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INDIAN LOVE POEMS – Meena Alexander

The most significant feature of Indian literature is its diversity. Indian Love Poems https://www.amazon.com/Indian-Poems-Everymans-Library-Pocket/dp/1400042259 features works from the classical languages of Sanskrit and Tamil and such later languages as Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam, Bengali, and English. Ranging from the Kama Sutra (and earlier works up to present-day India and the poets of the Indian diaspora), Indian Love Poems, is a unique …

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THE RHYTHMIC FLOW OF INTENSE FEELINGS – Listening Indian poems

The most significant feature of Indian literature is its diversity. Rabindra Nath Tagore, was one of the greatest writers in the history of Indian literature. He was the first Indian poet to gain a permanent place in the canon of world literature. He wrote in almost all literature genres, it is as a poet he was internationally recognized. His poems …

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INDIANS COLOURS OF BEAUTY

AMRITA SHER GIL – An exceptional colourist. Called India’s Frida Kahlo, she was a female painter who played an important role in 20th century India. She was born in Budapest, Hungary to Umrao Singh Shergil, a Sikh aristocrat and his Jewish Hungarian wife, Marie Antoniette Gottesmann. She began painting by herself as a five year old. She was very much …

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LANDSCAPES OF THE SOUL – The best of Agra / India

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SILK ROAD – Fluffy emotions, from Xi’an to Istanbul

When you are talking about the Silk Road http://www.turismocinese.it/itinerari/la-via-della-seta/ we refer to the road that allowed large western empires touching China, through Central Asia. Take that route (which links Xi’an with Istanbul), moving from east to west. Silk started all from China. Over the centuries, the path followed by the merchants has changed, so it is difficult to identify a …

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LANDSCAPES OF THE SOUL / ALONG THE SILK ROAD

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THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE TRAIN – China’s train tours / The Silk Road

CHINA’S TRAIN TOURS In ancient times, the Silk Road was China’s link with central Asia and Europe. You can retrace this epic route by the privately chartered Orient Express, unveiling the mystery of this legendary route. The China train tours, are carefully designed catering to different needs. All of them are flexible, and can be customized to suit your budget. …

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READING ON THE TRAIN – A leap into the unknown

A train journey can be a terrible thing or comic. Maybe you are not the son of a railwayman, but you too spent a lot of time daydreaming on trains. Sometimes, of the memory of a trip on the train we just have a broken pencil on a seat, a forgotten object from the traveling companion, which had not had …

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FOLIAGE TRAIN – Observe the autumn coat, with a scenic railway

In a year, 500,000 passengers use this train on the part of Italian line (one million of the Swiss). This is a special trip, in an explosion of colors and golden atmosphere. Before leaving, you should know that this is a slow journey (two hours to travel 52 km), on the scenic railroad that runs through the autumn colors of …

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FEMALE POETIC SHADES – Dante, Guido and William: love and poetry, the greatest of poetic horizons

Like poetry, also love accompanies the story of our lives. Its roots in the mists of time, poetry has preserved for us the story of distant eras. Love and poetry, constitute one of the most inseparable pairs that have accompanied the evolution of our culture. Write poems, he coincided with talk about love. Inside this great poetic horizon, countless were …

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