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History Of Communication And Its Application In Multicultaral,Multilingual Social System In India Across Ages, Ratnesh Dwivedi Mr Sep 2010

History Of Communication And Its Application In Multicultaral,Multilingual Social System In India Across Ages, Ratnesh Dwivedi Mr

Ratnesh Dwivedi

The history of communication dates back to the earliest signs of cavemen.Communication can range from very subtle processes of exchange, to full conversations and mass communication. Human communication was revolutionized with speech perhaps 200,000 years ago, Symbols were developed about 30,000 years ago and writing about 7,000. On a much shorter scale, there have been major developments in the field of telecommunication in the past few centuries.


Book Review. Pravina Shukla, The Grace Of Four Moons: Dress, Adornment, And The Art Of The Body In Modern India, Jo Farb Hernandez Jan 2010

Book Review. Pravina Shukla, The Grace Of Four Moons: Dress, Adornment, And The Art Of The Body In Modern India, Jo Farb Hernandez

Faculty Publications

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The Sacred Yellow, Bina Rao Jan 2010

The Sacred Yellow, Bina Rao

Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings

In India, the color yellow has many symbolic associations. My presentation on the subject will be a visual journey through the historic and religious significance of yellow in Asian countries. This will include Royal Yellow used in the court garments in Malaysia and Spiritual Yellow as part of the Buddhist monks’ attire in Japan and Thailand. Indonesians, Indians, Bangladeshis, and Sri Lankans also know that this color is both auspicious and medicinal. At my natural dye farm in southern India, outside of Hyderabad, we have derived varying shades of yellow from many natural ingredients and we have successfully incorporated them …


Color And Pattern: Tribal And Contemporary Ikats Of India And Laos, Concurrent Exhibitions, Lentz Center For Asian Culture Jan 2010

Color And Pattern: Tribal And Contemporary Ikats Of India And Laos, Concurrent Exhibitions, Lentz Center For Asian Culture

Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings

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Color and Pattern: Tribal and Contemporary Ikats of India and Laos
September 20 - October 15, 2010


Jill Heppenheimer and Joanna Smith have curated this exhibition of contemporary and traditional Lao tribal apparel, drawing upon centuries-old motifs.

Wendy Weiss and Anjali Karolia have curated a presentation of dazzling single and double ikat from India, including documentation of warp and weft ikat preparation.


Mr. Vaghelu G. Vitthalbhai of Somasar, Surrendranagar, Gujarat will demonstrate weft binding in October.


Book Review. Pravina Shukla, The Grace Of Four Moons: Dress, Adornment, And The Art Of The Body In Modern India, Jo Farb Hernandez Jan 2010

Book Review. Pravina Shukla, The Grace Of Four Moons: Dress, Adornment, And The Art Of The Body In Modern India, Jo Farb Hernandez

Jo Farb Hernandez

No abstract provided.