By Vikas Datta It is a field dealing with significant questions on human existence, knowledge, values, ethics, and so on, but philosophy is generally seen more as an abstruse and impenetrable academic exercise than a…
Kolkata, April 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) A Twitter message by ‘The Kashmir Files’ director Vivek Agnihotri regarding the shifting of the venue of his book-signing event in Kolkata has created controversy in West Bengal. In his Twitter…
New Delhi, April 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) and the Union Ministry of Culture will present ‘Maharaja’s Treasure: Select works of art from the famed Air India collection’ – an exhibition that…
By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, April 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a unique conservation achievement by the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation, the discarded stones of a 113-year-old demolished road over bridge have found a new permanent place as the…
Guwahati, April 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Assam has created two Guinness World Records – one with the traditional dance of 11,304 Bihu artistes and the other with the largest drumming performance, which included 2,548 participants. Each artiste…
Porbandar (Gujarat), April 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has filed a police complaint against 19 property owners for unauthorised construction within the 200 metre limit of Mahatma Gandhi’s birthplace in Kirti Mandir….
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, April 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Author, business coach, and global strategist Manoj Gursahani believes the only way forward in the modern world is to change your lens from a transactional mindset that…
By Vikas Datta Guru Dutt’s masterpiece ‘Pyaasa’ (1957), just before its soulful dirge on relationships, shows two poets reciting ‘shers’. The elder one later also politely reprimands a guest for his snide remark at the…
New Delhi, April 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Serendipity Arts Festival, which is scheduled to host its sixth edition in December in Goa has announced its lineup of curators for the upcoming edition. Sandeep Kumar Sangaru and Anjana…
By Shashi Tharoor In an unusual instance, Ramabai had wholeheartedly participated in Ambedkar’s idiosyncratic shraddha ceremony for his deceased father. Instead of offering a meal and sweets to Brahmins after the ceremony as the ritual…
Lucknow, April 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) The famous Naubat Khana or Nakkar Khana, housed in the Bada Imambara Complex, now figures in the list of ASI protected monuments. The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has issued a…
By Sukant Deepak New Delhi, April 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) For several years now, she has been venturing into new avenues of Bharatanatyam with respect to vocabulary, poetry, and treatment. Choreographing multiple dance compositions that can become…
New Delhi, April 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) As it enters its sixth year, the JCB Prize for Literature, one of India’s most coveted and richest literary awards at Rs 25 lakh, on Tuesday named author and translator…
‘Lucknow, April 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) People’s Initiative, a city-based non-profit organisation has come up with the concept ‘Theatre for elderlies’ — by them and for them. The members plan theatre workshops for elderly and have discussed…
Kochi, April 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) As curtains comes down on the fifth edition of Kochi Biennale on Monday evening, the 109-day long exhibition saw the largest-ever turnout as more than 8.5 lakh people had visited the…
By Manoj Pathak Hajipur (Bihar), April 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bihar’s ‘Khajuraho’, an example of Nepali architecture, is a picture of neglect today. With its glorious history, it is looking for people who can save and preserve…
By Vikas Datta How can we define the significance of an ancient civilisation? One obvious yardstick could be how proud its purported descendants are about it, but this is far from objective, and in the…
Jammu, April 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) The third edition of the Jammu Film Festival, sponsored by the Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Department, began with a grand opening at Abhinav Theatre here on Saturday. The festival featured parallel…
Bengaluru, April 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Neev Literature Festival (NLF) has announced the first-of-its-kind fellowships for children’s book creators (writers and illustrators) to facilitate high-quality, richly detailed children’s books that mirror Indian lives and experiences. Proposals…
By Sukant Deepak New Delhi, April 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) While in his teens, he once accompanied his father, theatre director M.K. Raina to Kashmir, encountering the Bhands — Kashmir’s traditional folk theatre artists who were ‘banned’…