THE ARGUMENTATIVE INDIAN BY AMARTYA SEN(book review)

A wonderful, awesome, spectacular book. Each and every one of the fifteen essays is worth your time and lends a different perspective into India.I love the way Sen writes and also the way he explains his views. The book was educational to say the least; It talks about how India and its “Argumentative tradition” played and still plays a part in development, science, art, literature etc. The illustrations and examples drawn across various epochs lend clarity and force the arguments home.According

BlogBack: Reader Rues NY Times#146 Performing Arts Emphasis

Ted Gallagher , an attorney with a self-described strong amateur art historic streak, responds to my two posts ( here and here ) critiquing the NY Times ' cultural coverage: There is a marked preference on the part of the Times' editors for coverage of performing arts over fine arts in the cultural pages. My dream for a new NY Times is that editors nurture long-form art criticism and reviews---3,000 words, even---in the great tradition of such papers as The Guardian of London and the d

North Coast Imports Introduces Modern Design Accessories from the Black Forest in Germany

CLEVELAND, Sept. 28, 2009 — North Coast Imports is proud to announce a new line of objects that are handmade in the Black Forest of Germany. These premier timepieces are examples of artists’ new conceptions of what a clock should be in the modern home. There are striking designs and bold colors blended harmonically with age-old tradition and quality. These fine pieces are beyond mere utilitarian timekeepers. They are kinetic sculptures and painterly expressions by artists and designers with ce

Shouldn’t Every Day Be Google Doodle Day?

If you visited Google on Sunday–and odds are pretty good that you did–you may have noticed that its logo sports what seems to be a typo but is really a celebration of the company’s eleventh anniversary … The special logo is known as a Google Doodle , and it’s a tradition almost exactly as old as Google itself (the first one appeared in September of 1998 to celebrate the Burning Man festival ). If Google Doodles were ever a scarce resource, that day is long past. Shall we recap September

Creating Your Own Piece of Artwork

by Mia Johnson Creating patchwork quilts is a fun and practical craft that even the clumsiest person can enjoy. Quilting isnt just fun– its part of a tradition that dates back as far as the first century BCE. Homemakers have long seen the value in saving scraps of old and leftover cloth for use in other projects. By stitching these scraps together, they created patchwork curtains, bedcovers, and even clothing. Patchwork quilting isnt just part of European history; in the United States, quiltin

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