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TopicRaja Ravi Varma

Topic: Raja Ravi Varma

‘Calendar artist’ to Rs 167 cr sale—how Raja Ravi Varma still defines India’s imagination

Raja Ravi Varma's Yashoda and Krishna became the most expensive Indian artwork ever sold at auction. His mythic realism, once dismissed as ‘calendar art’, is the centrepiece of his resurgence.

How Raja Ravi Varma Press revolutionised printing in modern India

Ravi Varma imported machinery for steam-driven presses from Germany in 1892 and employed the help of two German litho-transfer artists to install and operate them.

Artist Raja Ravi Varma and his quiet revolution

The ‘Prints of the Divine’ exhibition, on till 31 March 2025, brings together over a hundred rare oleographs, lithographic plates, and postcards by Raja Ravi Varma and his contemporary MV Dhurandhar.

Raja Ravi Varma, the royal artist who became part of daily life through calendar art

Raja Ravi Varma, the 'father of modern Indian art', set up his own printing press and revolutionised the ‘Indian aesthetic’.

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India’s real estate will meet the reality of agentic AI

New Delhi: The outsourcing industry, India’s largest white-collar employer, is a juggernaut that has all but stopped moving. The dollar revenue at the top...

Adani’s giant copper plant hits technical setbacks in first year

The 500,000 tonne-per-year plant produced just 94,000 tonnes of refined copper from April 2025 to February this year.

Indian drone tech company ideaForge signs MoU with Japanese firm to develop next-gen AI powered drones

By pairing Indian drone engineering with Japanese semiconductor expertise, the two firms aim to develop more advanced autonomous systems tailored to both defence & commercial use.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.