Prints from photographs taken by Colonel James Francis Tennant (1829-1915). The upper picture shows the eclipse at the moment of totality, and the lower one immediately before its cessation. Observed from Guntoor, India. Total Solar Eclipse Observed from India in …
Read more..Astronomy is unique by virtue of being the oldest of the observational sciences. It is also one of the few scientific fields where there will always be a need for the amateur because the sky is immense and there are …
Read more..Rohini Devasher “For Millennia the sky has presented two faces to humanity: constants and variables, the regular motions of the heavenly bodies and the unpredictable events of the atmosphere. Correspondingly, the sky has yielded two great but very different sciences, …
Read more..VISUAL ARTS: Arresting geometry in shades of textured gold marks Hemali Bhuta’s letterpress print By Rita Datta An artwork by Arpita Singh at the Birla AcademySource: Birla Academy E rasure: Time’s sport with the mind, with inert matter and, of course, …
Read more..Updated : February 06, 2020 06:12 PM IST > As an artist, her work promises a deep sense of connection, curiosity, and wonder to society at large. > In 2009, Rohini opened her first solo, ‘Breed’, in Mumbai, comprising …
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