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Delhi Winters and Art Straight out of fashion houses! Delhi's folks have a dressing sense that's impeccable Inspires you too to don anew ... Art circles mix with social circles. Vodka and wine flow...  I gather the 'nasha' from the artworks though. Cold, chilly winds,  Send shivers down the skin I gaze around, warming myself. The cycle rickshaw with the auto Taxi and Metro, signal The two worlds apart, side by side. Delhi Metro is speedy quick. Time saved, time well-spent. Bengaluru Namma Metro soon ... Video, New media art, sound and installation Colors, style and passion  Art, artists and art buyers... Flights are always delayed in Delhi Every time I have experienced - without a fail. Good bye Delhi, A good buy...that piece of art, valued at a few lakhs. Delhi Winters and Art - II I'd rather showoff! The exterior matters most! Who cares what's within? Art whether I understand it or not I like it! Put it up in my house. Thats why I buy... What ...

Time 22 January at 11:00 - 23 January at 19:00 Location IIM Bangalore Campus, Banerghatta Road Created by: Dhonuk More info Dhonuk is an online ecosystem for art lovers, art enthusiasts and artists with an in-built online social network. It provides an online space for creativity in the arts, and a platform to connect the artist and the artsumer (art consumer - organizational or individual)! Letting artists share, showcase, interact, learn, collaborate. Acting as a repository of fresh, interesting art content and an energetic ecosystem - it can be con sumed for free. Customized or premium content is paid for! We facilitate this monetization of the content. Among the various events being organized by Dhonuk at Unmaad 2011 are: An art exhibition involving some very creative artists affiliated to Dhonuk including Anand Bedrala (Acrylic, Oil) and Kiran Kumari (Acrylic, Pen, Oil), Usha Nithyananda (Watercolors, Oils) and Murali A (Oils, Acryclic). Select artwork will be on di...

Santoor recital by Pandit Shivkumar Sharma was of course no doubt enthralling with his 'Ati Sukshma' playing of the instrument, it was the Hindustani Vocals performance by Keerti Kumar Badseshi which was the real surprise. He brought tears to my eyes within 2 minutes of his bhajan rendition, of course an effect of his superb singing prior to that for about an hour. #BengaluruHabba @ Chowdaiah Memorial on 17 Jan 2011.

How is it that places such as US/Europe/MiddleEast/Japan 'developed' (as in material and consumer terms) like crazy - is it industrial revolution as a result of scientific spirit and the agency theory?  Why has Africa/Asia not been that 'successful' or gung ho - is it because of subjugation of their populace by imperialist forces? Or was it a conscious decision? Some even put forth racial/genetic reasons, climate etc which I dont think is true. And are we now getting sucked in -  blindly following the West - taking the same damned route - these are making me think .... We just follow MIT - Harvard Biz School and want to settle down in US etc. since we are able to get a 'good life' there? Am wondering... why this is so.  Many are saying the 1991 liberalization in India has actually caused immense damage and increased the gap between have nots (life is tougher now) and haves in India due to the skewed development. However majority beneficiaries will not agree. ...

Each of us are a gift to this world - the very fact that we exist! Beautiful thought put forth by Prof DVR Seshadri during the REIL class yesterday based on his personal experiences. A guest lecture prior to his class was a serious inspirational tale on resilience! There is no need to prove ourselves or feel like failures - these are the wrong feelings of inadequacy that we often times imagine (guess those with greater imagination do so more often) ... We always crave for 'becoming' instead of just 'being'. The antenna must start receiving the divine signals ... Often our antenna is pointed elsewhere, realign. Let us go back once more, O mind, to our own abode! Here in this foreign land of earth. Why should we wander aimlessly in stranger's guise? (From a beautiful song that Swami Vivekananda used to sing) Greed and Lust - the thug and robber on the highway to realization! Self belief and faith will see us through!