Category: Books

Road named after Satyajit Ray in Kolkata

Kolkata, Feb 29 (IANS) South Kolkata's Lee Road will be renamed Satyajit Ray Dharani after the legendary film director, who…

9 years ago

Satyajit Ray’s neighbourhood in Kolkata gets a facelift

Kolkata, Feb 29 (IANS) Fancy strolling through a charming Victorian-era neighbourhood in the city and soaking in some Ray nostalgia…

9 years ago

Photography exhibition celebrates geology, rocks

Kolkata, Feb 29 (IANS) Celebrating the "madness of earth", a rather off-beat photography contest took viewers off-the-beaten track through jagged…

9 years ago

Malala lauds Pakistan’s Sharmeen on getting Oscar

Islamabad, Feb 29 (IANS) Pakistani activist for female education and youngest ever Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai on Monday congratulated Sharmeen…

9 years ago

Society is more violent and polarised now: Filmmaker Ketan Mehta

Agra, Feb 29 (IANS) Expressing concern over the student unrest in the country, veteran filmmaker Ketan Mehta said here that…

9 years ago

Google honours Bharatnatyam maestro Rukmini Devi with a doodle

New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Search engine giant Google on Monday paid tribute to legendary Bharatnatyam dancer Rukmini Devi Arundale…

9 years ago

A journey across the mighty and unpredictable Himalayas

By Priyanka Title: Walking the Himalayas; Author: Levinson Wood; Publisher: Hodder&Stoughton, An Hachette UK company; Pages: 291; Price: Rs.699 Levinson…

9 years ago

‘Shivaji’s swaraj was not for Hindus alone”

By M.R. Narayan Swamy Title: Who was Shivaji? Author: Govind Pansare; Publisher: LeftWord Books; Pages: 110; Price: Rs.150 Who was…

9 years ago

Reassuring to have Chidamabaram standing guard in opposition

Title: Standing Guard - A Year in Opposition; Author: P. Chidambaram; Publisher: Rupa Publications; Pages: 206; Price: Rs.500 P. Chidambaram…

9 years ago

Reliance Foundation to toast artist Mohamedi in New York

New York, Feb 28 (IANS) An exhibition of the works of the late Mumbai-based artist Nasreen Mohamedi is being launched…

9 years ago

Beijing museum to display 2,000 years old artefacts

Beijing, Feb 28 (IANS) More than 400 artefacts from a 2,000-year-old tomb in China's Jiangxi province are set to go…

9 years ago

Aamir’s story exemplifies communalism and Islamophobia faced by Muslim youth: Author Nandita Haksar

By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Like any other youngster, 20-year-old Mohammad Aamir Khan too had a conventional…

9 years ago

Lucknow’s long-forgotten ‘beloved’ poet

By Vikas Datta If we compare poetry to a landscape, it would be one that is constantly but gradually evolving…

9 years ago

Art of robab dying because devotion lacking: Daud Khan Sadozai

By Kishori Sud Jodhpur, Feb 27 (IANS) With his roots in Afghanistan, robab exponent Daud Khan Sadozai says that the…

9 years ago

‘Avijit Roy taught me to be informed, bold’

Dhaka, Feb 27 (IANS) Trisha Ahmed, the daughter of slain writer-blogger Avijit Roy, remembers him as a fun dad who…

9 years ago

I like designers who work with heritage: Maneka Gandhi

New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) It's not just her role as union Minister for Women and Child Development that keeps…

9 years ago

Gandhi’s idea was of a non-armed India: Japanese author

New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Mahatma Gandhi saw a future in which India was not an armed nation, a Japanese…

9 years ago

Muziris heritage project reminds us of our history: President

Kodungalloor (Kerala) Feb 27 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday inaugurated here the Muziris Heritage Project which showcases the history…

9 years ago

‘Lawrence of Arabia’s own evolution must also be understood’

By Vikas Datta New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) With the Middle East in turmoil and much of the blame being…

9 years ago



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