Hindu God's Artistic Talents Inspire 7-year-old Google Doodler

THE HINDU
By Moumita Bakshi Chatterjee

Greater Noida, age 7

INDIA - Google India struck a melodious note on Children's Day (Nov. 14) with its homepage doodle displaying a collection of Indian musical instruments – sketched by seven-year-old Ms Varsha Gupta. This is the third ‘made in India' doodle and is the winning entry for this year's ‘Doodle4Google' competition. The colourful and eye-catching doodle – based on the theme ‘India's gift to the world' – depicts a shehnai, tabla and veena amongst other instruments. A tribute to the country's musical heritage, the doodle was chosen from over 1.5 lakh entries submitted by students from across the country. Explaining her doodle, the third-grader from Ryan International School, Greater Noida, said, “India has given many musical instruments to the world. Goddess Saraswati plays veena, God Shiva plays damaru. According to our mythological stories, musical instruments used to be played on all the occasions.” [link]