15 MOST CREATIVE AND AMUSING SCULPTURES IN THE WORLD

1. Running horses - Texas

The name of the statue - Running Horses

Constructed In 1984

Situated - Texas 

Artist - Robert Glen

Mustangs at Las Colinas is a breathtakingly realistic bronze sculpture by Robert Glen, that decorates Williams Square in Las Colinas in Irving, Texas. It is said to be the largest equestrian sculpture in the world. The mustangs were shipped by air from England to Irving, Texas, and after the intricate procedure of mounting the figures, the Mustangs of Las Colinas sculpture was dedicated on September 25, 1984.

2. Freedom - Philadelphia

The name of the statue - Freedom 

Constructed In 2001 

Situated -  Philadelphia 

Artist - Zeno Frudakis (U.S.)

“Freedom” is a public sculpture created by Philadelphia-based artist, Zeno Frudakis, who wanted to create something that regardless to background, everyone could relate to the idea of struggling to break through.

3. Hippos - Taipie - Taiwan

Not quite the Ashboro Zoo as far as the animals captivity, but very nice in cleanliness and presentation. Wrangling the hippo's! Giddy up HIPPO!

4. Jumping Kids - Singapore

Artist - Chong Fah Cheong

5. Maman (Spider)

Construted in - 1999
Situated - London
Artist - Lousie Bourgeois

Maman is a monumental steel spider, so large that it can only be installed out of doors, or inside a building of industrial scale. Supported on eight slender, knobbly legs, its body is suspended high above the ground, allowing the viewer to walk around and underneath it. Each ribbed leg ending in a sharp-tipped point is made of two pieces of steel, and attached to a collar above which an irregularly ribbed spiralling body rises, balanced by a similar sized egg sac below.

6. Transcendence”, a fish flying through a building - Portland -Oregon

Situated - Portland - Oregon

Artist - Keith Jellum

This 11 foot (3.3m) long sculpture made of hand forged and welded bronze is located in Portland Oregon (Stumptown). There is much in the way of art there and one cannot get a bad coffee, beer or glass of wine there.

7. Man At Work - Bratislava - Slovakia

If there is something famous about Bratislava it is its statues. If you have visited the city, or even more if you live here, you definitely must have a picture with these icons. These strange sculptures were created to give some flair to the town and an added touristic attractive to visitors.The most famous is Man At Work.There are different opinions about what he is doing there: cleaning the sewer, trying to look up girls’ skirts, just resting… Due to distracted drivers, this poor working man has lost his head twice. That’s why a road signal was placed next to him so it wouldn't happen again.

8. Anonymous Passer - Poland

A sculpture in Wroclaw, Poland designed by Jerzy Kalin to commemorate victims of the Communist regime.

"At the junction of Piłsudskiego and Świdnicka Streets, we come across a group of fourteen life-sized fossilized forms. It is a monument of anonymous passers-by, whose author is Polish artist Jerzy Kalin. Among them, we find people similar to ourselves. There is a man in a hat, a mother pushing a stroller, a man carrying a bicycle inner tube, a woman with an umbrella, an old lady with a bag full of shopping. The cast bronze figures seem to descend below the surface of the sidewalk separating the busy streets and come up on the other side. Seven people stand on one side of the road descending into the sidewalk and seven people ascend from the other side. The people closest to the curb are submerged in the sidewalk to the waist with only their heads and torsos exposed. Other figures are immersed only to the knees, while still others wade only their feet in the concrete slabs.

9. Carlos Drummond de Andrade - Rio De Janeiro - Brasil

10. Man In the Water - Stockholm - Sweden

One peculiar statue is one located in the water in front of the Parliament House. It is two pieces of floating statue really with on being the top of a man’s face protruding out of the water and the other being, what else, the man’s finger pointing out of the water. It was very strange. We walked to the National Museum from here and were going to enter but like the Royal Palace decided to pass since we've seen so many museums and palaces now they all start to blend together. Our plan was to go to the Vasa Museum, which was three stops away from the Royal Palace stop on the boat shuttle service ferry.

11. Man Stuck In The Wall - Paris - France

While wandering around Montmartre, you might be lucky enough to bump into this great statue/sculpture, Le Passe-Muraille (the Passer-Through-Walls). Le Passe-Muraille is the title of a story by Marcel Aymé about a man named Dutilleul who discovers that he can (you guessed it) walk through walls. The statue is situated in a place named after Marcel Aymé in beautiful Montmartre.

12. De Vaartkapoen - Brussels - Belgium

A statue by Tom Frantzen. A vaartkapoen is apparently someone born in Molenbeek (one of the municipalities of Brussels); that'd be the chap with his head sticking out of the manhole, not the policeman.

13. The Awakening - Washington dc

“The Awakening,” J. Seward Johnson Jr.’s 15-foot-high sculpture of a giant struggling to emerge from the earth, is soon to leave a site near the National Mall that millions of tourists have visited since the work’s installation in 1980.

Although it stood for 27 years on public parkland at Hains Point in the southwest section of the city, “The Awakening” did not belong to the National Park Service. It was the property of the Sculpture Foundation, a group that promotes public art.

14. Die Badende - Hamburg

15. God father on the arch of heaven - Stockholm - Sweden 

Hey friends...isn't it amusing..?? Which sculpture do you like the most...do share with India Forbes.

 

Source :- http://www.indiaforbes.com/2014/06/15-most-creative-and-amusing-sculptures.html

TOP 10 MOST POPULAR TABLETS IN INDIA

Tablets with large screens offer an experiences that is closer to a laptop than a smart phone. Web pages display at their natural size. Movies and games are more immersive. Apps can be designed without the constraints of the smart phone's pocket-size screen. In this section we will provide you top 10 Tablets. Here you can easily compare the top 10 tablets. Our list comprises of best collection of tablets with outstanding features.

TOP 10 BEST TABLETS ARE :-

1) Apple iPad Air :- Apple's iPad Air is the best tablet for the most people. It is astonishingly thin and light. The iPad Air comes in 16, 32, 64, and 128GB models, starting at $499 and adding $100 each time your double your capacity.the iPad Air maintains the battery life of its predecessor and offers significantly better performance.

2) Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 :-

The Note tab is designed on the line of popular Galaxy note 3. Samsung has tossed in a 10 inch bright display with 2600*1600 pixel resolution. The colour are rich and text is sharp. Be i t watching movies, playing games, reading books everything appear superb on the tab.

3) Google Nexus 7  :- 

Google Nexus 7 16 GB tablet is made from durable and scratch resistant glass. Up to 10 hours of battery life for web browsing, Video Playback or reading with the 4.2V1 Li-Pllyner battery. The Google Nexus 7 tablet comes with the powerful Android 4.3 operating system. Each Google Nexus 7 tablet 16 GB comes with a built-in microphone and speakers for easy teleconferencing and multimedia applications. These features eliminate the need for external devices.

4) Sony Xperia Tablet Z :-

Xperia Tablet Z is built with the latest Sony display technology, for the most vivid viewing imaginable. The 10.1 (25.6 cms) HD Reality Display is powered which automatically optimises every image. And with the fullest colour display. every scheme is richer, brighter and more breathtakingly vibrant. It runs on Android 4.1.2 . This tablet is both dust and water proof. It delivers it via a brilliant display, the sharpest graphics and the best tablet sound.

5) Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 :-

The Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 tablet feature an 8.9" high definition touch screen to present content in clear detail, so you can enjoy movies, pictures and other media. Kindle Fire HDX was built from the ground up to deliver powerful performance, with an ultra- fast next-gen processor, amazing battery life, and booming stereo sound. Enjoy lightning- fast connection speeds whether you are using a Wi-Fi network or 4G LTE wireless from AT&T or Verizon.

6) Asus MeMO Pad HD7 :-

The ASUS MeMO Pas HD 7 is a brilliant 7-inch HD 1280*800 IPS Display that easily fits in your hands and is great for your life on the go. It also comes in five colours : white, pink, green, blue and grey. It is a versatile, portable and affordable tablet. Despite running Android version 4.2, Asus has disabled the multiple user accounts feature in favour of its own Parental Lock app. It lets you limit the tablet as you see fit, and track the device over the web.

7) HCL ME V1 :-

HCL V1 is an affordable Android Tablet along with its Powerful Processor and Voice Calling features is a good option for those who want to own a Tablet with latest features at a Pocket Friendly Price. The device boasts of 4GB of internal storage capacity that can be furthered till 32GB via micro SD card. Other feature include, 2MP back & VGA front camera,  Li-Po 3200 mAh battery, ME App Store, and 1080p full HD video playback.

8) Lenovo Idea Tab A1000 :-

The A1000 is powered by 1.2 GHz dual-core MediaTek 8317 processor with 1GB of RAM. It comes with SIM support for voice calling. The tablet supports a 7.0-inch display with a resolution of 10248*600 pixels and also includes a 3,500 mAh battery that the company claims could deliver around 8 hours of Wi-Fi  browsing. The tablet runs the Android 4.1 Jelly Beam out of the box. It also includes a front 0.3-mega pixel camera to handle video chats.

9) Micromax Funbook :- 

Microsoft Funbook P255 with 7-inch capacitive display with a resolution of 800*480 pixels. It is powered by a 1.2GHz Cortex- A8 processor with Mail-400 GPU. It supports a 2- mega pixel rear camera while there is a 0.3- mega pixel front- facing camera. Get usage time of up to 4 hours on this tablet and 150 hours Standby Time with its powerful 2600mAh Lithium Polymer battery. The tablet comes with exceptional memory capacity of 4 GB that can be extended up to 32 GB through a Micro SD card. So enjoy surfing or playing games or chatting with your friends endlessly on this unique and stylish Micromax Funbook P255.

10) iPad Mini :-

The new Apple- designed A7 chips brings 64-bit desktop- class architecture to iPad. That means up to 4x the CPU speed and up to 8x the graphics performance for everything you do. And still up to 10 hours of battery life to study, play, build and create whatever you want, whenever you want. iPad mini with Retina display lets you do more than you ever imagined. Feature for feature, it is identical to iPad Air in every way. Except for its super- portable, hold-it-in-one-hand, still-just-right mini size.

I think this article is very helpful for you when you looking for tablets....
well leave your comments below....

 

Source :-  http://www.indiaforbes.com/2014/01/top-10-most-popular-tablets-in-india.html

TOP 10 WINTER PLACES IN INDIA - MUST VISIT WINTER PLACES

TOP 10 WINTER PLACES IN INDIA

India is a country of variation, In everything we find variation like as clothing, food, language as well as climate. We are very fortunate that we live in a country having variation in climates. If you are planning any holiday vacation for winter so here are some places and their details for you to make your this winter more memorable.

GOA 

GOA is basically a natural place ,well known for the Beaches. Goa, a tiny green land surrounded by azure waters on the West Coast of India, with its natural picturesque beauty, attractive beaches and famous architectural temples, grand parties and festivals and its rich Anglo-Indian heritage is a great attraction for all tourists.

There are many tourist places in GOA like Candolim Beach, Majorda Beach,Mobor Beach, Colva Beach, Anjuna Beach, Varca Beach, Sinquerim Beach, Vagator Beach, Palolem Beach, Goa Churches, Arvalam Waterfall, Aguada Fort, Chapoli Dam, Mahalaxmi Temple, Mangeshi Temple.

KERALA

Kerala is probably the greenest place you will ever see, basically Kerala is a city of coconut palms, lakes, beaches will remain long lasting impressions to any visitor. Kerala is a city full of lush culture , it shows the tradition of India in Dance , Arts , Music,. Kerala is basically a mixture of things it is a holy place but on the same side there are also western ghats of beach.

Kerala is highly natural place too ,The Virgin Forest is also famous of there. There are lots of thing to visit in kerala like Munnar - The Kashmir of the South,  Wayanad - Nature at her most beautiful self, Anathapuri - The land of the Kings, Kumarakom- Haven of Serenity, Thekkady - A showcase of the Wildlife of Kerala, Cochin - The Queen of Arabia, Cochin - The Queen of Arabia, Vagamon - Enchanted Meadows, Kollam(Quilon)- The land of Cashews, Agastyakoodam- the abode of biodiversity.

RAJASTHAN

Rajasthan is the longest area city,right now Rajasthan is a very popular city for tourism. Basically Rajasthan is known for the natural beauty of golden deserts. Rajasthan is also known for the ancient palaces and historic forts.

The romantic lakes of Udaipur, the desert and sand dunes of Jaisalmer, the Jain temples at Mount Abu, the colourful cattle fair at Pushkar and the grand Umaid Bhavan Palace of Jodhpur, to name a few, are some of the key attractions of the state and draw a lot of tourism to it- to the extent that tourism accounts for 80% of Rajasthan’s Gross Domestic Product. Many old and neglected forts and palaces have been converted into Rajasthan heritage hotels. Tourism has also increased employment in the hospitality sector.

KUTCH

Kutch is a district in Gujarat , basically the meaning of Kutch is dry and so as Kutch is dry geographically. Kutch is the second largest district in India. Kutch is also known as "rann of Kutch". 

 Kutch is famous for the desert area specially the white desert in bhuj.There are lots of places to visit in kutch like Narayan Sarovar, Koteshwar Temple, Lakhpat Fort, Wild Ass Sanctuary, Museum Bhuj, Ranjit Vilas Palace, Mata no Madh.





TAMIL NADU

Tamil Nadu the city famous for the classical dance form Bharat Natyam. Basically Tamil Nadu is famous for the ancient temples.Tamil Nadu is the 2nd largest economy state and 3rd developed state in India. Tamil Nadu is home to many natural resources, classical arts, classical music, classical literature, Hindu temples of Dravidian architecture, hill stations, beach resorts, multi-religious pilgrimage sites, and eight UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

The places to visit in Tamil Nadu are Madurai Meenakshi Temple, Brihadeeswara Temple Tanjore,

Rameshwaram Temple, Rock Fort Temple Trichy, Mahabalipuram Sculptures, The Senate House Chennai, Kanadukathan Chettinad Palace.

Andaman

Andaman Islands are a group of Indian Ocean archipelago which is situated in Bay Of Bengal. Basically Andaman is not so vast but it is a very natural place to visit. Long Island is one of the favourite spots of sightseeing of Andaman.. There are also the famous Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park (Wandoor), Port Blair and the Jolly Buoy Island inside this national park having almost white sand beach with canopies and dense bushes.

There are so many historic and cultural places in Andaman like Anthropological Museum, Port Blair,Cellular Jail, Port Blair, Chatham Saw Mill, Forest Museum, Samudrika Marine Museum, Port Blair. Beside historical it is very natural too Barren Island, Corbyn's Cove, Port Blair,Cutbert Bay Beach, Rangat, Elephant Beach, Havelock Island,Long Island, Marina Park and Aquarium, Port Blair,Neil Island and etc.

AULI

For all the cold lover Auli is the great choice for holiday, it is a place which covers the beauty of nature in their arms.Auli a small ski destination in Uttarakhand ,basically Auli not so much known earlier, it comes in knowledge after the separation of Uttarakhand. As we know it is a snowy place so popular for the ski but beside this it is also a holy place.

The tourist destination in Auli is Trishul Peak, Vanshinarayan Kalpeshwar, Bhavishya Badri, Chenab Lake, Joshimath. There are also some magical places in Auli having beautiful scene like Nandaprayag the convergence of two holy rivers, Nandaprayag in the Chamoli District of Uttarakhand serves as the beautiful entry point to the much revered pilgrim centres of Badarinath and Kedarnath and Rudraprayag a holy place of lord shiva which Prettily placed in the convergence of the majestic rivers Mandakini and Alaknanda.

SHIMLA

Shimla is also known as "Queen of Hill Stations".It is also the state  capital of Himachal Pradesh. There are many unforgettable walks, a variety of convenient shopping and museum, ice skating in winter is amazing experience.This city commands a majestic view of the mountains and occasional visits from low slung clouds. Tourist spot near Shimla, such as honeymooners paradise Kurfi , Fagu and Narkanda, also experienced moderate snowfall, making the hill station more picturesque.

The places famous to visit in Shimla are Wild Flower Hall, Mashobra, Naldehra, Tattapani, Kufri, Fagu, Narkanda, Chail, Jakhoo Temple, Tara Devi Temple, Annandale, Christ Church. Shimla should be visited by every one at least once a year to get rid of the polluted atmosphere for at least few days.  

NAINITAL:-

Nainital is lovely hill station surrounded by mountains on three sides. Nainital is known by "Lake district" of India is located in Uttrakhand. Once this area has many lakes and it was called the city of 60 lakes. The city derives its name from a temple dedicated to Goddess 'Naini  Devi'.Nainital has a varied topography. Nainital is definitely a heaven for all the adventure finder. Nainital is a famous tourist destination of India, attracting hundreds of both domestic and foreign tourists every year.

Some of the important places in the Nainital are Hanumangarhi, Haldwani, Kaladhungi, Naina Devi Temple, St. John in the Wilderness , Governor's House also known Raj Bhavan, Snow View, Naini Peak, Tiffin Top, Pt. G. B. Pant high  Altitude Zoo, Gurney House, Eco Cave Gardens. Nainital Zoo is a very important tourist spot where you can find rare species of snow leopard, steppe eagle and Himalayan Black Bear.

LAKSHDWEEP:-

Lakshdweep is only the coral island in India. The name Lakshadweep in Malayalam and Sanskrit means 'a hundred thousand island'. It is a uni district Union Territory and is comprised of 12 atolls, three reefs, five submerged banks, and ten inhabited islands. Lakshdweep is known for its lush green landscape, incredible marine life, soft silvery beaches and water sports. The ideal time to visit Lakshadweep Islands in between the month of October to April when the weather is most pleasant and surrounded Arabian Sea is pure Aqua.

The beautiful scenery of Lakshdweep that includes grand lagoon, silver seashores, incessant miles of sun soaked sand and lush green swaying palms with amazing aquatic flora and fauna make the amazing experience. Enjoy your tour with a lot of things to do. Take the sightseeing tour or experience the thrill of water sports like  Pedal boating,  Scuba driving,  Kayaking, Snorkeling and Swimming.

Source :- http://www.indiaforbes.com/2013/12/top-10-winter-places-in-india-must.html