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Encounters with Modern Indian Art
This book explores modern art in India, tracing its evolution from the setting-up of the Progressive Artists Group in the 1940s to the contemporary movements today. It discusses some of the fundamental issues around Indian art, such as the extent of its rootedness in the country, the amalgamation of Western art methods and Indian aesthetics in the art and its increasing infusion with popular modes. In a series of essays, the book looks at works from the late Mughal period, when artists began to move towards modernism, to the visionary approaches of artists like Rabindranath Tagore, Nandalal Bose, Ramkinkar Baij and Benodebehari Mukherjee in Santiniketan. It also explores innovative works of ...
Visualizing Secularism and Religion
An investigation of the role of religion in the formation of secular-national public spheres in the Middle East and South Asia
Lions 324B1 District Directory (2020-21)
Lions District 324B1, Printed Directory was released by District Governor PMJF Lion R N Karunanithi, in December 2020. It contains information on Lions Clubs International, Lion Leaders in India, DG Teams, Cabinet Officials, Region & Zone Chairpersons, District Chairpersons, Club Officials and Lion Members. This Digital edition is a replica of the printed edition, to enable portability of information through the Smart Mobile Phones, the Lions Carry.
Unsaturated Soils
An understanding of the mechanical properties of unsaturated soilsis crucial for geotechnical engineers worldwide, as well as tothose concerned with the interaction of structures with the ground.This book deals principally with fine-grained clays and silts, orsoils containing coarser sand and gravel particles but with asignificant percentage of fines. The study of unsaturated soil is a practical subject, linkingfundamental science to nature. Soils in general are inherentlyvariable and their behaviour is not easy to analyse or predict, andunsaturated soils raise the complexity to a higher level. Evenamongst practicing engineers, there is often lack of awareness ofthe intricacies of the subjec...
Indian Hotspots
This book offers a comprehensive account of India’s four biodiversity hotspots: the Himalaya, Indo-Burma, Western Ghats and Sri Lanka and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. With a focus on tropical rainforests, it includes more than 30 chapters covering different vertebrate fauna e.g. fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals, as well as topics such as conservation and management aspects. Written by experts in the field of biodiversity conservation and management, it offers ample new insights into a number of subjects related to the faunal communities of tropical forest ecosystems, providing a valuable resource for conservationists and researchers in the field of flora and fauna diversity.
Mapping with Figures
R Sivakumar's informative essay on the sculptural journey of K S Radhakrishnan is an art historical gem useful for anyone wishing to gain a deeper understanding of Indian contemporary art. Mapping with Figures is a tribute to the art of K S Radhakrishnan, a leading contemporary sculptor whose work is exclusively executed through the medium of bronze. This volume is a highly focused study on the artist's works from the last fifteen years which offers an insightful account on the significance of K S Radhakrishnan in contemporary Indian art. It restores a sense of history, complemented with a fascinating background check on the formations of Radhakrishnan as an artist.00Exhibition: Akar Prakar, New Delhi, India (12.04.-11.06.2016).
Biodiversity and Climate Change Adaptation in Tropical Islands
Biodiversity and Climate Change Adaptation in Tropical Islands provides comprehensive information on climate change, biodiversity, possible impacts, adaptation measures and policy challenges to help users rehabilitate and preserve the natural resources of tropical islands. While biodiversity and climate change of tropical islands has previously received less attention, it is ironically one of the most vulnerable regions in this regard. The core content of the work derives largely from the ideas and research output from various reputed scientists and experts who have recorded climate change impacts on aquatic and coastal life in tropical regions. Contributors have direct working experience wi...
Leela Mukherjee
Leela Mukherjee (1916-2003) was one the first women sculptors of modern India. Born in Karachi, she was educated at Banaras and Santiniketan, where she had the legendary sculptor Ramkinkar Baij as her teacher. Yet, like all women artists of her time, becoming an artist was an arduous project of self-determination. Despite being overshadowed by her husband, Benodebehari Mukherjee, and later by her daughter, Mrinalini Mukherjee, who found greater recognition, she never gave up. Her unwavering spirit and resilience are evident in her work, especially in her wood carvings, which are now finding belated recognition. This is the first study of Leela Mukherjee, and through a clutch of analytical studies and remembrances by scholars and friends, it presents her as a person and an artist of singular determination. Published in association with the Mrinalini Mukherjee Foundation
