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CHENNAI,
Friday, May 31, 2013
The 116-year-old building that hosts the Institute of Anatomy at Madras Medical College will soon be the home of a full-fledged museum of specimens. The revamp is expected to happen once th...
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NEW DELHI,
Friday, May 24, 2013
It has been three years since Kiran Nadar Museum of Art opened in New Delhi. Chairperson-art collector Kiran Nadar tells Shailaja Tripathi that she and her project are on track
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THANJAVUR,
Thursday, May 23, 2013
The Government of Maharashtra has allocated Rs. 80 lakh for digitising Modi documents, (Documents with Marathi short form letters to maintain secrecy) deciphering and translating them into Englis...
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COIMBATORE,
May 15, 2013
Coimbatore’s District Central Library is a fine institution that makes available its vast resources to the common man
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May 3, 2013
Gold paint glowing, there's an illuminated manuscript page from The Book of Hours, dated 1514. A gruelling photograph of the standoff between strikers and militia at the Bread and Roses strike of...
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CHENNAI,
April 30, 2013
Asha Sridhar explores the 108-year-old Ranade Library and sees what it has to offer
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April 29, 2013
Online libraries help reclaim a lost love: of spending time with books
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April 25, 2013
What is a dragon? Is it a real animal or a mythical one? Is it a benevolent being or malevolent? It is a bit of both. Salar Jung Museum’s dragons provide the proof.In China, the first mentio...
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April 23, 2013
Six dedicated buildings that store extraordinary collections take visitors back to prehistoric times and bygone civilisations.
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Thiruvananthapuram,
April 21, 2013
The magnificence of the famed Golden Chariot, elegantly moving through the streets of the erstwhile Travancore capital, prompted an amazed British officer to remark, “this would put the London May...
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COIMBATORE,
April 16, 2013
A personal library is reflective of your life’s journey. Esther Elias talks to few bibliophiles about their long-term relationships with books
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Allahabad,
April 5, 2013
“The artefacts need somebody to speak for them, to tell their story and narratives,” said Neil Macgregor, Director of the British Museum, on Friday, while noting the importance of training curato...
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NEW DELHI,
April 1, 2013
More than a month ago, senior representatives of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation had announced that the science museum at R.K. Puram would be renamed in memory of the 23-year-old girl who wa...
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May 7, 2013
Anusha Parthasarathy sifts through treasured palm leaves and copper plates at the Government Oriental Manuscripts Library and Research Centre
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May 2, 2013
Salar Jung Museum houses an impressive collection of walking sticks. Numbering about 250, they come in different shapes and sizes, in varied materials and for purposes more than one (helping one t...
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VISAKHAPATNAM,
April 29, 2013
A committee formed to protect the site of Zilla Grandhayala Sasmstha (ZGS) at Maharanipet demanded that ZGS invoke the provisions for annulling the agreement since 38 months have elapsed.In...
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COPENHAGEN,
April 28, 2013
A fire blazed through The Museum of Danish Resistance in Copenhagen on Sunday destroying large parts of the building, but most of the collection was saved, museum officials said. No one was...
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HYDERABAD,
April 24, 2013
Digitisation of over 3.7 lakh documents pertaining to former Hyderabad State Secretariat and AP Government’s GOs completed
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PUDUCHERRY,
April 22, 2013
Centrepiece which was knocked down by wind yet to be reinstalled
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THANJAVUR,
April 21, 2013
14 articles including lingams, ivory articles were stolen
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April 11, 2013
As we ushered in ‘Vijayanama Samvatsaram’ yesterday, classical music lovers across the city were a happy lot. They can read articles, books, journals on Carnatic music and listen to rare audio and...
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April 4, 2013
It was Canaletto’s stay in Rome that helped him get acquainted with the issues of colouring and perspective
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KOCHI,
March 31, 2013
Bastion Bungalow hosts a granite sculptor’s camp in its new role as a heritage museum
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