Shamit Khemka

Dozens of ethnic groups, distinctive cultural traditions, hundreds of languages and dialects and music for comforting the soul and soothing the senses of the listeners! Yes, you guessed it right; I am referring to India – the land of unity in diversity! Music, as it is said, has the healing powers besides just keeping you [...]

The heritage of Indian painting extends time immemorial. As records of time and existence of several dynasties whose rise and fall the nation has witnessed, Indian paintings present a vivid description of the evolution and history of the country. The paintings and their distinguished forms span across petroglyps (some of which are older than 5500 [...]

Born in Palanpur, India, Pranav Mistry is one of the inventors of the wearable gestural interface SixthSense that made waves all over the globe recently. The 29-year-old Mistry is a PhD candidate and research assistant at MIT Media Lab. SixthSense is quite similar to telepointer and consists of a pocket projector, a camera, and a [...]

Written by Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead is a bestseller 1943 novel. The book was rejected by some 12 publishers before Archibald Ogden (a young editor with Bobbs Merrill Company) stressed on its publishing and got it done eventually. While most considered it too intellectual and controversial, the negative word of mouth too added to the [...]

Sometimes back in the winters while reading through some posts in an online forum dedicated to music buffs, I confronted with a young fan’s ire. My mistake? I just thought to correct him on some of his musings on A R Rahman as an overrated artist who still has a lot to prove to be [...]

  Google is unquestionably the most popular search engine. There may be anything that comes to your mind, with Google, you can satiate your curious soul with information on almost everything. But then the question is: do all the information that Google serves is fresh? So far, it’s been a ‘No’. But not any more! [...]

This is just extraordinary! A boy, just 8 years old, is all set to give a rush to all those older and established painters. He is a child prodigy who is dubbed as Mini Monet owing to his extraordinary paintings at such a young age. Yes, I am talking about Kieron Williamson who is grabbing [...]