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Islamic Art
Calligraphy on the exterior of the Taj Mahal Islamic art is known for its intricacy and beauty. Ranking highest on the list of perfected Islamic art is the Taj Mahal. Not only does this astounding...
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Holy Rivers
Pilgrims in Allahabad wading into the Holy Waters of the Ganges, from PBS at pbs.org. In India, as with many other nations and/or religions, water is considered valuable for more than its hydrating...
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Monuments, Memory, and Culture
Image courtesy of nih.gov. Monument to love, built by 20,000 artisans using 43 different kinds of jewels, the Taj Mahal is Shah Jahan’s memorial to his beloved wife, Arjumand Banu Begam, also known as...
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Taj Mahal’s Beauty Treatment
Taj Mahal. Photo: wikimedia commons. Monument to love and beauty, India’s Taj Mahal is getting a mud-pack: 2mm’s of thick clay, rich in lime, will be applied to the surface, and left overnight to dry;...
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Failure to Success: Roskilde
Architect Erick van Egeraat has designed a waste-to-energy plant to echo the iconic 13th century cathedral in Roskilde, Denmark. Image: wikimedia commons. Europe’s inspirational great cathedrals, or...
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River from the Sky
Puja, ceremony of honoring the sacred, as seen in “Durga Puja” by Sevak Ram, 1809. Image: British Library Add.Or. 29 Jalwa Puja is a water ceremony, sacred to India, in which mothers welcome a new...
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Let there be (f)light
“Icarus” by Blondel, Rotunda of Apollo, Louvre Museum. Image: wikimedia commons. Icarus would be impressed. The Greek hero is famous for flying too close to the sun, but light and flight may now...
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India and the Climate of Peace
Be the change you want to see: Gandhi. Image: wikimedia commons. India has ratified the Paris Climate Agreement. The land of the Taj Mahal has a sense of ceremony; the historic decision was taken on...
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Rivers are people, too
“Reflection of the Taj Mahal on the Yamuna River.” Image: wikimedia. The first country in the world to give rights to a river was New Zealand: the Whanganui, the country’s longest, has received the...
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Fountain of Hope
Water is the hope of the MOF-801. Here, the largest floating fountain in Europe, Multimedia Fountain Roshen, Ukraine. Image: wikimedia. Two-thirds of the earth’s population may soon need more water,...
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Evolution of Rights: Environment
Should Trees Have Legal Standing? Image: virgin forest, wikimedia. New Zealand declared personhood of the Whanganui River, sacred to the Maori and to the environment. Then India followed, establishing...
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Volcanology and the Future
“Kilauea at Dusk,” photographed in 1983 by G.E. Ulrich, USGS. Image: wikimedia. Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano has been erupting, dangerously. But it is always in some form of activity, as one of the world’s...
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Preserving World Heritage: Abu Simbel
Abu Simbel, World Heritage Site. Image: wikimedia Abu Simbel, site of the great temple built by Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II, in 13th century bce, crowned the Nubian valley bordering Egypt and Sudan....
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Welcome, Spring
“Barsana Holi Festival” by photographer Narender9. Image: wikimedia. Color is associated with spring, perhaps nowhere more brilliantly than in India. In the land of the Taj Mahal, the iconic edifice...
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