tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32208962150363052222024-03-23T07:41:28.312-07:00 Sketches and Drawings Ponnada Murtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11939893048993659572noreply@blogger.comBlogger399125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220896215036305222.post-35495467243867261692024-03-23T07:40:00.000-07:002024-03-23T07:40:18.949-07:00Kesarbai Kerkar - Indian classical vocalist (pen sketch)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXPCCgwUqD8wYKabuGEBo-ArxoXLlAAW0XEpC7dZq547J_1KLkJXSnHHyjjXAFkIqeXm7cWGmb94k_GE1T-btofzqSOs0VQz6ug7KrLS1TTAZL6rw5YXXvxL3s0SZwlw2IswQ_wUMYyqdsoqKG0crsTe5vaVSF__PdqEpJbR02hswbzJitWj2DjW6obUpS/s1599/Kesarbai%20Kerkar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1599" data-original-width="1202" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXPCCgwUqD8wYKabuGEBo-ArxoXLlAAW0XEpC7dZq547J_1KLkJXSnHHyjjXAFkIqeXm7cWGmb94k_GE1T-btofzqSOs0VQz6ug7KrLS1TTAZL6rw5YXXvxL3s0SZwlw2IswQ_wUMYyqdsoqKG0crsTe5vaVSF__PdqEpJbR02hswbzJitWj2DjW6obUpS/w482-h640/Kesarbai%20Kerkar.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;">My pen sketch of Kesarbai Kerkar.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;">According to Wikipedia<b> Kesarbai Kerkar</b> (13 July 1892 – 16 September 1977) was an Indian classical vocalist of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaipur-Atrauli_gharana" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Jaipur-Atrauli gharana">Jaipur-Atrauli gharana</a>. A protege of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ustad_Alladiya_Khan" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Ustad Alladiya Khan">Ustad Alladiya Khan</a> (1855–1946), the founder of the gharana, from age sixteen, she went on to become one of the most noted <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khayal" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Khayal">khayal</a> singers of the second half of the 20th century.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-NettlArnold2000_2-0" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kesarbai_Kerkar#cite_note-NettlArnold2000-2" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[2]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Purohit1988_3-0" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kesarbai_Kerkar#cite_note-Purohit1988-3" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[3]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kesarbai_Kerkar#cite_note-4" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[4]</a></sup></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;">She was awarded the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangeet_Natak_Akademi_Award" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Sangeet Natak Akademi Award">Sangeet Natak Akademi Award</a> in 1953, followed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Bhushan" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Padma Bhushan">Padma Bhushan</a> is the third highest civilian award in India, in 1969.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"><br /></p><p> </p>Ponnada Murtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11939893048993659572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220896215036305222.post-36322012661808666322024-03-22T10:26:00.000-07:002024-03-23T07:40:54.653-07:00Chic Chocklate - trumpet player - charcoal pencil sketch<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpc8pcti0NJeITVY4bEknsWsug5tKPGUZdsymXEWNuBfs1K-3_gtgKZZdZYjYqKCuHyDPaHKldN0JaOBEfKufKbbCky4-OaVpDft0kedd5K57uvi5Ze7-57KjrDta1xpnxQqxn33fyssNedba871dSEWctCFwBM09OMJpYz1HNXer6UnuqHaKxYPfFXJdk/s1600/Chic%20Chocolate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1196" data-original-width="1600" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpc8pcti0NJeITVY4bEknsWsug5tKPGUZdsymXEWNuBfs1K-3_gtgKZZdZYjYqKCuHyDPaHKldN0JaOBEfKufKbbCky4-OaVpDft0kedd5K57uvi5Ze7-57KjrDta1xpnxQqxn33fyssNedba871dSEWctCFwBM09OMJpYz1HNXer6UnuqHaKxYPfFXJdk/w640-h478/Chic%20Chocolate.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">My charcoal pencil sketch</span></p><p><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Chic Chocolate born Antonio Xavier Vaz, was an Indian trumpeter who led a Jazz band at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Bombay and was one of Bombay's best known jazz musicians. He was also a Hindi film music composer and played trumpet in various soundtracks.</span></p><p><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Courtesy : Wikipedia</span></p>Ponnada Murtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11939893048993659572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220896215036305222.post-23715325589437786932024-03-20T18:39:00.000-07:002024-03-20T18:39:10.207-07:00Pen and pencil ink sketch - Usha Khanna <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTCsXKPc8Le9AsqnDENgAMMfSE7Zf_Y2xjiKqDBU-Q-5kkJuL8tb99S8UlMWHkXjSK1zWmY4uXnvIvx7NPEJcCcgFkfmOkVEXLoHsQfS1QhiOYvVOP9hI-HMZQqGqZdb02tdDDLD8eP0UX8G3YEHESmy6c7zn0qLsnVBem4i1oCg-SwXQcTfCO82H8xebD/s2010/New%20Doc%2003-20-2024%2019.26_2_01-Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2010" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTCsXKPc8Le9AsqnDENgAMMfSE7Zf_Y2xjiKqDBU-Q-5kkJuL8tb99S8UlMWHkXjSK1zWmY4uXnvIvx7NPEJcCcgFkfmOkVEXLoHsQfS1QhiOYvVOP9hI-HMZQqGqZdb02tdDDLD8eP0UX8G3YEHESmy6c7zn0qLsnVBem4i1oCg-SwXQcTfCO82H8xebD/w640-h490/New%20Doc%2003-20-2024%2019.26_2_01-Copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Pen sketch inspired by the photo said to be of film composer Usha khanna.<p></p>Ponnada Murtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11939893048993659572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220896215036305222.post-71650730422502497352024-03-15T07:49:00.000-07:002024-03-15T07:49:14.571-07:00Kannad Kokila Amirbai Karnataki - charcoal pencil sketch<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsld-FDwQBsdai1ydhR-AWHD6hH_jfGH0W8VmdiOA5Q9sqHfpGpeEwR1njQfzYtSvVnGC0Tj9yhoS7IeKFKNaY1P0KC9hcOB82XTximtgx6sQ_5qZzvf7lpQbFBHiLekle_xCYC4EMOyd7DEpHsCv6EohIfw0GQObeUPbdeiQs6KwDjLjZEI_gsn6IbzLm/s1600/Amirbai%20Karnataki.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1195" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsld-FDwQBsdai1ydhR-AWHD6hH_jfGH0W8VmdiOA5Q9sqHfpGpeEwR1njQfzYtSvVnGC0Tj9yhoS7IeKFKNaY1P0KC9hcOB82XTximtgx6sQ_5qZzvf7lpQbFBHiLekle_xCYC4EMOyd7DEpHsCv6EohIfw0GQObeUPbdeiQs6KwDjLjZEI_gsn6IbzLm/w478-h640/Amirbai%20Karnataki.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">My charcoal pencil sketch of </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Amirbai Karnataki was a famous actress/singer and playback singer of the early Hindi cinema and was famous as Kannada Kokila. Mahatma Gandhi was an ardent fan of her song Vaishnav Jan To.</span></p><div class="wDYxhc" data-attrid="kc:/people/person:born" data-hveid="CCwQAA" data-md="1001" data-ved="2ahUKEwijmv-iwPaEAxU4GtAFHVyZCtcQkCl6BAgsEAA" style="background-color: white; clear: none; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div class="Z1hOCe"><div class="zloOqf PZPZlf" data-ved="2ahUKEwijmv-iwPaEAxU4GtAFHVyZCtcQyxMoAHoECCwQAQ" style="line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 7px;"><div class="rVusze"><span class="w8qArf" style="font-weight: bolder;">Born: </span><span class="LrzXr kno-fv wHYlTd z8gr9e" style="line-height: 22px;">1906, <a class="fl" data-ved="2ahUKEwijmv-iwPaEAxU4GtAFHVyZCtcQmxMoAHoECCwQAg" href="https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=a6f2d24d067aab7e&rlz=1C1RXQR_enUS1093US1093&sxsrf=ACQVn08oIcdHfZSYjSglxww6VZHJL9rUwg:1710513748707&q=Bilgi&si=AKbGX_oBDfquzodaRrfbb9img4kPQ4fCBZjeqAiaW1svvC8uXutFZHdqCQEfS-Xtb3x317VBF45hvuVqtrRxMIsF1ZmwyB8OJbDJXvcxJVBFFt_GGXnzK1uZzzLMFCdohWM1-Hi18xETGsSd0jD3-A6ruiyxvgiNoRuh1L9mAXJDEcsdghp7LuCakHxdcK51aEv92tg9Z4ZZ&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=2ahUKEwijmv-iwPaEAxU4GtAFHVyZCtcQmxMoAHoECCwQAg" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); color: #1a0dab; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">Bilgi, India</a> and died on March 3, 1965</span></div><div class="rVusze"><span class="w8qArf" style="font-weight: bolder;">Died: </span><span class="LrzXr kno-fv wHYlTd z8gr9e" style="line-height: 22px;">March 3, 1965 </span></div></div></div></div>Ponnada Murtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11939893048993659572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220896215036305222.post-39742809330104082802024-03-13T20:23:00.000-07:002024-03-13T20:23:36.762-07:00Village girl - charcoal sketch<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiGz_NEFGmNp79d8Rx8jttIlQnKcwrYsx8dZ4U0bj5QqGurjnxQ0RH41DOb_0vVpH4fKt5PtsRZStjTb5j-qTTXNtMNBCv_YfL-M_7LTOJRkgpspxsQXRFzy5iOVAWcTCf-fSjtLQSsHuWJxScKact8_rqXtjv6KwVJesJrN_r5l0VS2yOeoKyPmKHu13U/s1599/charcoal04.03.2024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1599" data-original-width="1202" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiGz_NEFGmNp79d8Rx8jttIlQnKcwrYsx8dZ4U0bj5QqGurjnxQ0RH41DOb_0vVpH4fKt5PtsRZStjTb5j-qTTXNtMNBCv_YfL-M_7LTOJRkgpspxsQXRFzy5iOVAWcTCf-fSjtLQSsHuWJxScKact8_rqXtjv6KwVJesJrN_r5l0VS2yOeoKyPmKHu13U/w482-h640/charcoal04.03.2024.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><br /></p><p>This was drawn with General brand charcoal pencil sketch.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mobile click hence it may not have captured the nuances of the original.</p><p>However, I hope you like it.</p>Ponnada Murtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11939893048993659572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220896215036305222.post-52371750164291337972024-03-10T12:16:00.000-07:002024-03-10T12:16:43.451-07:00Rambhadracharya - Pencil sketch<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzl76LzGEkCdTWupabuvs0kNOLKDZ8eLpaWSeJDudzCVfdrCqRaKPZXuwMNVPjShUE7TB_EYgiLNURR-UtNF3R89b11JKtIKH_nSHrc_0ijdSbanEQQjEVl-KhQLYcpmDbkMBbDfD_3JI3kFmj1Dgc8FtQEWFr2fyjo2U72otqAM0my84WbAGAa8_K1HhX/s964/FB_IMG_1709951106531.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzl76LzGEkCdTWupabuvs0kNOLKDZ8eLpaWSeJDudzCVfdrCqRaKPZXuwMNVPjShUE7TB_EYgiLNURR-UtNF3R89b11JKtIKH_nSHrc_0ijdSbanEQQjEVl-KhQLYcpmDbkMBbDfD_3JI3kFmj1Dgc8FtQEWFr2fyjo2U72otqAM0my84WbAGAa8_K1HhX/w299-h400/FB_IMG_1709951106531.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><br /><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;">In 2015, Rambhadracharya was awarded </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Vibhushan" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Padma Vibhushan">Padma Vibhushan</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;">, India's second highest civilian honour.</span><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 12px; text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;">Rambhadracharya has been honoured by several leaders and politicians, including </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._P._J._Abdul_Kalam" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="A. P. J. Abdul Kalam">A. P. J. Abdul Kalam</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;">, </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somnath_Chatterjee" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Somnath Chatterjee">Somnath Chatterjee</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;">, </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shilendra_Kumar_Singh" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Shilendra Kumar Singh">Shilendra Kumar Singh</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;">, and </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;">.</span><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;">Several state governments, including that of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Himachal Pradesh">Himachal Pradesh</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;"> have conferred honours on him.</span><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;"> In 2021, he was also awarded with </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi_Fellowship" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Sahitya Akademi Fellowship">Kendra Sahitya Academy Fellowship</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;">.</span><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;"> On 17 February 2024 Rambhadracharya was named a recipient (along with </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulzar" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Gulzar">Gulzar</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;">) of the 58th Jnanpith Award (for 2023).</span><p></p>Ponnada Murtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11939893048993659572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220896215036305222.post-60377055265022709532024-03-10T12:15:00.000-07:002024-03-10T12:15:33.694-07:00Basanti Devi - Indian freedom fighter - charcoal pencil sketch<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMODJ2CTU2-ueGB_nlKgvHXQn5bRL1Ms6mAFhsqSVoDYhen66GNC4Y128R64VmcuMh-QTe-rd3khEtxKhy92cqa12m1t0CbI0H-oO2AuaektWAle8mnGV7fAdhGhOb7Ob-3dhl4V5NpPcB6mgsfyGYl0Bk0mebxOcWCzKHfyYkwOjQyj_zoW3YQqZD8tVi/s1600/Basanti%20Devi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1198" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMODJ2CTU2-ueGB_nlKgvHXQn5bRL1Ms6mAFhsqSVoDYhen66GNC4Y128R64VmcuMh-QTe-rd3khEtxKhy92cqa12m1t0CbI0H-oO2AuaektWAle8mnGV7fAdhGhOb7Ob-3dhl4V5NpPcB6mgsfyGYl0Bk0mebxOcWCzKHfyYkwOjQyj_zoW3YQqZD8tVi/w480-h640/Basanti%20Devi.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><b style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></b></p><p><b style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">My charcoal pencil sketch of Basanti Devi, an unsung heroine of the Indian freedom struggle.</b></p><p><b style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">According to Wikipedia Basanti Devi</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> (23 March 1880 – 7 May 1974) was an Indian independence activist during the </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_rule_in_India" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="British rule in India">British rule in India</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">. She was the wife of activist </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chittaranjan_Das" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Chittaranjan Das">Chittaranjan Das</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">. After Das' arrest in 1921 and death in 1925, she took an active part in various political and social movements and continued with social work post-independence. She was awarded the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Vibhushan" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Padma Vibhushan">Padma Vibhushan</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> in 1973.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Following her husband, Basanti Devi took part in various movements like the </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_disobedience_movement" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Civil disobedience movement">Civil disobedience movement</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> and the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khilafat_Movement" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Khilafat Movement">Khilafat Movement</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> and also participated in the Nagpur session of the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> in 1920.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p>Ponnada Murtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11939893048993659572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220896215036305222.post-68624240527122059622024-03-09T21:06:00.000-08:002024-03-09T21:06:14.427-08:00Govind Sadashiv Ghurye - father of Indian Sociology - pencil sketch <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjNFuvRSNrnOls6Kqamm42adGaVR4YPkGsoUs4wVhiBPeSw-9Gs_t-SSU_629uKOQofImMX6g2zrcei7TIJ3PYOkG2v5BFXvBripFeEvSsjcFScErHpPLYOkbakZ9VDKZFI_uf8fjlsq-BCKiTD6jFfdK-yhGN8UmkVQK6p6lHbn7MZ-5nQn17pxrx2GqM/s2012/New%20Doc%2003-09-2024%2021.56_2_01-Copy%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2012" data-original-width="1514" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjNFuvRSNrnOls6Kqamm42adGaVR4YPkGsoUs4wVhiBPeSw-9Gs_t-SSU_629uKOQofImMX6g2zrcei7TIJ3PYOkG2v5BFXvBripFeEvSsjcFScErHpPLYOkbakZ9VDKZFI_uf8fjlsq-BCKiTD6jFfdK-yhGN8UmkVQK6p6lHbn7MZ-5nQn17pxrx2GqM/w301-h400/New%20Doc%2003-09-2024%2021.56_2_01-Copy%20(1).jpg" width="301" /></a></div><br /><b style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Govind Sadashiv Ghurye</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> (12 December 1893 – 28 December 1983) was a pioneering </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="India">Indian</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> academic who was a </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Professor">professor</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> of </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociology" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Sociology">sociology</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">In 1924, he became the second person to head the Department of Sociology at the </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Mumbai" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="University of Mumbai">University of Bombay</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEUniversity_of_Mumbai_4-0" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._S._Ghurye#cite_note-FOOTNOTEUniversity_of_Mumbai-4" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">[</a></sup><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> And, is widely regarded as the founder of Indian Sociology & Sociology in India.</span><p></p>Ponnada Murtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11939893048993659572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220896215036305222.post-52593033434569751282024-03-07T10:18:00.000-08:002024-03-07T10:18:16.693-08:00Santakumari - graphite pencil sketch<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTeKTRYKoBK53IPdUbhG_bmasEBh_nppr-g1aT-WzpQjshgkycw9Saq1dB_1p6EogrgktHU5bzchmBvDWRv_oKVEYPsHeOdnyD7F5DCznWKBTvRygVHf08svjr4EzteBiIF64d3ysSDGGXNMVfYUR80PczS9aGXHuxSosQ6znCcFin_mlXlZqo8sAJUdOZ/s1599/Santakumari%20pencilsketch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1202" data-original-width="1599" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTeKTRYKoBK53IPdUbhG_bmasEBh_nppr-g1aT-WzpQjshgkycw9Saq1dB_1p6EogrgktHU5bzchmBvDWRv_oKVEYPsHeOdnyD7F5DCznWKBTvRygVHf08svjr4EzteBiIF64d3ysSDGGXNMVfYUR80PczS9aGXHuxSosQ6znCcFin_mlXlZqo8sAJUdOZ/w400-h301/Santakumari%20pencilsketch.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>Today I tried the sad face of Santakumari from one of the Telugu movies. Satisfied with the result.</p><p>I used Astle Art Supply brand pencil.</p><p>The result would have been better if I had used a scanner instead of a scanner app in the mobile phone,</p>Ponnada Murtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11939893048993659572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220896215036305222.post-9148773518860303972024-03-06T09:21:00.000-08:002024-03-06T09:21:56.769-08:00Asima Chatterjee - Indian Organic Chemist - charcoal pencil sketch<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-MW_J0PRoP_eYdovqgfdQU2_0EzQHFf64geeCB8whpxR2U7QVI2OKOGzD_6wvoOsCvgfaD9UqXLfLkFERsybnyY7PZtPX7iFrfEFhNLVqdRYvzUQLqO8rivrqfR6fSTedslBtQTd7BSRY40CEFyGg9m5Je3-r8gtuRbabIOc5bj4IbFMR1BDHOo40556I/s1599/Asima%20Chatterjee2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1599" data-original-width="1202" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-MW_J0PRoP_eYdovqgfdQU2_0EzQHFf64geeCB8whpxR2U7QVI2OKOGzD_6wvoOsCvgfaD9UqXLfLkFERsybnyY7PZtPX7iFrfEFhNLVqdRYvzUQLqO8rivrqfR6fSTedslBtQTd7BSRY40CEFyGg9m5Je3-r8gtuRbabIOc5bj4IbFMR1BDHOo40556I/w482-h640/Asima%20Chatterjee2.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><br /> <b style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">My charcoal pencil sketch of Asima Chatterjee</b><p></p><div><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;">Asima Chatterjee</span><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;"> (23 September 1917 – 22 November 2006)</span><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;"> was an Indian organic chemist </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_chemist" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Organic chemist">o</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;"> noted for her work in the fields of organic chemistry </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_chemistry" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Organic chemistry">organic </a>phytomedicine<span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;"> and </span><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;">.</span><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;">Her most notable work includes research on </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinca_alkaloids" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Vinca alkaloids">vinca alkaloids</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;">, the development of </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-epileptic_drugs" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Anti-epileptic drugs">anti-epileptic drugs</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;">, and development of </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimalarial_medication" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Antimalarial medication">anti-malarial drugs</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;">. She also authored a considerable volume of work on medicinal plants </span><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;"> of the Indian subcontinent. </span><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;"> She was the first woman to receive a Doctorat of Science </span><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;"> from an Indian university.</span><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 12px; text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span><div><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #202122;"><span style="font-size: 12px; text-wrap: nowrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #202122;"><span style="font-size: 12px; text-wrap: nowrap;">Credit : Wikipedia<br /></span></span><p></p><p><br /></p></div></div>Ponnada Murtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11939893048993659572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220896215036305222.post-59352090335210735022024-03-05T09:05:00.000-08:002024-03-05T09:05:06.461-08:00Anuradha Paudwal - charcoal pencil sketch<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKagT35EngHTzdNP50pIGnHhS78f2bI0fFWf2kkS75Atc8GoVnvj7YhgivDtYAdYNDt_cYMJuDU23VIVNrYJ72ZMoYbMf5FtuQkcWrTdRXEfv3EYkcfijK9AipY3uc5zQD_maOlfum0sIkAp4hqCdnEb47piMYn4w1EWO10aFeVQ03aG87jLsFjwonQTvg/s1599/anuradhapaudwal2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1197" data-original-width="1599" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKagT35EngHTzdNP50pIGnHhS78f2bI0fFWf2kkS75Atc8GoVnvj7YhgivDtYAdYNDt_cYMJuDU23VIVNrYJ72ZMoYbMf5FtuQkcWrTdRXEfv3EYkcfijK9AipY3uc5zQD_maOlfum0sIkAp4hqCdnEb47piMYn4w1EWO10aFeVQ03aG87jLsFjwonQTvg/w640-h480/anuradhapaudwal2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><b style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><p><b style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">My charcoal pencil sketch of celebrity singer Anuradha Paudwal.</b></p><p><b style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></b></p>Anuradha Paudwal</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> (born 27 October 1954) is an Indian </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playback_singer" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Playback singer">playback singer</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> who works predominantly in </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindi_cinema" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Hindi cinema">Hindi cinema</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> She has been described in media as one of the most prominent </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhajan" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Bhajan">Bhajan</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> singer</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anuradha_Paudwal#cite_note-6" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[6]</a></sup><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> and also as one of the most successful playback singers of 80s and 90s era of </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollywood" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Bollywood">Bollywood</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> The recipient of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anuradha_Paudwal#Accolades" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">several accolades</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> including a </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Film_Award" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="National Film Award">National Film Award</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, four </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filmfare_Awards" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Filmfare Awards">Filmfare Awards</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> (winning consecutively during 1990–92) and two </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odisha_State_Film_Awards" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Odisha State Film Awards">Odisha State Film Awards</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, she has been honoured by the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_India" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Government of India">Government of India</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> with the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Shri" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, the country's </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_honours_system" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Indian honours system">fourth-highest civilian honour</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> for her contribution in the field of </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arts" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Arts">arts</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">. Her contribution in Indian devotional music and Bollywood Industry gained her the titles such as "Bhajan Queen", "Melody Queen"</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Credit : Wikipedia<br /></span></span> </p>Ponnada Murtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11939893048993659572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220896215036305222.post-53198383831428461402024-03-04T10:33:00.000-08:002024-03-04T10:33:43.107-08:00Mary Kom - Boxing champion - charcoal pencil sketch<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgszO_KG1dRnODGeMU0r0HDWg53IEk5hodl4vZC5I5jKO12H0qTwYPmEeiO3BEhpBpQXB3ilucGAGnwcI53_0LIOtmSHE0vs6ZnbOXMWMcpb95JSy-D23P2YUFzBS1isTfHXR8iIpPIRDLek3lrD-YL35Kko_ae2iZdISDqJUXJH4Oui2dVc1md07f7iraJ/s1600/Mary%20Kom%20sketch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgszO_KG1dRnODGeMU0r0HDWg53IEk5hodl4vZC5I5jKO12H0qTwYPmEeiO3BEhpBpQXB3ilucGAGnwcI53_0LIOtmSHE0vs6ZnbOXMWMcpb95JSy-D23P2YUFzBS1isTfHXR8iIpPIRDLek3lrD-YL35Kko_ae2iZdISDqJUXJH4Oui2dVc1md07f7iraJ/w480-h640/Mary%20Kom%20sketch.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><div class="wDYxhc" data-hveid="CFgQAA" data-md="50" data-ved="2ahUKEwiP0pWMntuEAxW23ckDHdQpDjIQkCl6BAhYEAA" style="background-color: white; clear: none; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div class="PZPZlf hb8SAc" data-attrid="description" data-hveid="CFgQAQ" data-ved="2ahUKEwiP0pWMntuEAxW23ckDHdQpDjIQziAoAHoECFgQAQ" style="color: #4d5156; line-height: 1.58; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden;"><div jsaction="SKAaMe:c0XUbe;rcuQ6b:npT2md" jscontroller="GCSbhd"><div jsaction="rcuQ6b:npT2md" jscontroller="QhoyLd"><div class="kno-rdesc" jsaction="seM7Qe:c0XUbe;Iigoee:c0XUbe;rcuQ6b:npT2md" jscontroller="GCSbhd" jsname="g7W7Ed"><br /></div><div class="kno-rdesc" jsaction="seM7Qe:c0XUbe;Iigoee:c0XUbe;rcuQ6b:npT2md" jscontroller="GCSbhd" jsname="g7W7Ed">My charcoal pencil sketch</div><div class="kno-rdesc" jsaction="seM7Qe:c0XUbe;Iigoee:c0XUbe;rcuQ6b:npT2md" jscontroller="GCSbhd" jsname="g7W7Ed"><br /></div><div class="kno-rdesc" jsaction="seM7Qe:c0XUbe;Iigoee:c0XUbe;rcuQ6b:npT2md" jscontroller="GCSbhd" jsname="g7W7Ed">Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom OLY is an Indian Olympic boxer, politician, and former Member of Rajya Sabha. </div><div class="kno-rdesc" jsaction="seM7Qe:c0XUbe;Iigoee:c0XUbe;rcuQ6b:npT2md" jscontroller="GCSbhd" jsname="g7W7Ed"><br /></div><div class="kno-rdesc" jsaction="seM7Qe:c0XUbe;Iigoee:c0XUbe;rcuQ6b:npT2md" jscontroller="GCSbhd" jsname="g7W7Ed">Awards :Padma Vibhushan, Padma Shri, Padmabhushan, Arujuna Award for Boxing, etc.</div><div class="kno-rdesc" jsaction="seM7Qe:c0XUbe;Iigoee:c0XUbe;rcuQ6b:npT2md" jscontroller="GCSbhd" jsname="g7W7Ed"><br /></div><div class="kno-rdesc" jsaction="seM7Qe:c0XUbe;Iigoee:c0XUbe;rcuQ6b:npT2md" jscontroller="GCSbhd" jsname="g7W7Ed">Source courtesy : Wikipedia</div><div class="kno-rdesc" jsaction="seM7Qe:c0XUbe;Iigoee:c0XUbe;rcuQ6b:npT2md" jscontroller="GCSbhd" jsname="g7W7Ed"><br /></div><div class="kno-rdesc" jsaction="seM7Qe:c0XUbe;Iigoee:c0XUbe;rcuQ6b:npT2md" jscontroller="GCSbhd" jsname="g7W7Ed">(this sketch is drawn by me on a packing paper)</div></div></div></div></div><div class="wDYxhc" data-attrid="kc:/people/person:born" data-hveid="CF0QAA" data-md="1001" data-ved="2ahUKEwiP0pWMntuEAxW23ckDHdQpDjIQkCl6BAhdEAA" style="background-color: white; clear: none; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div class="Z1hOCe"><div class="zloOqf PZPZlf" data-ved="2ahUKEwiP0pWMntuEAxW23ckDHdQpDjIQyxMoAHoECF0QAQ" style="line-height: 1.58; margin-top: 7px;"></div></div></div><p> </p>Ponnada Murtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11939893048993659572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220896215036305222.post-61967730345950775042024-03-02T14:36:00.000-08:002024-03-02T14:36:14.828-08:00Rajeswari Chatterjee - charcoal pencil sketch<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT2KdbC9-Q_0hhfl514oSYruobEPzf21tDUebW0n1ofhGitVIGR_82s4qnhA9JyyX5nAZ19LsKjnXbw8Y_gWuRLlXIfOFnCAMr4LCQ06YqlKAWApH1DfF1YD6S1O-iWy5-MBBuSgdSXttEqnO-TjzK8bgXdE8RowSMdKPNmdABbw97yGV-SExd-AFT3XJH/s1599/Rajeswari%20Chatterjee2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1599" data-original-width="1202" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT2KdbC9-Q_0hhfl514oSYruobEPzf21tDUebW0n1ofhGitVIGR_82s4qnhA9JyyX5nAZ19LsKjnXbw8Y_gWuRLlXIfOFnCAMr4LCQ06YqlKAWApH1DfF1YD6S1O-iWy5-MBBuSgdSXttEqnO-TjzK8bgXdE8RowSMdKPNmdABbw97yGV-SExd-AFT3XJH/w482-h640/Rajeswari%20Chatterjee2.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">My charcoal pencil sketch </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Rajeshwari Chatterjee was an Indian scientist and an academic. She was the first woman engineer from Karnataka. During her tenure at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Chatterjee was a professor and later chairperson of the department of Electrical Communication Engineering. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">She was born on January 24, 1922 and died on September 3, 2010.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">courtesy : Wikipedia</span></p>Ponnada Murtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11939893048993659572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220896215036305222.post-10163818263832886742024-02-28T10:56:00.000-08:002024-02-28T10:56:16.152-08:00Bhibha Choudhary - An unsung scientist - charcoal pencil sketch<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHpGJ6mEtiEvExokOcocu-MThuLPPSuJ_PTg6PORO5HtVQW7lHhVikjHRhxUlVlo1-WKI2uEYBO_utePgEiAgATnl1qskfsxosROEfxlPhxn7nNq0W3DgyeJDZNjDrZMfq5p7W7-yTLFfMnffyCG04_ZzDv4FalcblvwUqHhKn86WPh28UBhLjkGSBjPzn/s1600/Bhibha%20Choudhary.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1198" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHpGJ6mEtiEvExokOcocu-MThuLPPSuJ_PTg6PORO5HtVQW7lHhVikjHRhxUlVlo1-WKI2uEYBO_utePgEiAgATnl1qskfsxosROEfxlPhxn7nNq0W3DgyeJDZNjDrZMfq5p7W7-yTLFfMnffyCG04_ZzDv4FalcblvwUqHhKn86WPh28UBhLjkGSBjPzn/w300-h400/Bhibha%20Choudhary.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Today I came across a news item in The Telegraph about Bhibha Choudhary, an unsung woman scientist. I picked up my charcoal pencil and drew the sketch of Bhibha Choudhary,<span style="color: #111111; font-size: 20px;"> </span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I understand from the article that Bhibha Choudhury was wedded to physics and led a quiet, modest and dignified life within the confines of her laboratory.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "PT Serif", serif; font-size: 20px;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "PT Serif", serif; font-size: 20px;">Here is the link of the detailed article :</span></p><p><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "PT Serif", serif; font-size: 20px;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "PT Serif", serif; font-size: 20px;"><a href="https://www.telegraphindia.com/science-tech/the-woman-who-could-have-won-a-nobel/cid/1676488">https://www.telegraphindia.com/science-tech/the-woman-who-could-have-won-a-nobel/cid/1676488</a><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Ponnada Murtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11939893048993659572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220896215036305222.post-52771135581612894462024-02-27T12:17:00.000-08:002024-02-27T12:20:32.309-08:00Vyjayantimala - charcoal pencil sketch<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZslhueI2uP0TKtBg3dzd4W2MEjOH4CCHlyB83ZnIkN4p7Mts2EGYssN8TnurXe_BQqgqplbPQg4xZNdW4BgrvUTjMNbyT0K31n-AkQ9w_Mg_xZusz18-d49vimDWqnHXDE51V-DauWVt70bq1q1WkD7PbGECcGx1N5DCpLLDGTmydOkoqnkMIM8axSNp0/s1599/vyjayantimala.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1599" data-original-width="1202" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZslhueI2uP0TKtBg3dzd4W2MEjOH4CCHlyB83ZnIkN4p7Mts2EGYssN8TnurXe_BQqgqplbPQg4xZNdW4BgrvUTjMNbyT0K31n-AkQ9w_Mg_xZusz18-d49vimDWqnHXDE51V-DauWVt70bq1q1WkD7PbGECcGx1N5DCpLLDGTmydOkoqnkMIM8axSNp0/w482-h640/vyjayantimala.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><br />Here is my charcoal pencil sketch of veteran actress/dancer Vyjayantimala. Drawn from a reference picture in her late years,<p></p><p><br /></p><p>Happy to note that Vyjayantimala has been chosen to receive Padma Vibhushan.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Ponnada Murtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11939893048993659572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220896215036305222.post-13414480872221503162024-02-26T10:49:00.000-08:002024-02-26T10:49:13.727-08:00Nilmani Phookan Jr. - Jnanpith awardee - charcoal pencil sketch<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi11GeWwOdeiwk9Sl68ksUnxUX2B8sgfD9xRR1vlG8i00jRVWi9yMv7qQ2f9jpdLv0mu7gp8cvvqdBs2z8wx9NLkQYZ2KUiElvsd7ulx4JjnaqXMsTvtASImTRZh8AlWHScZfYCK0-6TCMuEGegHocBmkFIGMaF5KHcEhXQ04WhKFLCfsK3DBlBG6LrcKYO/s1599/Nilmani%20Phookan%20Jr..jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1599" data-original-width="1202" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi11GeWwOdeiwk9Sl68ksUnxUX2B8sgfD9xRR1vlG8i00jRVWi9yMv7qQ2f9jpdLv0mu7gp8cvvqdBs2z8wx9NLkQYZ2KUiElvsd7ulx4JjnaqXMsTvtASImTRZh8AlWHScZfYCK0-6TCMuEGegHocBmkFIGMaF5KHcEhXQ04WhKFLCfsK3DBlBG6LrcKYO/w301-h400/Nilmani%20Phookan%20Jr..jpg" width="301" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">My charcoal pencil sketch as a part of my drawing eminent personalities.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></p>Nilmani Phookan Jr was born on 10 September 1933 in Dergaon, Assam. He started his professional writing career in the 1950s and took Assamese poetry to new heights. Inspired by nature, history, the lives of ordinary people and varied emotions such as pain and longing, Phookan’s poetry has forged a connect with the people of the state.</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inter, sans-serif;">Awards and recognition :</span></p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-image: url("/w/skins/Vector/resources/skins.vector.styles/images/bullet-icon.svg?d4515"); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">In December 2021, the prolific poet and writer Nilmani Phookan received the prestigious Jnanpith Award for his lifetime contribution in literature.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">In 1997, Phookan was awarded the Assam Valley Literary Award. </li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">He was aw<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-pratidintime.com_14-1" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"></sup></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">He was awarded the Padma Shri arded the 1981 Sahitya Akademi Award in Assamese for his poetry collection, Kavita (Kobita)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-pratidintime.com_14-1" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilmani_Phookan_Jr#cite_note-pratidintime.com-14" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[14]</a></sup>by Government of India in 1990.</li></ul><p> </p>Ponnada Murtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11939893048993659572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220896215036305222.post-52737402860915424132024-02-21T17:27:00.000-08:002024-02-21T17:27:51.758-08:00Pratibha Rai - Jnanpith awardee - charcoal pencil sketch<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><p><b style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></b></p><p><b style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></b></p><p><b style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></b></p><p><b style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></b></p><p><b style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSfKmY_nqAaD_ns21Zhncj2r-vanCGIQp_VfO78dORZdGTcKOML7EU2BTInBrLWQR_9kXfPCX9DzTxbhyuX3qWYxAmiZvnAs1oTlw17DBuuHOgCo-gnCcAIblD8o3uS4daN2DhQfcw5XTQcw1V1441faNmh-Gh0ZvbVNE_XWkw5v8nUtApcuxZMs3WfYI5/s1600/pratibha%20Ray.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1206" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSfKmY_nqAaD_ns21Zhncj2r-vanCGIQp_VfO78dORZdGTcKOML7EU2BTInBrLWQR_9kXfPCX9DzTxbhyuX3qWYxAmiZvnAs1oTlw17DBuuHOgCo-gnCcAIblD8o3uS4daN2DhQfcw5XTQcw1V1441faNmh-Gh0ZvbVNE_XWkw5v8nUtApcuxZMs3WfYI5/w301-h400/pratibha%20Ray.jpg" width="301" /></a></b></div><b style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br />My charcoal pencil sketch of Pratibha Ray. Here is a brief description of this great lady from Odissa.</b><p></p>Pratibha Ray</b><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> (born 21 January 1944) is an Indian academic and writer of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odia_language" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Odia language">Odia</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">-language novels and stories. For her contribution to the Indian literature, Ray received the Jnanpith Award</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> in 2011. She was awarded the Padmba Bhushan </span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> in 2022.</span><div><span style="color: #202122;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #202122;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">(source courtesy : Wikipedia)<br /></span></span> <p></p></div>Ponnada Murtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11939893048993659572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220896215036305222.post-30862029747923868322024-02-21T08:01:00.000-08:002024-02-21T08:01:53.414-08:00Ashapurna Devi - Novelist and Poet - charcoal pencil sketch<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXBc54-xYTZGKDJTojV9HsP8ylU-T7CnDAFLg9NR90Vr1b0ThXHlTuscvAarIOpkUmSSKwU1Y4dNBZnEKSAQEfzWPiT00EkidfBgG4Xe5NhBGQlaJCi8jGVZuA2qIWUJ0j8ak-q_-wY35bhh3ruMxXDuhIZJ5GQR9euh4TIs1J12JIpuwa_5waMIAXTmvq/s1600/%E0%B0%86%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%82%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%A3%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXBc54-xYTZGKDJTojV9HsP8ylU-T7CnDAFLg9NR90Vr1b0ThXHlTuscvAarIOpkUmSSKwU1Y4dNBZnEKSAQEfzWPiT00EkidfBgG4Xe5NhBGQlaJCi8jGVZuA2qIWUJ0j8ak-q_-wY35bhh3ruMxXDuhIZJ5GQR9euh4TIs1J12JIpuwa_5waMIAXTmvq/w300-h400/%E0%B0%86%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%82%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%A3%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%20.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>My charcoal pencil sketch of Ashapurna Devi. Here is a brief introduction about this great lady.<br /> <div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Tributes to Ashapurna Devi, a prominent Bengali novelist and poet, whose works were marked by her fervent beliefs in equality and justice for women. </span><p></p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Through her writings, she became the voice of millions of Indian women.</span><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif;">In 1976, she was awarded the Jnanpith Award and Padma Shri by the Government of India, D.Litt. by the Universities of Jabalpur, Rabindra Bharati, Burdwan and Jadavpur.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif;"> </span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif;">(information courtesy : Wikipedia and other newsitems.)</span></div>Ponnada Murtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11939893048993659572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220896215036305222.post-31945953058092547512024-02-18T17:54:00.000-08:002024-02-26T10:36:37.351-08:00Guljar - charcoal pencil sketch<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXBDjzjo_9aTJbP5BFpdy0bjNJZA5f4_7OzaZs20nS2RGDJzziy9fTQt_qwzxgmJIeM4gPDDnpOl7mvXcDpHIpYBxRRtqKY7haDVJVQm2widFDvajb9eCAertutZIa2bHaQUqMjQWi4kWeVdgD-vqSL7nJzd-snJ8jC9PPgYIgPHqGzHhq9ZGIQgo9M1Me/s1600/guljar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1201" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXBDjzjo_9aTJbP5BFpdy0bjNJZA5f4_7OzaZs20nS2RGDJzziy9fTQt_qwzxgmJIeM4gPDDnpOl7mvXcDpHIpYBxRRtqKY7haDVJVQm2widFDvajb9eCAertutZIa2bHaQUqMjQWi4kWeVdgD-vqSL7nJzd-snJ8jC9PPgYIgPHqGzHhq9ZGIQgo9M1Me/w480-h640/guljar.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;">My charcoal pencil sketch of Guljar</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p>A brief description of Guljar, courtesy : Wikipedia</p><p>Born : Sampoorna Singh Kaira, </p><p>Born : 18th August1934</p><p>Occupation : Lyricist, Poet, Author, Screenwriter, Film Director, Film Producer</p><p>Awards : Sahitya Akademi award, Padma Bhushan, Academy Award, Dadasaheb Phalke Award.</p><p>Jnanpith Award</p><p><br /></p>Ponnada Murtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11939893048993659572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220896215036305222.post-6381736141562714012024-02-11T08:03:00.000-08:002024-02-11T08:03:36.931-08:00Chaudhary Charan Sibngh - charcoal pencil sketch<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJfyIaPESkZBJWbuoxDUQT_o0ia2foPYLB8i4t16gDQkxM2fy1JPduQGuGr-I98LO5aXUI1mfzeFXmoXnzyqkPtfD5Fgdx4czvPcswShbozDQYZeXOa9PI-QAP3k_iEzWnN5tz3ssblRFXjZPfzQpP9ws273-a27bbpUhohMaBFB17noR7z1212QXorRmL/s1600/chaudhary%20charan%20singh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1201" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJfyIaPESkZBJWbuoxDUQT_o0ia2foPYLB8i4t16gDQkxM2fy1JPduQGuGr-I98LO5aXUI1mfzeFXmoXnzyqkPtfD5Fgdx4czvPcswShbozDQYZeXOa9PI-QAP3k_iEzWnN5tz3ssblRFXjZPfzQpP9ws273-a27bbpUhohMaBFB17noR7z1212QXorRmL/w300-h400/chaudhary%20charan%20singh.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><b><br /></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">My charcoal pencil sketch of Chaudhary Charan Singh, champion of peasants.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Chaudhary Charan Singh was an Indian politician and a freedom fighter. He served as the 5th prime minister of India and 5th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Charan Singh followed Mahatma Gandhi in non-violent struggle for independence from the British Government, and was imprisoned several times.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">He was recently conferred Bharatratna, highest civilian award of India.</span></p>Ponnada Murtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11939893048993659572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220896215036305222.post-7659202263408629082024-02-01T11:50:00.000-08:002024-02-01T11:50:32.616-08:00R. C. Boral - charcoal pencil sketch <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgylIY6GJJTeXAjreIQmKDihaB2n3r4lMoy1hxZLx5ppGOnHE-gJa_VWsBHBSMPXkLDme2DhxYq7S41cukHZLbU2KU5QbHOH2cbFswSTAdW2RA_7TqMEmOw_wGvK8oAcJ-BiuQv4QzcTUhNN40mUxTxF2q4FW5jmzVOFQPW3Dr23LiwSMNgvhHweXaxTKbT/s4020/New%20Doc%2002-01-2024%2010.27.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4020" data-original-width="3012" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgylIY6GJJTeXAjreIQmKDihaB2n3r4lMoy1hxZLx5ppGOnHE-gJa_VWsBHBSMPXkLDme2DhxYq7S41cukHZLbU2KU5QbHOH2cbFswSTAdW2RA_7TqMEmOw_wGvK8oAcJ-BiuQv4QzcTUhNN40mUxTxF2q4FW5jmzVOFQPW3Dr23LiwSMNgvhHweXaxTKbT/w300-h400/New%20Doc%2002-01-2024%2010.27.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /> R. C. Boral - charcoal pencil sketch <p></p><div>Rai Chand Boral (19 October 1903 – 25 November 1981) was an Indian composer, considered by music connoisseurs to be the Bhishma Pitamah, the father of film music in India.</div>Ponnada Murtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11939893048993659572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220896215036305222.post-58926338778966158912024-01-31T07:24:00.000-08:002024-01-31T07:24:15.158-08:00K. C. Dey, composer, singer - charcoal pencil sketch <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOiBjWHy6KFteG3Ktcy_19T81vXCv3_pAEo53HEaLhi5SyV2YhpGJ0UFOdM-HND2zBpFtbs1HOi1aEPTXNU_9gstBNQAQd8-ErWEzm7YbWdEWU9wDsYmkDbaKmzrPItBerNoIbcjeOnZonR16cBEmVWF1kmQTbzMEyPS5mwMZ95KXjMFbSSRggzXnsn3BW/s2012/New%20Doc%2001-31-2024%2008.02_01-Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2012" data-original-width="1510" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOiBjWHy6KFteG3Ktcy_19T81vXCv3_pAEo53HEaLhi5SyV2YhpGJ0UFOdM-HND2zBpFtbs1HOi1aEPTXNU_9gstBNQAQd8-ErWEzm7YbWdEWU9wDsYmkDbaKmzrPItBerNoIbcjeOnZonR16cBEmVWF1kmQTbzMEyPS5mwMZ95KXjMFbSSRggzXnsn3BW/w300-h400/New%20Doc%2001-31-2024%2008.02_01-Copy.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="color: #374151; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><p><span style="color: #374151; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">K. C. Dey, charcoal pencil sketch </span></p>K.C. Dey, Krishna Chandra Dey, was a renowned Indian singer and composer from the early to mid-20th century. He contributed significantly to the development of Bengali music and is known for his melodious voice and versatile musical talents. Dey's work spans various genres, including classical, folk, and modern songs. His legacy continues to influence the Indian music industry. Your charcoal pencil sketch capturing this musical legend sounds like a wonderful tribute!</span><p></p>Ponnada Murtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11939893048993659572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220896215036305222.post-53436432862392957472024-01-30T09:36:00.000-08:002024-01-30T09:36:25.478-08:00Dara Singh, Wrestler, Actor, director - charcoal pencil sketch <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCsJ6mt-fXwwXiJi3yNBV-PwTtVYJlPZxKMLjDNt8hHHPd52DRgR2xSzSsN9_sfbjcTRVNyBv5Hy4Vc96NY6oYa96QhQu2MPSc_VFTyKdIoPCL88kgkGtQ-lrsWY-E69UODlDUQiB6xNiaP-dsiaIlfQrItflN1lEIf20MH5DHuJxdSSeMKbGYJ9Oeh1yM/s2040/New%20Doc%2001-30-2024%2009.15_01-Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2040" data-original-width="1530" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCsJ6mt-fXwwXiJi3yNBV-PwTtVYJlPZxKMLjDNt8hHHPd52DRgR2xSzSsN9_sfbjcTRVNyBv5Hy4Vc96NY6oYa96QhQu2MPSc_VFTyKdIoPCL88kgkGtQ-lrsWY-E69UODlDUQiB6xNiaP-dsiaIlfQrItflN1lEIf20MH5DHuJxdSSeMKbGYJ9Oeh1yM/w300-h400/New%20Doc%2001-30-2024%2009.15_01-Copy.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br />My charcoal pencil sketch of Dara Singh.<p></p><p>Here is a brief description of the wrestler Dara Singh, courtesy Wikipedia.</p><p>Dara Singh Randhawa <span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> 19 November 1928 – 12 July 2012) was an </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_people" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Indian people">Indian</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Professional wrestling">professional wrestler</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">, </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actor" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Actor">actor</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">, </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_director" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Film director">director</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> and </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politician" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Politician">politician</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">. He started acting in 1952 and was the first sportsman to be nominated to the </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> (upper house) of India.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> He worked as Hindi and Punjabi film producer, director and writer, and he acted in films and television. His role of </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanuman" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Hanuman">Hanuman</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> in the film </span><i style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #202122; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bajrangbali_(film)" style="background: none; border: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Bajrangbali (film)">Bajrangbali</a></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> (1976) and in </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramanand_Sagar" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Ramanand Sagar">Ramanand Sagar</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">'s </span><i style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #202122; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramayan_(1987_TV_series)" style="background: none; border: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Ramayan (1987 TV series)">Ramayan</a></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> made him popular.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #202122; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dara_Singh#cite_note-4" style="background: none; border: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[4]</a></sup><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> Singh was inducted into the Legacy Category of the </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame_(2018)" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="WWE Hall of Fame (2018)">WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2018</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">.</span></p>Ponnada Murtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11939893048993659572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220896215036305222.post-10722747494898105362024-01-28T22:13:00.000-08:002024-01-29T08:16:07.970-08:00Parbati Baruah <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6VGsFuIzGa9QxU_HXpWpqZ4KdYiDkZIu3PREhZMatMVWblIJiGJhS7jKR8gEqHYzInxeZwfD9KCwJtWLe7rFivcMnWnKcAdySbtzqYdcSJX9oOwIP_7-vMKaieMYR1r0s_IjwOTTvvKdJQDZipgaw_NPdu929EgVRZE5Es4yVAgpb_Uwaeizs1XMJlXLg/s2018/New%20Doc%2001-28-2024%2022.13_01-Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2018" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6VGsFuIzGa9QxU_HXpWpqZ4KdYiDkZIu3PREhZMatMVWblIJiGJhS7jKR8gEqHYzInxeZwfD9KCwJtWLe7rFivcMnWnKcAdySbtzqYdcSJX9oOwIP_7-vMKaieMYR1r0s_IjwOTTvvKdJQDZipgaw_NPdu929EgVRZE5Es4yVAgpb_Uwaeizs1XMJlXLg/w300-h400/New%20Doc%2001-28-2024%2022.13_01-Copy.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Parbati Barua is an Indian politician, animal conservation activist and a mahout (Indian term for an elephant tamer and caretaker). she was awarded Padmasri by Government of India.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Ponnada Murtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11939893048993659572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3220896215036305222.post-30686090267451501982024-01-28T10:10:00.000-08:002024-01-28T10:10:32.032-08:00Indian tribal women - charcoal pencil sketch <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij1KEh5MJbOty-yRaEq8jgaHmyLuz7yb44PUVOO5y26viYlqtg4jzp15QWc4YFh6uSuoF6Jl1CQWIH-UBXhGVgeQAkPH5cEFP0ciUXI-CAbOItcJOXpYBcG6DDQNoHGRyabfpWw5nODohBMrctcH-e8tWHMoYW1S2fs49SvVgwfmwZbjyCzbyo8LcJfI0K/s4032/New%20Doc%2001-28-2024%2010.37.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3036" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij1KEh5MJbOty-yRaEq8jgaHmyLuz7yb44PUVOO5y26viYlqtg4jzp15QWc4YFh6uSuoF6Jl1CQWIH-UBXhGVgeQAkPH5cEFP0ciUXI-CAbOItcJOXpYBcG6DDQNoHGRyabfpWw5nODohBMrctcH-e8tWHMoYW1S2fs49SvVgwfmwZbjyCzbyo8LcJfI0K/w301-h400/New%20Doc%2001-28-2024%2010.37.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><br />Drawn from a photo reference for an article on Indian tribal women<p></p><p>It's a charcoal pencil sketch. Certain things touch me very much particularly Tribal women who don't fight for their rights.</p><p> </p>Ponnada Murtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11939893048993659572noreply@blogger.com0