Mysore Dasara, the acme of India pageantry
The orient is justly celebrated for its
soul-elevating array of breath – taking pageants. Our own
‘Resplendent Isle’ – Sri Lanka, is globally renowned for its
magnificently panoplied periodical pageants, that stir the sense of
wonder and amazement, of the spectators, moving them towards a
quiver of awe, tinged with adoration. Our pachyderm-filled perahera
in Kandy, occupies a high position, in the pageants of global-scale.
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Puppetry, India’s vanishing art
All over the world puppetry is quite popular. It
is considered one of the most important entertainment art. Puppetry
reflects the country’s culture, traditions and customs. Even some of
the contemporary issues are enacted through puppetry.
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Coming soon - the age of ‘My Radio’
It was a dull rainy Saturday in the late 1940s.
I was a young boy living with my parents. To break the monotony of
the day, my father said, “Let’s make a crystal radio set.” He had
the items needed for the job, which included (as I remember) some
enamel coated magnet wire, a Germanium diode, an old telephone
handset, a set of alligator jumpers and stranded insulated wire for
an antenna. For three hours, he guided me to complete the DIY job
and finally my first crystal radio came into existence. From that
day onwards, my love for radio sets and its technology never waned
but grew up with my age.
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