Comments on: In D.C.? Go to the Smithsonian’s Sackler Gallery, NOW.

By: valmiki

valmiki — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:12:57 +0000

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By: Priya

Priya — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:23:48 +0000

belated birthday to anna. btw i just realised your name is a palindrome

By: SSK

SSK — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:21:46 +0000

22 Â· sigh! said

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On a different subject, look out for the first two parts of the six part series, "The Story of India" tonight on PBS between 9-11 pm.

I'll check it out but I'm skeptical on how good it will be because the filmmaker says some silly things in "The Making of the Film" section. If you're interested in this topic, check out Nehru's "Bharat ek Khoj" on YouTube.

By: sigh!

sigh! — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:10:20 +0000

Happy birthday!

On a different subject, look out for the first two parts of the six part series, "The Story of India" tonight on PBS between 9-11 pm.

By: Ravi M

Ravi M — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:11:03 +0000

Happy Birthday Anna!

By: SS

SS — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:09:00 +0000

Happy Birthday Anna;God bless. had been reading your posts regularly; first time commenting, couldn’t pass wishing you.

By: amreekandesi

amreekandesi — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:36:41 +0000

"Commentary by the Maharaja of Jodhpur, who lent many of the paintings, and Debra Diamond, the curator who organized the exhibition, is included on an audio guide available at the Garden and Cosmos entrance."

Now thats a royal exhibition! Too bad i dont live in DC!

By: channpreet

channpreet — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:04:19 +0000

I just got back from the exhibit. AMAZING! The attention to detail in those painting is awe inspiring Thanks for the heads-up. Being the last day and all, it was quite busy but still worth it.

By: ashvin

ashvin — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:56:34 +0000

Thanks for the tip Anna. And happy birthday. No you’re not useless. My thoughts : 1. Damn, those Maharajas had large harems. 2. Those painters were great at painstaking detail (including being careful to give the harem a range of skin tones for eg.) 3. But they could learn a thing or two about perspective (3D .vs. 2D), and how to draw animals (some of those bears and monkeys were not very convincing). 4. I never get tired of hearing about cross-cultural influences and this one had a lot of that also (Marwari Maharajas building their palaces and gardens in the Mughal style, the whole miniature style also being influenced by the mughals i think ? etc.) 5. I thought “Mandalas” were a tibetian-buddhist thing, but clearly they were not.

By: Kabob Sahi

Kabob Sahi — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 08:43:54 +0000

I can’t believe no one else has said this yet…But yes, Happy birthday to you!