CD-ROM Reviewer's Guide
A guide to The Timeless Theater's content
Dr. Kamat, a noted
photographer, anthropologist, writer, historian, and artist opens the treasure of his
archives to the public. Several Doctorates have been earned studying the materials
collected by Dr. Kamat and for the first time, readers can sample the richness of his
travels and explorations. See the author's Introduction.
The Timeless Theater CD-ROM is a showcase of art and artists of India. Dr.
Kamat is one of the few to have studied the pre-historic rock paintings of
Bhimbetka, and
the Kavi Art of coastal Karnataka. In Folk Artists series, see the color and richness of
rural artists.
KalaRanga-- The Timeless Theater is a good educational resource. Handicrafts
of India is rapid tutorial on the subject, so is The Temples of North India. The
Education in Medieval India is one of the most authoritative collection of artifacts
published on the topic.
English Translations of two travelogues are provided on disk. The
Stories of Bastar Travel uncovers the mysterious world of tribals of Madhya Pradesh and
Rajasthan Travelogues captures the simplicity and complexity of Indian life.
Do not miss the opportunity to look at the diversity of Indian west
coast in the Karavali Photo Album, a collection of over five hundred black and white
photographs.
The CD-ROM contains several animations, abundant cross references (hyperlinks)
and thousands of pictures. The commonly known/asked questions about India are deliberately
left out to keep the contents unique and focussed on the theme The Timeless India.
The navigation is provided by several means. There is the Special collections
Index which lists the special collections , The Alphabetical Index, A Timeline , an Index
of Indices (CD-ROM map) and the omni-present tool bar. Tables of contents are provided for
every collection of pictures on a theme. With Stub Gallery, you can get a bird's eye-view
of all the pictures on The Timeless Theater CD-ROM. The Carousels provide a fascinating
way to jump from topic to topic.
Technologically, The Timeless Theater is a truly computer platform independent
multimedia CD-ROM. It is available on all desktop computing systems, as it uses a standard
browser as the content viewer. The producers thought that it was important to store this
timeless content in a format that does not become obsolete.
The Timeless Theater CD-ROM
K.L.Kamat
ISBN 1-929648-00-6
CyberCrow Media
Kamat's Potpourri 
Timeless Theater CD-ROM