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Design for India: A summary of the history

  The culture and brilliance of design has lived in our country throughout the history, it is so huge that it can not be explained in word. Design is not something that can be simply written and explained all about. People take design for granted and ignore it. Gui Bonseipe sheds some light on the same based on his analysis of design research and practice and its correlation with design journalism. Indian design education and research has been deprived of lime time since the independence of the country and only recently the bitter truth still exists that the importance of design is not counted in the economics of the nation, despite the fact that design is a Role plays 230 sector! Yet, much of this marvel goes unnoticed by the public, due to a lack of adequate design journalism. Design journalism and publishing is also not easy, the creation of design involves many layers of 'invisible' work in its synthesis, so it is only a finely crafted analysis of the a...

Glass Bangles

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  GLASS BANGLES (JEWEL OF INDIAN WOMEN) INTRODUCTION Bangles are the rigid bracelets which are usually made from Glass,Brass,Plastic, Metal and Wood. These are wore mostly by the women of Indian subcontinent, Southeastern asia, Arabian peninsula and Africa. It is common to see a bride wearing glass bangles at wedding in India,Pakistan,Nepal,Sri Lanka and in other Asian countries. HISTORY The earliest sightings of the glass bangles were found from the period of the Indus Valley Civilization. However during the medival  period these bangles underwent a major transformation and were heavier in weight and came in all kinds of styles,cuts and colours. Precious stones and materials such as gold,silver,diamond etc was used to adorn these bangles. Basic colours such as red green and gold were used for the brides since these were symbolised as marital status. INNOVATION Glass bangles have become more fashionable and stylish in the present times. This is because of the efforts made by v...