Desi Colours

Colorful Art by V Amrutha

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Keith Haring’s Interesting Art

Keith Haring was born on 4 May 1958 in Reading Pennsylvania. Since his young age under the influence of his father, Dr.Seuss and Walt Disney he developed interest in Art and learnt the basic skills in cartooning. After completion of graduation he joined in an Art school in Pittsburgh to learn professional art. Soon he left the school realizing that he has no interest for learning professional art. However he started learning art of his own and held a solo exhibition of his work at Pittsburgh crafts center in 1978.

Haring left Pittsburgh and went to New York City in the same year and joined in a school for learning Visual arts. Here he made several friends outside with fellow artists. He organized several exhibitions and performances at club 57 and other places. Haring influenced and inspired by the work of Jean Dubuffet, Pierre Alenchinsky, William Burroughs, Brion Gysin and Robert Henry’s manifesto “The Art spirit” determined to devote his career for creating a true public art.

In 1980 Haring found an effective medium to communicate with a wider group of audience by creating drawings in white chalk on blank paper panels throughout the subway station. Haring did a tremendous job in producing hundreds of drawings during 1980-1985. The subway became his laboratory to experiment his ideas with simple line drawings. During 1980-89 he got an international recognition and participated in several solo exhibitions. During this period he developed watch designs for Swatch and an advertising campaign for Absolut Vodka and created murals throughout the world.

During 1986 he opened a Pop shop for selling T-shirts, toys, posters, magnets and buttons painting his images. He also painted the entire shop with an abstract black on white mural and created a striking retail environment. Though he was criticized for this unperturbed he committed to spread his art to wide audience as much as possible and he got full support from his friend’s mentors and fans.

In 1988 he was diagnosed with AIDS and 1989 he established Keith Haring Foundation with an aim to support AIDS organizations and children’s programs and to expand his art work through exhibitions, publications and the licensing of his images. Haring was able to attract people from all over the world by expressing universal concepts on birth, death, love, sex and war using his line art with directness of his messages. He was recognized universally as a visual artist of the 20th century.

Sadly at a young age of 31 Haring passed away from the world on February 16, 1990 with AIDS complications. Though he died he is remembered by his great art exhibited in several major museums in the world.

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William Gilbert – The Distinguished Physician and Astronomer

William Gilbert also called as Gilberd was born on May 24, 1544 in Colchester Essex, England. He was a popular and great scientist and a researcher in magnetism. He became a distinguished scientist during the time of Queen Elizabeth I.
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Google Celebrates Gideon Sundback’s 132nd Birthday

Gideon Sundback, a Swedish-American businessman is most popularly known to the world as the developer of zipper. Gideon Sundback was born on April 24, 1880 in Småland, Sweden to a wealthy farmer. Gideon Sundback’s big bet would be to radically improve an already made zipper.

From the time humans began to dress in animal skins and later fabric, it has been a need to open and close the clothing. From a different velcro closures and clasps grew the idea of ​​a front zipper. Zippers are a kind of locking device for clothes, etc., which can be opened and closed by a slider which is drawn between the two rows of clasps.

Gideon Sundback went abroad for electrical engineering course and graduated in Germany. Two years later he traveled to America and settled there. There he worked for several advances in the development of the zipper. He worked for a businessman named Lewis Walker, who produced zip.

A zipper design was presented in 1893 by Whitcomb Judson, but these were mainly designed for shoes. Even earlier, already in 1851 an American sewing machine designer, Elias Howe, received a patent for a design of “Locking Slider.”

Gideon Sundback’s idea was to punch out the hooks and clamp them in two fabric tape, which could then be sewn by machine. Finally, the best version of the zip was released and patented on August 24, 1914 as ‘Seperable Fastner‘.

In 1931 in Swedan the usage of metal zippers has been increased. The business expanded and Gideon Sundback became rich. He died in 1954 after he left a fortune of USD $ 13 million.

Google Celebrates Gideon Sundback’s 132nd Birthday on its homepage. Unzip the creative Google Doodle!

Gideon Sundback and Zip Facts:
April 24, 1880
Died: June 21, 1954
Occupation: Businessman
Spouse: Elvira Aronson

The original inventor of the ‘zip’ was Elias Howe.

Amazing Pencil Sketches by Nisha Kariyanna

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India – Symbols of Heritage

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India Gate, Delhi:
Anyone who visits Delhi will never forget to visit India Gate constructed during the year 1931 in the memory of 99,000 Indian soldiers who lost their lives in the World War I and the second Afghan war in 1919. 13,516 names were inscribed on it. It is located at Rajpath, New Delhi. The structure was constructed completely with red stone and the height is 42 meters. An eternal flame is also lit at the place in the honour of the soldiers unknown. The monument was dedicated to the nation by the duke of Connaught in 1931 by the hands of Viceroy, Lord Irwin.

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Qutub Minar, Delhi:
Qutub Minar an architectural marvel constructed in the year 1199 by Qutub-ud-Din Albak the slave king as a victory tower. Only the first storey was constructed by Qutub and the other stories were constructed by his successors and his son in-law Firozshah Tuglaq. The structure was completely constructed with red sand stone and height is 72.5 m.
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Mahatma Gandhi Timeline of Important Events

Most Important Life Events of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

1869 October 2: Birth of Gandhi at Porbandar, District Khathiawar, India. Father Karamchand and mother Putlibai.

1883: He married Srimathi Kasturibai.

1888: Went to England to study law.

1891: Returned to India from England and started Law practice in Bombay and Rajkot.

1893 April: Left to South Africa to work as lawyer for an Indian firm. Experienced the color discrimination

1894 May: Organized Natal congress in South Africa.

1899: Started Indian Ambulance Corps for the British in the Boer war.
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What is Numismatics?

‘Numismatics’ is an art of collecting coins, currency and medals and its study. The person who does this is called a ‘Numismatist’. Derived from Latin word ‘Numisma’ means money. Most of the people collect coins as hobby and few professionals are also do this job. Coin collection as a hobby dates back 2000 years. Coins acts as an historical importance due to printing of the year and the information on the coin provide us the level of civilization, life in those years etc.

Alzheimer’s Disease

About 3% of the people above the age of 60 are likely to suffer a form of forgetfulness or a sort of dementia that gradually affects the mind finally loosing the memory. This condition is called Alzheimer’s disease. The former American President Ronald Reagan and the Indo-Anglian poet Nissim Ezekiel Reagan are the victims of this disease.

Alzheimer’s is a common form of dementia a neurological brain disorder named after a German Physician Alois Alzheimer in 1906.

Health Benefits of Maize Corn

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Types of Corn – Nutrition & Health Benefits
Whenever we go out on evenings to beach or outskirts of the city first we see vendors roasting maize corns and selling them. People usually purchase and eat them for a time pass or an uncontrollable fresh aroma of the roasting maize corns. Maize corns are healthy food to eat because they are nutritious and with low calories. They contain fiber essential to control cholesterol and also an anticancer agent. Maize is eaten in several ways as corns burnt, steam cooked, as chips, corn powder and as a vegetable in the preparation of curries and soups. One should not miss to eat this healthy food commonly available nowadays throughout the year due to intensive cultivation methods and availability of transport facilities from any corner of the world. There are several varieties of maize corns. The important varieties are Flour corn, Flint corn, Pop corn, Dent corn, and sweet corn. Maize is usually in golden yellow color. However light yellow, white, pink, black, purple, red, and blue colored maize are available due to hybridization and breeding.
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