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 Glass painting                           Glass painting is one of the more democratic of the visual arts, bridging the gap between folk and fine art. Although it has been incorporated into stained glass windows and used by prominent artists like Gainsborough and Klee, amateur artists have also practiced it.     Origin:                 Gujarat was the cradle of Glass painting in India. This art painting form made its appearance in the eighteenth century. Glass painting designs and patterns comprises of engravings laid down on the back of the glass, and they are painted from the reverse. Chinese artists who had settled in Gujarat influenced the local traditions of producing glass paintings designs also known as glass painting art. In India, painting on glass ha...

Much Ado About Something: Nonsensical Spiel : "While meeting people, there are times when I am foxed and find myself wide eyed in disbelief at some rather weird funny sayings. Here are a ..."

Five Ways To ... Hand out Constructive Criticism When it comes to appraisals or having that frank talk about employee performance, bosses are in for a tough time. Often, a critical approach does not go down well with employees, leading to low morale and in some instances, a spate of resignations. Moresha Benjamin lists some pointers on constructive criticism and helping employees give more of themselves at work. Do Your Homework Go through the employee’s work chart from day one. Jot down the positive and negative points, and highlight the issues you want to discuss. This will not only put you in a better position to discuss your views across the table for the employee to consider but will also make sure the employee understands and takes what you are saying seriously. Give Instant Feedback “Don’t wait for an appraisal or a board meeting to tell the employee where he or she is faltering,” says Elango R, chief human resources officer, MphasiS. Giv...

What brings team Success ? Success  or crisis ?  Some say crisis brings people together like nothing else can, I tend to disagree. I believe success bonds people better than any crisis (real or simulated) that the team goes through. It is often said - put a winning team together with the right mix of people and sit back to watch the results just happen! Yes, great teams definitely seem to be more successful. However, is the relationship as simple and causal as it seems? Or could it be the other way around, that success breeds team spirit and better bonding? Strange as the idea might seem, our experience with multiple teams across segments seems to suggest that the relationship between team bonding and team performance might not be as straight forward as it seems at first sight. If anything, team bonding and team performance seem to have a cyclical relationship. Team bonding might be a necessary but not sufficient condition to ensure team suc...

I'm moving on... Everything around me seems so much different than where I'm. This is life Unpredictable... Still I'm moving forward.. To reach my destination with my Lord who created me I'm your beloved Lord you have called me and chosen Keep me in your hands Safe, O God, You Are My Hope You Are My Everything....

Song of Solomon     ~ I am my beloved's, and his desire is for me.  Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the fields, and lodge in the villages;  let us go out early to the vineyards, and see whether the vines have budded, whether the grape blossoms have opened and the pomegranates are in bloom.  There I will give you my love. Bible.

Be Willing To Learn Throughout The Life One truck driver was doing his usual load delivery at a mental hospital, by parking his vehicle beside an open drain. He discovered a flat tyre when he was about to return from the mental hospital.He jacked up the truck and removed the flat tyre to fix the spare tyre. When he was about to fix the spare tyre, he accidentally dropped all the 4 bolts in the open drain. As he cannot fish the bolts in the open drain, he started to panic as to what should be done? Just then, one patient happened to walk past him and asked the driver as to why he was looking troubled. The driver thought to himself, since there is nothing much he can do or this mental joker can.Just to keep the bugging away, the truck driver informed the whole episode to the mental patient and gave a helpless look. The patient just laughed at the truck driver and said you just cannot even fix such a simple problem? "No wonder you are destined to remain a truck driver for li...