Kolkata, Nov 25 (IANS) Encouraged by the “great response” to an album of Hindi Rabindrasangeet translated by him, lyricist Javed Akhtar was now planning to translate the poet’s Nobel winning work “Gitanjali”. Akhtar recently translated…
Panaji, Nov 25 (IANS) Ace designer and Padma Shri awardee Wendell Rodricks has collaborated with the Serendipity Arts Festival 2016, which is set to take place from December 16-23 here. Rodricks will be exhibiting Ten…
Panaji, Nov 25 (IANS) Music lovers can groove to the tunes of jazz as the stage has been set for the Goa International Jazz Live Festival (GIJLF), beginning here from Saturday. The music festival will…
Mumbai, Nov 25 (IANS) Every human being goes through a phase where he feels low and celebrities “too experience the same pain in their life”, says actress Raveena Tandon. Speaking at the launch here on…
Mumbai, Nov 25 (IANS) Ace choreographer Terence Lewis is happy to have created a Guinness World Record with “Worlds Largest Photobook”. After getting featured in Fashion at Big Bazaar (FBB) anthem – “The Denim Dance”,…
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) Turbans in India are tied not just for fashion but have great significance. In different hues, Paags are on display at Crafts Museum here to enable visitors from across the…
Madrid, Nov 25 (IANS) World famous architect Norman Foster has been selected to renovate part of the famous Prado art gallery here, the museum has confirmed. Foster will work with Spanish architect Carlos Rubio on…
Sydney, Nov 25 (IANS) Young people who watch pornography, which is now easily accessible on smartphones and other devices, are more likely to sexually abuse another child or young person, warns a study. Researchers from…
Mumbai, Nov 25 (IANS) An artistic delight that will feature famous artists like Pankaj Kapur, Sushmita Mukherjee and Sumona Chakrabarty awaits theatre lovers here with a line-up of 15 best picks of the season across…
Agra, Nov 25 (IANS) The Taj Balloon Festival with a dazzling display of 15 hot air balloons against the backdrop of the iconic Taj Mahal is back to enliven the skies of Agra. The festival,…
Mumbai, Nov 25 (IANS) It’s billed as Mumbai’s first kid-sourced event. Yes, you heard that right! Kid-sourced not crowd-sourced! Learning will no longer be boring thanks to ‘A Tale to Tell’, a three-day children’s festival…
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) Bihar politician and RJD supremo, Lalu Prasad Yadav, in his latest barb on demonetisation, has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of playing “Uncle Podger” from Jerome K. Jeromes 1889 comic…
By Vikas Datta Title: Deedara aka Dara Singh; Author: Seema Sonik Alimchand; Publisher: Westland; Pages: 262; Price: Rs 499 It was a tale that wouldn’t seem amiss in Bollywood. A boy is pulled out of…
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) Flick through the tale of three women looking for love in the online dating space, wade through the story about a solitary walk on a village road in the English…
By Nury Vittachi My son is applying for jobs. I told him that “we have no suitable vacancy at this time” really means: “Dude you are too cool for us.” I noticed many jobs are…
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi while hiting out at the criticism over demonetisation, said on Friday the opposition was charged up not because the government was not prepared for its implementation…
New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Bhupen Khakhar’s modern masterpiece “Man in Pub” sold at 263,000 pounds, topping the Bonhams Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art sale, on Tuesday in London. The piece, a haunting portrait…
London, Nov 24 (IANS) Everyday creative activities like writing poetry or making new recipes can boost well-being as well as creativity in young adults, new research has found. “Engaging in creative behaviour leads to increases…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Even though noted author Namita Gokhale’s latest book, “Things to Leave Behind”, is a historical fiction and she does full justice to the genre in her work,…
Paris, Nov 24 (IANS) An Asian collector paid 523,800 euros ($551,620) on Tuesday for a section of the Eiffel Tower’s spiral staircase, Artcurial auction house said. Composed of 14 steps, the 2.6-meter high section once…