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Google has featured a multi-part doodle on its homepage as a tribute on the 200th anniversary of Grimm's Fairy Tales. Grimm's Fairy Tales is the popular name of a 19th century German book called Children's and Household Tales ( Kinder und Hausmärchen in German). The book was written by German brothers Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm and Wilhelm Carl Grimm. In Grimm's Fairy Tales, the Grimm brothers collected many of Europe's most popular fairy tales including Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Hansel and Gretel, The Frog-Price, Goldilocks And The Three Bears, Rapunzel, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Rumpelstiltskin and many, many others. The first volume of the first edition of Grimm's Fairy Tales  was published in 1812 containing 86 stories; the second volume of 70 stories followed in 1814. The seventh and final edition under the brothers' watch was published in 1857 and it contained 211 stories split across two volumes. These editions were extensive

New Delhi: From the first program that Ada Lovelace created for the Analytical Engine to present day laptops and tablet PCs, Google has doodled the evolution of computers on the occasion of the world's first computer programmer's 197th birth anniversary. The doodle shows Ada Lovelace writing the pioneering computer program with a quill pen seated on a desk and the paper scroll she is writing her algorithm on twirls in the shape of the letters of the Google logo. Ada King, the countess of Lovelace, was born on December 10, 1815 in Piccadilly Terrace, Middlesex, England and was the daughter of the famous poet Lord Byron, but as her parents separated soon after her birth and she did not get to know her father well. Video Photo Gallery The Google doodle shows Ada Lovelace writing the pioneering computer programs with a quill pen. Her original name was Augusta Ada Byron and on her marriage to William King she became Ada King and later her husband

Arun Kumar Yadav, Kendriya Vidyalaya Chandigarh India - A prism of multiplicity India has diverse cultures, religions, languages, customs and traditions. This diversity can be witnessed in enthusiasm for sports; unique folk culture; extraordinary remarkable handicrafts; wide range of flora and fauna; agricultural practices with worldwide farming output; unparalleled spices and cuisines... Such colossal diversities represent Indias oneness. We have this thing called a logo which you see each time you visit www.google.co.in. We love it and hate the idea of it becoming boring. So, we often do fun things with our logo and call it a doodle. To keep the fun going, we like to invite bright young minds to come and share their imagination and creativity by designing their own

New Delhi: A digital cast of Auguste Rodin's bronze and marble sculpture 'The Thinker' has been posted on the Google home page on the occasion of the French sculptor's 172nd birth anniversary. The image of the man in sober meditation replaces the second O of the Google logo on November 12. The doodle is in two colours - blue and black. Auguste Rodin, whose full name is Francois-Auguste-Rene Rodin was born on November 12, 1840 in Paris. Rodin is considered as one of the greatest portraitist in sculpture. Born into a poor family Rodin had a tough childhood and after the death of his sister in 1862 he thought of joining the church. But in 1864 Rose Beuret came into his life, they remained lifelong companions and only married a few weeks before Beuret's death in 1917. Rodin's first submission to an exhibition in 1864 was rejected but he gradually developed his characteristic expressive style. But rejections and controversy followed him. By the a

Bram Stoker's 165th birthday is being marked by a Google doodle. Bram Stoker, born Abraham Stoker, was an Irish novelist and short story writer, best known today for his 1897 novel Dracula. Stoker wrote his first novel, The Primrose Path, in 1875. It appeared in five issues of The Shamrock (Dublin) with the first instalment appearing on February 6, 1875 and the last on March 6, 1875. The novel was accompanied by five unsigned illustrations that depicted scenes from the story. His second novel was The Snake's Pass, published in 1890. It centred on the troubled romance between an English tourist and a local Irish peasant. The Snake's Pass was set in his native Ireland - his only novel to do so. Bram Stoker wrote two more books (The Watter's Mou' and The Shoulder of Shasta) before writing the book he's best remembered for even today. Before writing Dracula, Stoker spent considerable time researching European fol

Herman Melville, celebrated author and the man behind the all-time classic Moby-Dick, is the inspiration behind Thursday's Google doodle. Moby-Dick is the great epic of whales and waling. It tells the story of Ahab, Captain of the Pequod, and of his revenge-mission and insane pursuit of Moby Dick, the fierce white whale. Among Ahab's crew is Ishmael, a young man undergoing a gruelling rite of passage and pursuing a different salvation. As the Pequod circles the globe like a latter-day Noah's Ark, so Moby Dick ranges and digresses through space and time, through mythologies, religions and philosophies. The Google doodle depicts a scene from the book where Captain Ahab leads a boat to strike at the huge white whale. Herman Melville had written Typee and Omoo before he wrote, what he believed was his masterpiece, Moby-Dick. He was shocked by the less-than-flattering reception the book received. One critic described it as

Google is known to have celebrated practically every special occasion ranging form birthdays and anniversaries to events like the Olympics across the globe with creative doodles on its home page. Come this Children's Day, the search giant is inviting children between the ages of 5 to 16 years to participate in the Doodle 4 Google competition for 2012 with the theme of 'Unity in Diversity'. The contest will be extended to over 40 cities in the country and the winning doodle will be announced at an event in New Delhi on November 6. It will also be featured on the Google India homepage on November 14. All 12 finalists will receive a tablet and a Google kit. This year, Google will shortlist three candidates from four zones: North, South, East and West. Post the first round of preliminary judging of entries from these regions, a total of 12 entries, chosen by a panel of esteemed judges, will then be put to a public vote t

Niels Bohr, the subject of Sunday's Google doodle, was a reputed physicist, and like other physicists of the time, not isolated from the political environment around him. Finn Aaserud, Director of the Niels Bohr Archive in Copenhagen, says, "Unlike Einstein, Bohr started to involve himself seriously in international politics relatively late in life. Yet there are scattered statements and activities earlier in Bohr's life indicating a genuine interest and commitment." Aaserud quotes a letter Bohr wrote to his mentor at Manchester University, Ernest Rutherford: All here [in Copenhagen] are convinced that there can never be a war in Europe of such dimensions. [...] all liberal-minded people in the world [not least in Germany] seem to have understood the unsoundness of the principles on which international politics has hitherto been carried on. "During the next fifteen years Bohr developed his new institute i

Winsor McCay's Little Nemo in Slumberland is the subject of Monday's animated Google doodle. Winsor McCay was an American cartoonist and animator who's said to have been born in Michigan on September 26, 1869. However, there's some debate around the exact date and place of his birth. McCay went to Cleary's Business College in Ypsilanti, Michigan to get business training. While in Ypsilanti, he met John Goodison of Michigan State Normal College, who gave McCay his only formal art training. In 1889, Winsor McCay moved to Chicago intending to study art, but due to his poor financial state, ended up taking a job instead. His first job was producing woodcuts for circus and theatrical posters for National Printing and Engraving Company. He later moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he met his wife and also started his career as a cartoonist. McCay started doing Little Nemo in Slumberland, the subject of today's Googl

 Herman Melville, celebrated author and the man behind the all-time classic Moby-Dick, is the inspiration behind Thursday's Google doodle. Moby-Dick is the great epic of whales and waling. It tells the story of Ahab, Captain of the Pequod, and of his revenge-mission and insane pursuit of Moby Dick, the fierce white whale. Among Ahab's crew is Ishmael, a young man undergoing a gruelling rite of passage and pursuing a different salvation. As the Pequod circles the globe like a latter-day Noah's Ark, so Moby Dick ranges and digresses through space and time, through mythologies, religions and philosophies. The Google doodle depicts a scene from the book where Captain Ahab leads a boat to strike at the huge white whale. Herman Melville had written Typee and Omoo before he wrote, what he believed was his masterpiece, Moby-Dick. He was shocked by the less-than-flattering reception the book received. One critic described it as "[A]n ill-compounded mixture of rom

Today on May 30, 2012 Google is celebrating the birthday of Peter Carl Fabergé (30 May 1846 – September 24, 1920). Today it would have been his 166th Birthday. Who was Peter Carl Fabergé If you look at the Google Doodle it is easy to guess more or less what the doodle is about. The Google display Gold, Diamonds, Precious metals and gemstones decorated eggs. These eggs are commonly referred to as “Fabergé Eggs” or “Fabergé Easter Eggs”. “Image of the Peter Carl Fabergé’s 166th Birthday Google Doodle May 30, 2012″ Peter Carl Fabergé was born in Russia in Saint Petersburg, his father German and his mother from Danish descent. His family tree can also be traced back to France where his paternal ancestors were Huguenots, originally from La Bouteille, Picardy, who fled from France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, first to Germany near Berlin, then in 1800 to the Baltic province of Livonia, then part of Russia. It is believed that Peter Carl Fabergé studied at the Dre

Google has come out with another interactive doodle to celebrate the 78th birthday of Robert Arthur "Bob" Moog. The doodle consists of playable recordable Moog synthesizer. Users can create music by clicking the keys of this virtual synthesizer with their mouse/touchpad or via the number keys. There's an option to fiddle around with various settings of this keyboard in order to get the best audio output. If that was not enough, the doodle also offers users the option to record their musical creations and play them back. If you are happy with what you hear and want to share with friends, then Google gives an option to share the recorded compositions through Google+. This is not the first time that Google has come out with a playable doodle. It had done that on June 9, 2011 to celebrate the 96th birthday of

Howard Carter was an English archaeologist, whose most significant contribution to his field was the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun, the Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty. Born in London on 9 May 1874, Carter took off to Egypt at the age of 17, to assist in the excavation and recording of Middle Kingdom tombs. He turned his inexperience into an asset, coming up with some rather innovative techniques while replicating the decoration of tombs being excavated. After working for 8 years as an artist, recording and replicating the work, Carter was appointed the first chief inspector of the Egyptian Antiquities Service (EAS) in 1899. It was in this role he caught the attention of Lord Carnarvon, who got Carter on-board to supervise his excavations. On 4 November 1922, Carter's excavation group found the steps leading to Tutankhamun's tomb, by far the best preserved and most intact pharaonic tomb ever found in the Valley of the Kings. It was here, that Carnarvon and C

Keith Haring died of AIDS-related illnesses in 1990 at the age of 31. The Keith Haring Foundation was established in 1989 to assist AIDS-related and children's charities, and maintains the largest resource of archives on the late artist, Keith Haring. Haring's bold lines and active figures carry poignant messages of vitality and unity. His legacy made an impact on late 20th century art and grants us all a vision for the future.   MoMA – A Few More Ways of Looking at Keith Haring