By Vikas Datta The venerable sages of India, the Buddha, Jesus, Prophet Muhammad, Guru Nanak — the founders of all major religions — were all known to spurn material comfort and stress compassion for the…
By Mudita Girotra New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) The new hi-tech Garages Museum in the Rashrapati Bhavan here provides visitors with some great experiences, allowing them to “feel” the presence of Mahatma Gandhi and as…
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) In consonance with the Sweden India Nobel Memorial Week that has got underway, a Nobel Memorial Wall was inaugurated at the Rajiv Chowk Metro station here on Saturday. The Wall…
Mysuru (Karnataka), Oct 1 (IANS) The world famous Dasara festival began here on Saturday amid tight security on a subdued note in view of the protests over the release of Cauvery river water to Tamil…
Naples, Sep 30 (IANS/AKI) Anti-mafia police in southern Italy on Friday recovered two Vincent Van Gogh paintings stolen from a museum in Amsterdam in 2002 in a heist which the US Federal Bureau of Investigation…
Hyderabad, Sep 30 (IANS) Bathukamma, the floral festival of Telangana considered as the symbol of the state’s cultural identity, got off to a colourful start on Friday with women enthusiastically taking part in festivities across…
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) The eighth batch of 25 declassified files relating to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose were released online on a web portal, the Ministry of Culture announced on Friday. The present batch…
By Raymond Kharmujai Shillong, Sep 30 (IANS) Come Saturday, and all roads in Meghalaya’s capital will lead to the cosy Orchid Lake resort overlooking the Umiam lake for the third edition of Shillong Beer festival…
Rome, Sep 30 (IANS) Italian police have recovered two famous Vincent Van Gogh paintings stolen from an Amsterdam museum in 2002, officials said on Friday. The Van Gogh museum in the city said the works…
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Bury yourself in dark and scary tales of horror and mystery, wade through a momentous journey of self-discovery. Also, know the story of six individuals dealing with life and finding…
New York, Sep 30 (IANS) The Indian government and New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) have signed an agreement extending the Indian Conservation Fellowship Programme to promote modern museum practices. India’s Consul General Riva…
Kochi, Sep 29 (IANS) Ambassadors of 31 countries will now attend a second round of meeting in Delhi in November to discuss the sharing of knowledge on ancient trade with Kerala for the Muziris Heritage…
Mumbai, Sep 29 (IANS) Globally renowned sand artist from Odisha, Sudarsan Pattnaik will create a masterpiece at Mumbai’s Juhu Beach on Saturday to mark the end of the state’s ‘Nirmal Sagar Tat Abhiyaan’ (NSTA), an…
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Adite Banerjie, a New Delhi-based author and screenwriter, is among the top three winners of a Hollywood-based scriptwriting competition. The Finish Line Scriptwriting Competition, based out of Los Angeles, announced…
Kolkata, Sep 29 (IANS) A digital archive on Kirtan is being developed to preserve the rich tradition of the devotional music form, which is on the verge of extinction in India, noted Indologist Nrisingha Prasad…
By Vishal Gulati Ladakh — once the hub of the ancient Silk Route — is aptly described as a place where Buddhist spirituality and its ancient culture reign supreme amidst virgin nature. It’s a cold…
By Mohd Asim Khan Book: 1991: How P.V. Narasimha Rao Made History: Author: Sanjaya Baru; Publisher: Aleph; Pages: 216; Price: Rs 250 If today’s Indian leadership can boast about the country’s economic growth despite the…
By Biswajit Choudhury Moscow, Sep 29 (IANS) Come October and the symbol par excellence of Russia — the Bolshoi Theatre — will step into its 160th year and to mark this momentous passage has been…
New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) With an assemblage of finest theatre, the 15th edition of Old World Theatre Festival will be held here from October 8 to 16 this year. The nine-day festival will open…
New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) It was a jazzed-up World Tourism Day celebration in the national capital with the performance of the American group Donald Harrison and the Berklee All Stars. Led by Grammy-nominated Berklee…