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About LnC Silhouette Magazine

Silhouette Magazine is a platform for gathering myriad views on film (and allied art forms) and to continue with the flux of discourse. The Silhouette publications are our attempt to achieve this goal.

Silhouette Magazine Partners With Learning and Creativity

Silhouette magazine has survived the tides of time and is appreciated by a niche audience interested in serious discussions on cinema for well over a decade now. After the gestation period it is a necessity henceforth to spread the wings and fly high and wide. Silhouette’s partnership with the already popular Learning and Creativity e-journal germinated...

About Movies

Sachin Is…

Sachin is inspiration. He inspires hope, team spirit, focus and determination....

Fun Learning

Uttarakhand Delight – Ranikhet – Nainital

Ranikhet Ranikhet is a small Hill station is located In Almora, Uttrakhand. The place has bristling good old fashioned military atmosphere. With peaceful walks and breathtaking views of snow-capped peaks, Ranikhet offers as a good retreat in summer vacations for your family and for those who are newly married. The literal meaning of Ranikhet is “Queen’s...

Places to Visit

The Magic of the South – Ooty and Coonoor

Ooty Rolling hills, tea gardens, eucalyptus trees and lush greenery all around! No wonder Ooty is called – the “Queen of Hills”. Do you know Ooty is short for Udhagamandalam? Located in the Nilgiris (Blue Mountains) in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the Ooty tourism attracts swarms of tourists every year. With a pleasant weather year round and...

Places to Visit

Rishikesh – Mussoorie – Dhanaulti: Spiritual Retreats

Rishikesh Popularly known as City Of Saints, the holy town Rishikesh is a must visit place for devotees. The city has always been a legendary part of Garhwal. According to legends Lord Rama did penance here to kill Ravana. Also Rama’s younger brother Lakshmana, crossed the Ganges, where the current ‘Lakshman Jhula’ bridge stands today....

Places to Visit

Picturesque Darjeeling and Kalimpong

Darjeeling Summers can be unbearably hot. Why not head to the cool environs of Darjeeling – the “Queen of hill stations”? Nestled in the Mahabharat Range or Lesser Himalaya, Darjeeling is a picturesque hill station in the Indian state of West Bengal. Darjeeling tourism is flourishing and is world-famous for tea production and the toy train. Darjeeling...

Places to Visit

Shimla – Kullu – Manali: Alluring Sense Of Calm And Peace

Shimla Think of hill stations in India and Shimla immediately comes to mind. A name almost synonymous with hilly retreats, Shimla has for several hundred years now been playing the role of a pleasant, cool refuge for people across India who are desperate to beat the famous Indian summer. Snow capped peaks and the blue mountain ranges that surround the...

Places to Visit

Mesmerizing North-East – Shillong & Gangtok

Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya, is one of the most stunningly beautiful hill stations in India. Located at an altitude of 4,908 feet above sea level, Shillong is known as the "Scotland of the East” because...

Places to Visit

Srinagar – Gulmarg – Pahalgam: If There Is Paradise, It’s Here!

Srinagar Surrounded by lush greenery and mountains; Srinagar is often called as the “Venice of the East”. Nestled on the banks of the Jhelum River, Srinagar is the summer capital of the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir. The meaning of Srinagar in Sanskrit language means ‘the city of wealth & abundance’. The Srinagar tourism...

Places to Visit

Holi Art Competition Learning and Creativity

Holi Art Competition Winners

We are floored with the beautiful, eye-catching paintings our little artists have sent with so much love and enthusiasm. Learning and Creativity Holi Art Competition has announced its winners! Go ahead and check out which paintings...

Holi Special

Indian Women In The New Millennium – The Victories, The Battles

Women across all cultural strata, in lower income groups, in small towns, in rural societies and even in so-called progressive middle class homes in metropolitan cities, still are yoked to age old traditions,...

Women's World

When Shall The Male Mindset Change?

The general idea is if women start thinking independently they would 'storm the male bastion'....

Women's World

Learning Quote

It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning. ~ Claude Bernard...

Quotes

Under the Influence of Characters

It is a difficult task to pick any one literary character among the numerous who swim around my head; signify some part of my life or the other. ...

Literary Criticism

Water

Water washes over my hand...

Creative Writing

Amitabh Bachchan Initiates Aaradhya Into ‘Learning’ With Hathe Khari Ceremony

Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan’s held their granddaughter's educational initiation (Hathe Khari Ceremony) on the occasion of Saraswati Puja....

News & Events

The Spring Mood

Love is the theme note of the scene that nature paints, inspired by Kamadeva....

Love Poems and Stories

Trendy Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas For Men

Declare your love for him with some unique and beautiful gifts this Valentine's Day....

Surprises For Him/Her

“I’m a learner”

“I’m a learner,” Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO says. “I think the thing that I realized is, what excites me is that I'm learning something....

Quotes

Hyderabad-born Satya Nadella is CEO, Microsoft

Hyderabad-born Satya Nadella becomes CEO Microsoft. Nadella, 46, became only the third CEO in the company's 39 years of history succeeding Steve Ballmer....

News & Events

Building a Story

A short story is a bit like a giant jigsaw puzzle where each piece is put together by the writer and given as a complete whole to the reader. ...

Resources for Writers

Freedom from Fear

I imagined myself letting out a shriek, my eyes behaving like a blinking tube-light to control the damage, to avoid the dog and to escape him somehow....

Musings

The Camatoz Comet

JD, 7, has never been able to experience life on Neptune. Her whole family believed that JD had gotten the Demaker's kiss....

Teen Stories

Final Offer

As far as my Father was concerned, fox hunting was music to his ears. In a pack of six or eight hounds, he could tell by their bark and wail, which dog was in the lead....

Musings

Different Kind of Game

The field is a death maze for even the bold, A missed step, a stumble and men hurtle down....

Poems

Don’t Take Away the Apple – My Dear Eve

Just a seed planted by your apple Has grown beyond the horizons Into an orchard of the sweet fruit...

Poems

Criticism: Killer or Healer?

Satyajit Ray used to invite criticism in the most vitriolic terms. From comments he would glean out sufficient inspiration so that his finished product would be a masterpiece....

Opinion

Rahul And His T-shirt

A touching short story by Amitendu Palit about a young boy and his tryst with his newly bought T-shirt....

Stories

I Like Sunsets…

A friend asked me once why I liked sunsets especially when they herald darkness. He hated them. ...

Musings

Bawarchi (1972): Celebrating Simplicity And Values

Rajesh Khanna-Jaya Bhaduri starrer Bawarchi (1972) is a hilarious family drama, directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, that reminds us the simple values and joys of life....

Full Movies

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Jyoti Babel on Insignificant: Poetic Reflections on the Vast Cosmos and Self
Thank you so much for your appreciation and kind words. Hume jab ehsaas hota hai ki is brahmand mein hum bindu matra bhi nahi hai, toh sab pareshaniya...
Madhu Verma on Insignificant: Poetic Reflections on the Vast Cosmos and Self
Jyoti, bahut hi acchi poem likhi hai tumne 👌 Brahmand ki vishalta aur insaan ke chhote hone ka ehsaas itne pyaare andaaz mein bayaan kiya hai... ...
Madhu Verma on Winning the Fastest Line Follower Trophy at Technoxian World Robotics Championship
Congratulations to budding robotics enthusiasts Ayush Gupta, Shrutika Negi, and Sampriti Bisht for winning the Fastest Line Follower Trophy at the Tec...
A K Nanda on Ei Korechho Bhalo Nithur He — English Translation of Tagore’s Song
Rajan Ji I'm extremely grateful for your comments on my translation of Tagore's poem of Geetanjali "Ei Korechho Bhalo". I had to do this on the insis...
NS Rajan on Ei Korechho Bhalo Nithur He — English Translation of Tagore’s Song
Nandaji. Namashkar. I have no knowledge of Bangla. But who hasn't heard of 'Geetanjali'? it is an irony that when I was in College in 1952, I won tw...