Pingdu, the largest county-level city in Shandong province, has a total area of 3,176 square kilometers on the northwest of Qingdao. It has rich graphite, gold and talcum reserves, and is the only city in the country with the outputs of grain, edible oil, meat and fruit ranking among the top 100 cities. With 18 products of geographical indication, including …
Jawaharlal Nehru laid the foundation stone of the National Museum in Delhi in 1955, and it subsequently opened in 1960. Its first director was the American Grace Morley, the former director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. This was the first museum built by Indians after independence, and symbolised the importance of focusing on the country’s cultural heritage …
In 1982, India launched an ambitious ‘Festival of India’, which highlighted Indian textiles and crafts, at the Royal College of Art in Britain. Titled ‘Visvakarma’, after the god of craft, it included most of the 280 works originally sent to the U.K. “India had never seen anything like it,” says Chennai-based textile expert, Gita Ram. Titled ‘Vignette: Visvakarma Textiles: Art …
