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In this book we have presented four Kathakali plays in English translation, Baka Vahd, Kirata, Kalyana Saugandhika, and Kichak Vadha, out of nine Kathakali plays based on the Mahabharata. Other five plays: Duryodhana Vadha, Rajasuya, Kirmira Vadha, Kalakeya Vadha, and Uttara Swayamvara are not inclu... More

The imagery in Ray's paintings come from his personal experiences. It is this visual world and its impact that are revealed in his work, with his city of Calcutta and his early days in a village in Bangladesh as major themes. While water colours have never been regarded ... More

The Sun-God who was popular in the Vedic age continued to be worshipped even in the post Vedic period.The cult of Sun is said to have been imported by Samba from the Sakadvipa.The epics and the Puranas including Mahatmyas contain many references to the spread of the Sun-cult in Gujarat as well as in... More

Sudhakar Rao spends hours reading under a suragi tree in his father`s home in a small village in Karnataka. As he grows, he moves away from this idyllic setting to the complexities of life in the temple town of Udupi, and then to the whirl of Mumbai. His huge family network strains and breaks as par... More

The book begins with an introduction on the prehistoric and proto-historic cultures of India and discusses human evolution as gathered from hominid fossil remains. It also examines the nature of cultural relics belonging to each period and dynastic rule; agriculture, trade, settlement and migration ... More

The volume features miniature paintings from the Neotia Collection, Kolkata displayed at the Kala Mandapa of Jnana Pravaha, Centre for Culture studies, Varanasi which are remarkable examples representing prominent painting schools and styles of India. Presenting excellent reproductions of art master... More

This book is about ordinary people and the places they inhabit. It is aboutmost lives -- subject to regularity and filled with little more than clandestinespeculations. The people in these stories belong to the samemindspace, walk out into different lives; go through the bizarre everydaybusiness of ... More

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In 2 volumes - a comprehensive survey - of the creative art of Asia covering India, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, China, Japan and Central Asia - Volume I - contains articles by reputed scholars bringing out the cultural relationship in these countries - Volume II has about 95 art plates in colour and ... More

Compilation of notable films from the 60sCompilation of notable films from the 60s... More

For Art Spiegelman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Maus, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 were both highly personal and intensely political. "In the Shadow of No Towers, his first new book of comics since the groundbreaking "Maus, is a masterful and moving account of the events and... More

The 1970s: that magical era betwixt the swinging 60s and the decadent 80s, the epoch of leisure suits and Afros, the age of disco music and platform shoes. As war raged on in Vietnam and the cold war continued to escalate, Hollywood began to heat up, recovering from its commercial crisis with box-of... More

A trendsetting decade in world cinema The 40s were the decade of the movies. With the world at war, directors served up propaganda and escapist entertainment to the massed moviegoers of the pre-television age. Yet in many countries, there was also a parallel tendency towards greater realism. In Ital... More

The birth of cinema: From the invention of the moving picture to the first sound movies From the first moving pictures (the Lumi?re brothers? 1895 ?L?arriv? d?un train?), early westerns, fantastic pictures, and nickelodeons all the way through the golden age of silent film in the 1920s, this book co... More

A comprehensive collection of the best art & craft activities for young children Teacher-created, classroom-tested art activities to actively engage children's imaginations! The result of a nationwide competition, these art and craft activities are the best of the best. Just the thing to add pizzazz... More

The follow-up graphic novel to the acclaimed "Pyongyang: A Journey to North Korea""Shenzhen "is entertainingly compact, with Guy Delisle' s observations of life in a cold urban city in southern China that is sealed off from the rest of the country by electric fences and armed guards. With a dry wit ... More

"The Computer Music Tutorial" is a comprehensive text and reference that covers all aspects of computer music, including digital audio, synthesis techniques, signal processing, musical input devices, performance software, editing systems, algorithmic composition, MIDI, synthesizer architecture, syst... More

Crafted in the early 20th century, these black-and-white illustrations represent a wide variety of styles of life drawing. Assembled by a prominent artist and teacher, this inspiring, invaluable collection consists of the work of leading students from the finest American art schools. Fifty drawings ... More