By Nivedita Jodhpur, Oct 15 (IANS) Call it the influence of western music or the attraction towards Bollywood, the popularity of folk music is fading away. There is thus a need to incorporate such art…
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) Flick through the journey of three sisters are on a magical quest that teaches them that there is magic in the world; bury yourself in the life history of classical…
By Vikas Datta Choosing Bob Dylan as the recipient of this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature was unprecedented in the award’s over-a-century-long history. While the Swedish Academy’s decision to select a songwriter, instead of a…
Kolkata, Oct 14 (IANS) Highlighting their stand against terrorism, batting for environment protection and belting out musical arrangement incorporating honk sounds of yellow cabs, over 30 community Durga puja organisers paraded their award-winning idols in…
Jodhpur, Oct 14 (IANS) With a backdrop defining the monumental legacy of the locale and music personifying its rich culture, the ongoing Rajasthan International Folk Festival (RIFF) 2016 on Friday featured a storytelling session which…
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) Lights are on, the stage is set and the curtain is about to rise on the ‘Asia Pacific Bureau’ (APB) meet of drama schools with a host of performances and…
Ramallah, Oct 14 (IANS) The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) adopting a bid for Jerusalem is a message to the US and Israel, a senior Palestinian official has said. Nabil Abu Rdineh,…
Washington, Oct 14 (IANS) US President Barack Obama praised Bob Dylan as one of his favourite poets after the musician became the only singer-songwriter to ever win the Nobel Prize for Literature. “Congratulations to one…
Kolkata, Oct 13 (IANS) Durga Puja in Bengal was over and idol immersion continued in full swing on Thursday after a day’s pause on Wednesday in view of Muharram, a day of bereavement for the…
Kolkata Oct 13 (IANS) Elated at the much-anticipated Nobel prize for US singer Bob Dylan, prominent Bengali musicians and actors hailed the recognition, emphasising that it is a recognition for humanity. The rock legend received…
Shillong, Oct 13 (IANS) Lou Majaw, one of India’s original rock ‘n’ roll bards and the man who has kept Bob Dylan’s songs alive in India, has hailed the American legend songwriter and singer for…
Kolkata Oct 13 (IANS) Elated at the much-anticipated Nobel prize for US singer Bob Dylan, prominent Bengali musicians and actors hailed the recognition, emphasising that it is a recognition for humanity. The rock legend received…
Stockholm, Oct 13 (IANS) US singer Bob Dylan, who became an informal historian of America’s troubles, on Thursday became the first songwriter to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. He is the first American in…
By Vikas Datta An unconventional singer – with a raspy, almost nasal voice instead of honeyed tones – burst into public consciousness in the early 1960s with a brace of self-written, hard-hitting songs expressing the…
By Rachel Thomas Jim Corbett (Uttarakhand), Oct 13 (IANS) Support for reservation quota for women in parliament found its resonance on Thursday among participants at the ongoing Kumaon Literature Festival as well. Speaking at a…
Stockholm, Oct 13 (IANS) US singer Bob Dylan, who became an informal historian of America’s troubles, on Thursday won the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature. The 75-year-old rock legend received the prize “for having created…
Mumbai, Oct 12 (IANS) Popular composer duo Salim-Sulaiman and Assamese artiste Papon on Wednesday urged people to keep music and musicians away from politics amidst the ongoing unrest between India and Pakistan following the September…
By Rachel V. Thomas Jim Corbett Park (Uttarakhand), Oct 12 (IANS) Nationalism, especially in the context of the Indian Army’s surgical strikes on terrorist launching pads in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, came up for debate on the…
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) The annual Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav is all set to showcase various aspects of Indian culture through its rich and varied dimensions of handicrafts, cuisine, paintings, sculptures, photography, documentation and performing…