Category Archives: Art & Beauty

Tribute to Choctaw Tribe

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Tarun Rattan

New sculpture in Cork, Ireland to thank the Choctaw Tribe for sending donations during Ireland’s potato famine in the mid 19th century.

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… when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance

Posted on April 14, 2012 by Tarun Rattan

Linearly arranged swara’s, or sur‘s in Hindi, form a swaramalika, a chain of swara’s. Mixing yours and my swara’s, for instance, produces our sur(YT) (text). Once again,(YT) on a Continuum Fingerboard. The seven swara’s together are also called a ‘sargam‘, … Continue reading →

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2001: A Space Odyssey (1964)

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Tarun Rattan
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The 101 Most Important Painters of all time

Posted on May 28, 2009 by Tarun Rattan

  1. PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) – Picasso is to Art History a giant earthquake with eternal aftermaths. With the possible exception of Michelangelo (who focused his greatest efforts in sculpture and architecture), no other artist had such ambitions at the … Continue reading →

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