S H Raza:
The great
painter
remembers
his
childhood
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Sayeid
Haider Raza,
born in 22
Feb 1922, is
one of the
greatest
painters
from India.
Based in
 France
HS Raza
became
priciest
painter of
modern
Indian art
on
June 10,
2010 when
his work, 'Saurashtra'
sold for Rs
16.42 crore
($3,486,965)
at a
Christie's
auction .In
this
interview
with the
NRIfm editor
Vijay Rana
SH Raza
gives an
emotional
account of
picturesque
forests
around
Narmada
river where
he spent his
childhood.
HS Raza
tells how
one of his
teachers
asked him to
focus on a
dot or Bindu
that later
became the
central
reference of
his art. in
a playful
mood he
remembers
how he used
to learn
times tables
in his
school.
SH Raza
audio
interview
coming soon:
Related
Links:
S H Raza
artworks
S H Raza:
Wikipedia
S H Raza
Biography
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Prof Ebba
Koch on The
Complete Taj
Mahal:
The
heavenly
home of a
queen on
earth
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Ebba Koch,
the
professor of
Art History
at the
University
of Vienna,
has spent
more than 30
years
 studying
the palaces
of the
Mughal king
Shah Jahan.
She is the
first
western
scholar
since
India's
independence
permitted to
take
measurements
of Taj Mahal
and
surrounding
buildings.
In her book
'The
Complete Taj
Mahal' she
leads the
reader on a
walk of the
river Yamuna
rediscovering
palace
gardens of
imperial
family and
great nobles
that lined
both sides
of the
river. In
this most
detailed
study of Taj
Mahal she
says that
Shah Jahan
wanted Taj
Mahal to
look like
his
beautiful
Queen Mumtaj
Mahal's home
in paradise.
Prof Koch
tells the
story of her
remarkable
research.
To listen
click here
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