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    Nice to look at, with a refreshing, uncluttered interface, what you get here are those memorable lines of poetry by famous poets. From Robert Frost's immortal "A poem begins with a lump in the throat," to Omar Khayyam, Blake, Eliot, Wilde, Yeats and Shelley.

    Here's where you can find out how a picture speaks more than a thousand words. It has brief stories by professional press photographers, loads of tasteful photographs, information on the skill of photojournalism and even technical details.

    Perfect for artists who work with all sorts of material, this site boasts a complete encyclopaedia of art supplies and materials, tips and techniques, an interesting 'learn to paint' section and loads more.

    Arts and Letters Daily gives you essays, articles and book reviews from all across cyberspace, relating to areas ranging from literature and philosophy, to music, history, aesthetics and culture. Lots of links thrown in make for wholesome reading.

    Neat, uncluttered and user-friendly, this site boasts a privately held collection of images from the first 75 years of photography.

    Original digital art, loads of photographs and writings -- all devoted to science fiction, Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs), poetry, non-fiction, programming, rock climbing, and even libertarian politics.

    From reviews and summaries to recommendations, this is ideal for drama buffs across the world. Apart from a lot of links and online resources, the simple interface leads you through great playwrights including Edward Albee, Samuel Beckett, Ibsen, Moliere, Eugene O'Neill, Harold Pinter, Jean-Paul Sartre, and William Shakespeare. Those interested in famous monologues can also find what they are looking for.

    Check out interesting books on art, buy framed prints online, browse through regularly changing links on artists, museum sites and online exhibits, or glance through a database of over 5,000 artists. That's Artcyclopedia for you, a complete guide to fine art on the WWW.

    For those who belong to that vanishing tribe of book lovers, this site tells you a lot about conventional publishing, paperbacks, books that are out of print, and a lot more.

    The highlight here is a collection of literary classics that can be read in full-text HTML. What you have to choose from are canonised authors like the Bronte sisters, Lewis Carroll, Charles Darwin, John Milton, Edgar Allen Poe and Mark Twain.

    Safe and conservative, like most things British, this site is devoted to the bet of contemporary British writing. It gives you information about the awards, its winners, past winners and hot favourites as well. There's also a lot of data on shortlists for the First Novel, Whitbread Biography and Whitbread Poetry Awards.

    This is the mailing list for cyberjunkies from Kerala. You can discuss various issues, including the Internet, with people from God’s own country.

    A literary magazine comprised wholly reflections on India, published by students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Quite an interesting perspective of India by overseas Indian students.

    Interested in getting over twenty classic tales of pulp fiction suspense from The Shadow Magazine published in the 1930s and 1940s? It's here, in an Adobe Acrobat Reader format. It also boasts audio files at its Shadow RealAudio Radio Theatre.

    If you like fine art scans, you'll love this site. Its Artchive offers access to an archive of over 2,000 scans from over 200 artists, as well as lots of reviews. It is divided into different galleries including Glyphs Art Reviews, The Juxtapositions, CD-ROM reviews, and links.

    For lovers of macabre, the name Stephen King needs no introduction. This official site devoted to the writer gives you photographs, answers queries from fans, gives you a biography and history of his writing, besides information on upcoming works.

    Cyber Oasis is a writing / literary e-zine that survives on original contributions and lots of links. Highlights are a section on writer tips and resources, and a free monthly newsletter.

    Digital Eyes happens to be an encyclopaedia of scanning and digital photography. What it throws up is a whole lot of information, reviews, details and specifications, and links to the best software, scanners and digital cameras.

    Don't judge a book by its cover, read it for yourself at BookBrowse. That's what the home page states, and that's precisely what you get when you log in. What the site does is publish excerpts of current best sellers, recent fiction and non-fiction titles. Yes, a search facility is available, along with free book draws, loads of reviews, author interviews and more.

    Designed like most commercial sites, BookWire claims to be the book industry's most comprehensive and thorough online information source. Also packed with industry news, features, reviews, guides to literary events, author interviews and loads of links.

    Predictably all done up in orange, this site documents the lives and times of the annual Orange Prize, the literary award given to female writers. It has a lot of information about the Prize, of course, as well as the books, authors, news and interesting reviews. The feminist presence remains throughout.

    Like the name says, this is an archive, and a very comprehensive one at that. Neat, with a classy interface, students can take their pick from a list of 441 works of classical literature by 59 different authors, including user-driven commentary and 'reader's choice' sites. And yes, you also have the option of buying books or CD-ROMs online, or use the help pages for answers to common questions.

    Like the evergreen hits of Hindi cinema? This is where you can find them. The Gramophone Company of India, popularly known as HMV, boasts the music of popular icons like Mohammad Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar and Bhimsen Joshi. Yo can get sound clips and even buy CDs online.

    Tradition is the key word here, and this site is dedicated to sticking to it. What it is, is a compilation of links to some of the 'greatest minds of Western civilisation'. You can, therefore, log in and search for these great men and women by the historical period, author or subject. Other interesting sections include the Greek world, Roman world, the middle ages and modern world.

    With reading lists, over 2,000 book reviews, a list of forthcoming titles, online buying and information on authors, BookBrowser can easily score with most lovers of popular fiction. You get all the fiction you can handle, an online bookseller, and links to related sites as well.

    Dealing with the mythology and daily life of Greece and Rome, here's where you can find everything from info on geography and architecture to government, clothing, religion, art and entertainment. The site is created for students, by students, and also has a fairly comprehensive list of online resources on ancient Egypt, Rome and Greece.

    Check out the collection of links to theatre history, music/ dance and archives, including 16th century Latin plays in English, Shakespearean drama and entertainment from the middle ages till 1642. Try the links to other resources on theatre history, mediaeval theatre, play texts and palaeography, among many others.

    Quizzes and tours of classic cities aren't the only interesting things here. You can also get in touch with others who share an interest in ancient history, register as a member free and participate in discussions on the bulletin boards and chat rooms. Take a quick tour, try the forum, test your knowledge, or go in for an ancient sightseeing tour.

    VROMA, or the Virtual community for teaching and learning classics, has a lot of useful links for students. What these help you do is find out more about on-line images and reference materials. There is, for example, a Roman history timeline, image collection, collection of lexica and search engines, and texts on ancient greats like Plautus, Catullus and Juvenal.

    Presumably one of the world's largest collections of catalogued images online, this site gives you access to a hundred years of photojournalism. From magazines like Life, People, Fortune and Time, the collection is vast, impressive and amazing.

    Looking at this famous play, Julius Caesar, from a number of interesting perspectives, this site gives you lots of links to data, as well as information on ancient Roman life and culture.

    The now-familiar Amazon style is conferred to this page, which lists Booker award winners as well as those shortlisted. It gives you a search facility by author, title and subject, and also boasts lists of other prestigious awards including the Nobel and Pulitzer Prizes.

    If it sounds like a sci-fi documentary, think again. Culture on the Edge is actually a journal that features original art, interviews, articles, poetry and prose. The dominant focus is, according to the homepage, 'Reaching for the Millennium".

    This online catalogue of books on dances of India gives you free airmail delivery as well as a 40 per cent discount. All you have to do is search the database and fill out an order form online. Titles include Rasa-Bhaava Darshan, The Glory of Indian Heritage and Dance Terminologies. There's also an extensive collection of books on architecture, archaeology, Buddhist art, numismatics and rock paintings of India.

    A definite favourite in Bombay, the Dinodia Picture Agency has over 5,00,000 photos contributed by the country's finest photographers. It claims to be the largest picture library on India stock photographs, in major categories including wildlife, festivals, people, places and sports.

    Idea for scholars of 19th century English-language literary history and theory, this is a published journal that features new research in the field. The site covers over 70 volumes, annually, of scholarship, criticism, comparative studies and new editions of English and American literature.

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