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Paper treasures

A handy list of books in my personal library (has more than doubled since this list…in process of updating the list!)

Inside the Atom / Issac Asimov / Dell Books
Handbook of Elementary Physics / N I Koshkin, M G Shirkevich / Mir Publishers
Murphy’s Law and other reasons why things go !gnorw / Arthur Bloch / Price.Stern.Sloan Publishers
This Amazing, Amazing, Amazing but knowable universe / V Gott / Progress Publishers
Physics for everyone / L Landau, A Kitaigorodsky / Mir Publishers
Physics for Entertainment – 1 / Ya Perelman / Mir Publishers
Physics for Entertainment – 2 / Ya Perelman / Mir Publishers
Space adventures in your home / F Rabiza / Mir Publishers
Stephen Hawking’s Universe / John Boslough / Avon Books
Black Holes and Baby Universes and other essays / Stephen Hawking / Bantam Books
Stephen Hawking / Kitty Ferguson / Bantam Books
A Brief History of Time / Stephen Hawking / Bantam Books
Tales about Metals / S Venetsky / Mir Publishers
At the speed of light / G Venkataraman / Universities Press
Bhabha and his Magnificent Obsessions / G Venkataraman / Universities Press
Insects / M S Mani / National Book Trust
Joy of making Indian toys / Sudharshan Khanna / National Book Trust
The memory mystery / Medha S Rajyadhyaksha / National Book Trust
How birds fly / Satish Dhawan / National Book Trust
Chemical elements in the new age / D V Jahagirdar / National Book Trust
Inventors who revolutionised our lives / K V Gopalakrishnan / National Book Trust
The Book of Numbers / Shakuntala Devi / Orient Paperbacks
Puzzles to Puzzle you / Shakuntala Devi / Orient Paperbacks
More Puzzles / Shakuntala Devi / Orient Paperbacks
Understanding Optronics / Radio Shack
Albert Einstein / Fiona Macdonald / Orient Longman
Galileo Galilei / Michael White / Orient Longman
James Watt / Anna Sproule / Orient Longman
The Wright Brothers / Anna Sproule / Orient Longman
Charles Darwin / Anna Sproule / Orient Longman
Thomas A Edison / Anna Sproule / Orient Longman
Vedic Mathematics / Jagadguru Swami Sri Bharati Krsna Tirthaji Maharaja / Motilal Banarsida Publishers
Surely you’re joking Mr. Feynman / Richard P Feynman / Vintage Books
About Time / Bal Phondke / National Book Trust
Nuclei and Radioactivity / Gregory Choppin / W A Benjamin Inc
Great Scientists / Suresh Shah / Navneet
Discovering Dinosaurs / Valerie Wilding / Scholastic
Fibre Optics / G K Bhide / National Book Trust
Black Holes / Jayant Narlikar / National Book Trust
Miniature projects for electronic hobbyists / Ken Sessions / Tab Books
A Mathematic dictionary for schools / Brain Bolts and David Hobbs / Cambridge University Press
Brains that work a little bit differently / Allen D Bragdon and David Gamon / Eswar Press
The fearsome fight for flight / Nick Arnold / Scholastic
Space, Stars and Slimy Aliens / Nick Arnold / Scholastic
Course in Mental Ability and Quantitative Aptitude / Edgar Thorpe / Tata McGraw-Hill
IQ EQ SQ / Basics Foundation
Ignited Minds / A P J Abdul Kalam / Penguin Books
Wings of Fire / A P J Abdul Kalam / Universities Press
India 2020 / A P J Abdul Kalam and Y S Rajan / Penguin Books
Bionic Parts for people / Gloria Skurzynski / Four Winds Press
How to Win Friends & Influence People / Dale Carnegie / Pocket Books
The Story of my experiments with truth / M K Gandhi / Navajivan Publishing House
Einstein – The Life and Times / Ronald W Clark / Avon Books
Losing my Virginity / Richard Branson / Virgin Books
The Gospel of Strength / Swami Vivekananda / Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama
Education for Character / Swami Vivekananda / Vivekananda Institute of Human Excellence
Power of Thought / Swami Paramananda / Sri Ramakrishna Mutt
Power your mind / Swami Srikantananda / Vivekananda Institute of Human Excellence
Thoughts of Power / Swami Vivekananda / Advaita Ashrama
Man and money / Swami Purushottamananda / Viveka Hamsa Prakashana
Power Capsules / Swami Vivekananda / Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama
Instant Inspiration / Swami Vivekananda / Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama
Flashes from Sri Ramakrishna / Sri Ramakrishna Mutt
Useful Thoughts for Youths / Swami Purushottamananda / Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama
Letter to a student / Swami Purushottamananda / Sri Ramakrishna Mutt
Vivekananda writes to you / Sri Ramakrishna Mutt
Secret of Concentration / Swami Purushottamananda / Sri Ramakrishna Mutt
Work and its secret / Swami Vivekananda / Advaita Ashrama
Vivekananda speaks to you / Sri Ramakrishna Mutt
Words of the master / Swami Brahmananda / Sri Ramakrishna Mutt
Swami Vivekananda – His life and legacy / Swami Tapasyananda / Sri Ramakrishna Mutt
Personality Development / Swami Vivekananda / Advaita Ashrama
Swami Vivekananda – The friend of all / The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture
Vivekananda – His call to the nation / Advaita Ashrama
Education / Swami Vivekananda / Sri Ramakrishna Mutt
Words of Inspiration / Swami Vivekananda / The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture
Swamiji’s return to India / The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture
Build your Personality / Swami Purushottamananda / Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama
To the youth of India / Swami Vivekananda / Advaita Ashrama
The flying circus of physics / Jearl Walker / John Wiley & Sons
The Art of Innovation / Tom Kelley with Jonathan Littman / Viva Books Pvt Ltd
Innovate! / Dr. Rekha Shetty / Penguin Portfolio
How Apple Inc. change the World / Jason D. O’Grady / Jaico
The Ten Faces of Innovation / Tom Kelley with Jonathan Littman / Viva Books Pvt Ltd.
Electric Universe / David Bodanis / Abacus
The Fountainhead / Ayn Rand / Signet Novel
Mahatma Gandhi / Romain Rolland / Rupa Co
The Google Story / David A Vise / Bantam Dell Publishing group
Entrepedia / Prof Nandini Vaidyanathan / Embassy books
Horrible Science – Shocking Electricity / Nick Arnold / Scholastic
Einstein’s Cosmos / Michio Kaku / Pheonix Popular Science
Pythagoras and His Theorem / Paul Strathern / Arrow Books
The Grand Design / Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow / Bantam Books
Science – A four thousand year history / Patricia Fara / Oxford University Press
I have a dream / Rashmi Bansal / Westland
Finance Basics / Stuart Warner / Collins
Connect the dots / Rashmi Bansal / Ekalavya Education Foundation
Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish / Rashmi Bansal / IIM Ahmedabad
Atlas Shrugged / Ayn Rand / Signet Novel
Steve jobs / Walter Issacson / Little, Brown
Vivekananda – A Biography in Pictures / Swami Bodhasarananda / Advaita Ashrama
TATA – The evolution of a Corporate Brand / Morgen Witzel / Penguin Portfolio
The New Age Entrepreneurs / Mint Business Series
On the shoulders of giants – The great works of Physics and Astronomy / Edited, with commentary by Stephen Hawking

January 14, 2019 by Shashank Blog

Unbound expression

“Unbound Expression” with Act 2 | Acrylic pour on Canvas | 24″x18″

An artist’s effort and journey never ends. They seek to grow as unbound as the great oceans. This painting focuses on the mind of an artist who has seen light, it is as calm as the depths and their expression as unbound as its roaring waves.
Shashank Lakshman

My visual art for Dance of the Hummingbirds by Vid. Jayanthi Raman (Portland, Oregon USA 2017)

January 14, 2019 by Shashank Art

Fired by passion

“Fired by Passion” with Act 1 | Acrylic pour on canvas | 24″x18″

An artist’s passion burns bright as the fire in earth’s bosom, it only seeks the light that is timeless and eternal. This painting focuses on a passionate artist’s struggle to find a righteous place for their sacred art.
Shashank Lakshman

My visual art for Dance of the Hummingbirds by Vid. Jayanthi Raman (Portland, Oregon USA 2017)

January 13, 2019 by Shashank Art

How to Draw better!

“Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation”
Henri Cartier-Bresson

Many people I’ve met, even ones who can clearly tell why they admire a specific work of art, have confessed openly that they can’t draw the simplest of things! They often glorify the creativity of the masters without realizing that there is some hidden potential within themselves too! Great artists are perhaps not born, they are shaped by their life experiences, by their passion and by their determination to perfect their art.

This writing is a way to organize some of my thoughts on how anyone can learn to draw, how anyone can be taught to draw and how anyone can master the art. While there is much to debate on inborn talents and prodigies we have seen in the world, most artists in the world are made, by their own efforts!

Practice is the the key to mastering available techniques!

Without hard labor and hours of practice, there are no masterpieces possible. Every masterpiece artwork probably has hundreds of hours of background practice and hundreds of hours of thinking or life-experiences backing it!

Creativity is the biggest measure contributing to the success of an artist

Each master artist shows ownership and authorship of their art by crafting it with their own unique expression and experience. Anyone who puts time can master the skills and techniques of making art, but only real passion can bring out creativity. Creativity is an expression with no clearly defines process steps to trace. Creativity is rather an outcome from emotions inspirated by nature, people, self, music, dance and even other art! The moment you discover your own creative identity, all doors are open ajar for making delightful works of art

Learning and teaching can both be effective tools for sharing knowledge of art, as well as self-discovery.

End of the day, if you want to be a great (or good) artist, you need to put in your time, soul and body to work in sync on your goal. Sketch, Doodle, Wireframe, Paint, Scribble…do everything which can just give you enough number of hours with your tools and artist mindset

January 13, 2019 by Shashank Blog