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APRIL  2003


             Art - Remembering Bhabesh Chandra Sanyal

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B C Sanyal

A Journey from Lahore to Delhi

Bhabesh Chandra Sanyal, known lovingly as Baba Sanyal, passed on in January this year. He was 101 and the senior-most contemporary artist of India who had been involved in the evolution of the Indian art scene from the early twentieth century to the present twenty first century. He taught at the Mayo School of Arts in Lahore from 1929 to 1936 and founded the Lahore School of Fine Arts. He came to Delhi in 1947, and .....

             

            People

Shashi Kapoor has taken a conscious decision to move away from the arclights. Films, he says, have become frivolous and puerile. Today, he devotes a considerable amount of his time to the care of cancer patients. He talks on people closest to his heart.  Read on

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Shashi Kapoor

 

             Heritage

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Tawang Monastery

 Brooding in solitary splendour, with a grand view of the snowy Himalayas, is the Tawang Monastery in the scenic Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh. The monastery or Gompa is over 350 years old and is an important pilgrimage for Buddhists.  More

 

             Lifestyle

Isidore Domnick Mendis meets offsprings who have pursued their own calling and made a name for themselves in their chosen field. Tarun Tahiliani, son of India’s former naval chief, is the country’s top fashion designer. Ashwin Kumar, Saina,  Nandita, and Annieare other examples

Read on


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Artist Jatin Das with his filmstar daughter Nandita

 

              

              Other articles:

              Pakistan's IT Market & Telecom Strategies
               - a Special Report

              Anjolie Ela Menon's Glass Art

              Serialisation of 'Knock at Every Alien Door' - by
                Joseph Harris

               Letter from Pakistan

               Rahul Sharma and santoor fusion

               and more

              

               

             

              

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Anniversary Issue

South Asian Woman

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Silk Road on Wheels

The Road to Freedom

Enduring Spirit

Parsis-Zoroastrians of
India

The Moonlight Garden

Contemporary Art in Bangladesh

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APRIL 2003 
Contents

 

 Art

 Bhabesh Sanyal
 A 101 year journey

 Anjolie Ela Menon's
 Glass Art

 

 Music

 Rahul Sharma
 
 
 
 Heritage

 Tawang Monastery
 

 Technology

 Pakistan's IT Markets 
 & Telecom 
 Technologies
 - A Special Report

 

 People
 
 Shashi Kapoor

 
 Neighbours

 Letter from Pakistan


 Lifestyle

 Celebrity Offsprings
 on their own tracks

 Meet the 3 Finalists of
 Miss India contest
 Nikita Anand

 Ami Vashi

 Shweta Vijay

 
 Books

 Serialisation of  'Knock at every alien 
 door' - Joseph Harris

 

 

 the craft shop

 Lehngas - a limited collection

 the print gallery

 Books

 Silk Road on Wheels

 The Road to Freedom

 
Enduring Spirit

 Parsis-Zoroastrians of
India

 
The Moonlight Garden

 
Contemporary Art in
 Bangladesh
 

 


From the past issues

The First People of south Asia

The Jews of India

The Parsi Community of India

Modern Art in Pakistan

Elephant polo in Nepal

... and many more

 

Health

Tibetan medicine

Ayurvedic spas of Kerala

Technology

Optical networks

B2B - Efficiency & Profits

Reinventing India

Internet in South Asian Development