Can you find out if these pairs of words are synonyms or antonyms? Make your choices quickly!
Here’s an exercise that will test your vocabulary! Can you identify whether these pairs of words are synonyms (words that have similar meanings) or antonyms (words that have opposite meanings)?
As the festival of Onam winds up, take a look at the dishes that make up the grand Onam Sadhya.
Rembrandt’s contribution to art came in a period of great wealth and cultural achievement that historians call the Dutch Golden Age…
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was a Dutch draughtsman, painter, and printmaker. An innovative and prolific master in three media, he is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in the history of art and the most important in Dutch art history. Try your hand at these shuffle puzzles and unravel some of his more famous works.
1. Self-Portrait with Beret and Turned-Up Collar
Unlike most Dutch masters of the 17th century, Rembrandt’s works depict a wide range of style and subject matter, from portraits and self-portraits to landscapes, genre scenes, allegorical and historical scenes, biblical and mythological themes as well as animal studies.
2. The Storm on the Sea of Galilee
One of his more famous works was ‘The Storm on the Sea of Galilee’, 1633. The painting is still missing after the robbery from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990.
3. The Abduction of Europa
Throughout his career, Rembrandt took as his primary subjects the themes of portraiture, landscape and narrative painting. ‘The Abduction of Europa’ has been described as a shining example of the ‘golden age’ of Baroque painting.
Image sources : Wikimedia Commons
Take a trip and discover how modern-day gadgets used to look once upon a time!
With droughts in summer and floods during monsoons, it has become critical for us to understand climate change and re-examine our water sources.
Violins are important instruments in a wide variety of musical genres. Get to know more about this wonderful musical instrument…
Violins are the most prominent instruments in the Western classical tradition, in many varieties of folk music and south Indian classical music.
The violin is sometimes informally called a fiddle, particularly in Irish traditional music and Bluegrass music, but this nickname is also used regardless of the type of music played on it. Let’s see if you can fiddle your way through these facts about violins…
The snake-boat race is an event that is an integral part of the Onam festival. Let’s take a look at it as well as its counterpart – the dragon boat race…
Have you ever witnessed a boat race? Take a look at these immensely popular races from Asia!
1. Snake-Boat Race
The ‘Vallam Kali’ or boat race is mainly conducted during the season of the harvest festival Onam. Vallam Kali include races of many kinds of traditional boats of Kerala. The traditional ‘snake boat’ is more than 100 feet in length, and the stern rises to a height of about 20 feet. It can accommodate more than 100 oarsmen, who row in the rhythm of the ‘vanchipattu’ (boatman’s song). There are singers in a row in the middle between the oarsmen.
The race of Chundan Vallam (‘Snake Boat’- resembles a snake with its hood raised) is another major attraction. It is considered the largest team sport in the world.
This particular event, the President’s Trophy race at Kollam, a historic port-city (attended by the President of India) is a new tourist-oriented addition from 2011. The racecourse is a 1.2 km stretch of the Ashtamudi Lake near Kollam city. Part of Kerala’s backwaters, Ashtamudi Lake has the status of a ‘Ramsar site’- identified as a Wetland Ecosystem & Waterfowl Habitat of international importance for conservation and sustainable use.
2. The Dragon-Boat Race
Another popular boat race in Asia is the dragon boat race – more popular in South East Asian countries. As one can guess, the shape of the boat and the head of the dragon give the boats this name. The sport is highly competitive with even corporate sponsors in the fray!
Sweets, paintings and instruments… Which Indian states are famous for these particular items? Find out in this quiz!
A geographical indication (GI) is a sign used on a product to indicate that it originates from a specific geographical location (e.g. a town, region, or country). Identify which Indian states these popular items come from! Click on the correct answers.
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Here is the weekly round-up of news from around the world! Read on and stay updated!
Stay updated with the latest happenings around the world! Click on the hotspots to read more about the recent news in various countries.
Let’s celebrate Roald Dahl’s birthday on September 13 with this special quiz. How well do you know his books?
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