New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Kovalam Literary Festival, South India’s pioneering literary event, will focus on non-fiction writing at its 8th edition in Thiruvananthapuram on October 22. “This year’s event will be a non-fiction special,…
By Vikas Datta Title: Guardians of God – Inside the Religious Mind of the Pakistani Taliban; Author: Mona Kanwal Sheikh; Publisher: Oxford University Press; Pages: 224; Price: Rs 695 The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammad and…
Karachi, Oct 5 (IANS) The ban on Indian films by owners of Pakistani cinemas in response to the Indian ban on Pakistani actors can only boost piracy, industry insiders say. Last week, Pakistani cinemas declared…
By Mohd Asim Khan New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) The manner in which former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao functioned — reaching out to all shades of opinion as well his detractors — holds important…
By Vikas Datta Title: Alfred Hitchcock; Author: Peter Ackroyd; Publisher: Vintage/Random House India; Pages: 288; Price: Rs 499 Featuring ordinary persons propelled into extraordinary situations, in toxic relationships or mistaken for someone notorious and plunged…
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao’s style of functioning — reaching out to all shades of opinion as well his detractors — holds important lessons for today’s leadership, feels Sanjaya…
Bengaluru, Oct 4 (IANS) Renowned contemporary figurative artist and sculptor Yusuf Arakkal passed away here on Tuesday after prolonged illness, said a family source. He was 71. Arakkal is survived by wife Sara and son…
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) Union Information & Broadcasting Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday lashed out at the opposition for “speaking the language of Pakistan” and seeking proof of India’s surgical strikes across the…
Kolkata, Oct 4 (IANS) International cricketer turned TV commentator Sanjay Manjrekar on Tuesday launched his first music album – six popular Rabindra Sangeet numbers – saying he was inspired by late singer Kishroe Kumar’s rendering…
Lucknow, Oct 4 (IANS) In a first by any Prime Minister, Narendra Modi will be celebrating the festival of Dussehra in Lucknow, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) vice president and city Mayor Dinesh Sharma said on…
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) Music composer Hridaynath Mangeshkar was conferred the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 2015 here on Tuesday along with musician Bhupinder Singh and Kuchipudi dancer G Padmaja Reddy. Prafulla Kar, Mambalam M.K.S….
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) BJP leader and actor Roopa Ganguly was on Tuesday nominated to the Rajya Sabha. A Home Ministry release said she had been nominated to the upper house by President Pranab…
Sweden, Oct 4 (IANS) British trio — David J. Thouless, F. Duncan M. Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz — on Tuesday won Nobel Prize in Physics “for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological…
By Vikas Datta In an era when populist rhetoric and rituals trump achievements and genuine belief, democracy exists, but with its key principles of dissent and non-conformity not only ignored but threatened, and totalitarianism no…
Hyderabad, Oct 3 (IANS) The British Council has invited applications from scientists, engineers, mathematicians and researchers for FameLab India 2017 — world’s largest science communication platform that it launched in India earlier this year. The…
Stockholm, Oct 3 (IANS) Yoshinori Ohsumi, a Japanese cell biologist specialising in autophagy and a professor in Tokyo Institute of Technology’s Frontier Research Centre, was on Monday awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…
By M.R. Narayan Swamy Title: A Feast of Vultures: The Hidden Business of Democracy in India; Author: Josy Joseph; Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers India; Pages: 231; Price: Rs 599 It comes natural to India’s elite to…
By Vikas Datta Title: To Each With Love -A Satiric Rendition; Author: Renee Ranchan; Publisher: Stellar Publishers; Pages: 254; Price: Rs 350 For the most profound, touching, or even unexpected stories, we may not have…
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday was presented with the first copy of a book on Mahatma Gandhi, containing coloured pictures reflecting various phases of his life. In the book…
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) Fashion, design and business institute Pearl Academy on Sunday joined hands with Khadi India to pledge support to keeping alive the legacy of Khadi. Students and faculty members of the…