Manu Parekh, painting always meant total involvement -- with his self and surroundings. The current series of 14 canvasses on display at the Tao Art gallery was inspired by Benares in the late 1970s, where he closely observed flowers and how they were used and worshipped in the Indian context. The series is curated by Ranjit Hoskote, art critic and independent curator, and will be showing at the gallery...
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flower show-cum-sale is on for 10 days. A variety of exotic flowers, plants and ferns will be on display.Republication...
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chill is in the air indicating the onset of winter season -- the time forwinter flowers to bloom. But flowers from Tulip to Putinia, from Chrysanthemumto Dahlia are hardly visible in the gardens this winter. Reason: Planting theseexotic flowers could burn a hole in your pocket.There was a timewhen rows of seasonal flowers decorated the shops right from roadside sellers toupmarket florists. But this...
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Wholesalers, farmers faced hassle of traffic in congested lanes of earlier marketPresently 60 lorry load of flowers a day arrive at the market as against 20 at JambaghWholesale merchants and commission agents begin their new innings at spacious Gudimalkapur market.HYDERABAD: The shifting of decades-old wholesale flower market from Jambagh to Gudimalkapur has come as a boon to florists in twin cities....
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11-day show will feature high quality flowers, plants, garden and outdoor products.HYDERABAD: Come November 5 and you can see a model of late Chief Minister Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy made of exquisite flowers. The model will be displayed at the first Hyderabad Flower Show being organised by Lifestyles Trade Fair from November 5 onwards.Speaking at a press meet, J. Rajasimman, Director, Lifestyles Trade...
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The Covai Flower Show competitions will begin at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University on November 29.According to a release from M.K.Shivaa, president of the Rotary Club of Coimbatore Uptown, the co-sponsors, following are the competitions lined up for various categories:College students: painting competition, poem writing, flower arrangements and vegetable carving.In addition, there will be a competition...
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cricket team coach Andy Flower has accused South Africa of being too big for their boots.Flower hit back at the home side's attack on England's tactics following their hammering in Sunday's second Twenty20 match.Flower reckons their status as the world's No 1 team might have gone to their heads.His contempt for some of the South Africans' comments was clear when he said: "I went through my career as...
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view of the upcoming 2010 Commonwealth Games and Kumbh Mela, farmers of Moradabad district in Uttar Pradesh have begun large-scale cultivation of flowers."We are hoping that our demand for flowers will go high. Farmers will get good returns for their hard work. So sensing the significance of the events, the farmers are now moving towards floriculture and are accepting floriculture over traditional...
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Moradabad, Nov. 13 (ANI): In view of the upcoming 2010 Commonwealth Games and Kumbh Mela, farmers of Moradabad district in Uttar Pradesh have begun large-scale cultivation of flowers."We are hoping that our demand for flowers will go high. Farmers will get good returns for their hard work. So sensing the significance of the events, the farmers are now moving towards floriculture and are accepting floriculture...
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Ikebana, the art of decorative indoor flower arrangement seems to have evolved among Indian hobbyists into a distinct art form that has come to be regarded by Japanese masters as quite exotic."We try to create the outside effect of a garden inside a room. That is the basic aim of Ikebana," says Mythili Radhakrishnan, who has been practicing the art for over 30 years now.Radhakrishnan is part of the...
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