yes! Gone are the days of paper craft, paper envelopes, origami and paper bags. Its paper quilling this season!  An art done using thin paper strips of 3mm, 5mm, 7mm and 10 mm respectively. …

Being a hardcore fan of old hindi songs, I sometimes wonder where has the golden-era vanished. Songs like ‘Ajeeb daastan hain’ or ‘tujhse naaraz nahi zindagi’ are the songs even the coming generations will never forget. But really, what is this that makes those songs so immortal? While contemplating over …

When is the last time that you took a pen to jot down something? (Apart from your examinations, of course!) Hard to remember? The phrase “Pen down your thoughts” has an almost redefined meaning nowadays. That’s because we are in an age of technological revolution where everything around us has …

Sculpting is a form of art that has had a profound effect throughout the ages. The ancient Greeks were well – known for their fabulous sculptures that reflected the vastitude of their civilization and culture. Sculptures refer not only to the big statues that come to our mind as soon …

“One day, Mark and his two sons came back home. Tim and Jon were very young. Mark told them about how Jesus Christ had made him a better person. Jon told his father, “I want that too!” Wanting to wait until he fully understood what it meant to let Christ …

Art is all the human activities that showcases a form creativity and feasts the eyes with joyfilled visions.Many people adore, appreciate and practice any form of the art that they prefer.Few of the various forms of art includes painting, sculpting ,printmaking ,calligraphy and so on. Photography has been a prominent …

Irshaad Ghalib- Arguably the best Urdu poet of all times, for Ghalib’s verses, the reader ( also the listener) has just one word- Lajawaab! Born into the declining aristocracy, Ghalib unfortunately, was brought up like a nobleman. It is when he came of age that he realized that the power, …

Most of us know Rabindranath Tagore as a poet, song-composer,  writer, essayist, novelist and a dramatist. Only a few of us know that he was a brilliant painter. He has produced nearly 2,500 paintings that have been exhibited around the globe- in India, other parts of  Asia and Europe. He …

They all have it. They all flaunt it.  Be it David Beckham (32 yes that many tattoos) or Rihanna (19) or our very own Akshay Kumar with Aarav (his son’s name) tattooed on his back. The world of celebs and their tattoos scream out loud and clear that tattoos are …

I don’t feign any propensity towards art or artists in general. I am far more comfortable with keystrokes than I am ever gonna be with brushstrokes. But in spite of my apparent ignorance of anything remotely related to paintings, there is one painter who has had a profound impact on …