Traditionally, the Gond paintings were done on mud walls with colours extracted from natural materials like soil, charcoal, cow dung and leaves. The designs are based on the rituals and traditions practiced by the community. Nature is also a dominant theme as Gonds inhabited forests for centuries. One of the largest and oldest tribes in India,Read More …
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Gond Art
Gond paintings are paintings done by ‘Gond tribe’ from Madhyapradesh. Dots and tiny lines are just used to fill the space. As they sleep in jungles the topics of painting are Animals, trees, their gods etcs. Gonds are said to be the most important tribal, or Adivasi Community in India, with a population of almost 80 Lakh. While thereRead More …
Authentication of an Antique
Authentication Antiques are those precious and valuable things of the past which have a great number of stories linked with it; they not only tell us about the history but tend us to relive it. But what if those antiques aren’t real and just other copies or fake material? ThusRead More …
Nautical Diving Helmet: History and Invention
What is a Diving Helmet? Diving helmet is a stiff head closure with an oxygen supply vent used in underwater diving. The underwater equipment consists of the hat (upper part), neck dam (lower part), breastplate and other things depending upon references and region. The cap seals the entire of theRead More …
Chess – Knowledge Base Psychic Game
Chess is a two-player strategy board game played on a checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an 8×8 square grid. Played by millions of people worldwide, chess is believed to be derived from the Indian game chaturanga sometime before the 7th century. Why is Chess so popular? To get to theRead More …
The TELEPHONE: Its History and Invention
Alternatively said as a phone, a telephone may be a device that converts analog audio into electrical signals which will be transferred to other telephone users. The phone enables people to speak with others everywhere the globe and is widely credited as being invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876. A communication device for sailing vessels called a “the telephone” was invented byRead More …
MAKE IN INDIA VS. MADE IN INDIA
In this blog, we AKINHANDICRAFT will illustrate two different economic programs ‘Make in India’ and ‘Made in India’; one the govt. has and another the govt. might promote so as to cater to the stagnating economic situation in India. The essay analyses their pros and cons and ends by giving a possible solution to the dilemma of selecting between the 2 programs. Make in India TheRead More …
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT Armour suits
In the last three decades, body armour saved the lives of quite 3,000 law enforcement officials. That’s just within the UNITES STATES. So it’s safe to mention ten thousands of lives are saved worldwide. The Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) has conducted studies on the effectiveness of the suit of armourRead More …
Viking: Facts And Knowledge
Culture and language are intimately linked. Therefore, one of the best ways to better understand a people is to better understand their language. So, Vikings fans – what language did the Vikings speak? The answer to that question is complicated as the Vikings were not homogeneous over space and time, andRead More …
What Language did the Vikings Speak?
THE VIKINGS When we talk about Vikings the only pictures that come in our mind are of nomadic people with great culture, the very gift of Vikings, ‘Drinking Horns’ are known as antiques in the modern world. Following the traces, we get to know that Vikings had a great history; either weRead More …
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