By Vikas Datta Title: And Then All Hell Broke Loose – Two Decades in the Middle East; Author: Richard Engel; Publisher: Simon and Schuster; Pages: 256; Price: Rs 699 A common perception in most of…
By Imran Khan Patna, Sep 23 (IANS) Its the house in Dumraon, some 110 km from here, where shenai mastero Ustad Bismillah Khan was born and lived in for the first six-seven years of his…
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) Read the story of an English painter and his apprentice, whose paintings become the unexpected crux of the last Anglo-Mysore War. Flick through a nail-biting saga of a young girls…
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) Literature enthusiasts in the city can look forward to a speed date with authors from 10 European countries at the Instituto Cervantes on Friday. The authors from Austria, Belgium, France,…
Kolkata, Sep 22 (IANS) As many as 90 paintings on St. Teresa – including rare ones towering at eight feet and endorsed by her – by eminent artists and close aides of the nun, will…
Kolkata, Sep 21 (IANS) Denizens of Kolkata will soak in the Durga Puja festivities in October by celebrating William Shakespeare’s life, work and legacy on the occasion of the bard’s 400th death anniversary. The British…
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) Hindi playwright Shankar Shesh’s sons have established a foundation in the famous playwright’s name as a tribute to his works, and to foster original creative writing in Hindi, as well…
London, Sep 21 (IANS) Neanderthals were far smarter than previously thought as researchers have confirmed that our ancient cousins were responsible for producing tools and artefacts earlier argued by some to be exclusively in the…
By Vishnu Makhijani Title: Beads of Arunachal Pradesh–Emerging Cultural Context; Authors: Sarit K. Chaudhuri and Sucheta Sen Chaudhuri; Publisher: Niyogi Books; Pages: 159; Price: Rs 995/$25 Beads are an integral part of tribal day-to-day wear…
By Vikas Datta Title: How to Sound Really Clever; Author: Hubert Van Den Bergh; Publisher: Bloomsbury Information; Pages: 224; Price: Rs 250 Do you wonder if there is a word for the feeling of hopeless…
Mumbai, Sep 20 (IANS) Amidst all negative criticism for Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif for winning the ‘Smita Patil Memorial Award’, ace actress Juhi Chawla on Tuesday stood by her, saying the ‘Baar Baar Dekho’ star…
New York, Sep 20 (IANS) A human skeleton found during the ongoing excavation of the famous Antikythera Shipwreck — the largest ancient shipwreck ever discovered — could provide an insight into the lives of people…
By Vishal Gulati Leh, Sep 20 (IANS) There is a “rockstar monk” crooning the song of gender equality and harmony, of saving the Himalayas for the future — cycling down the treacherous mountains and preaching…
By Vikas Datta Title: In the Jungles of the Night – A Novel About Jim Corbett; Author: Stephen Alter; Publisher: Aleph Book Company; Pages: 208; Price: Rs 499 In our era of threatened natural environment…
Leh, Sep 19 (IANS) A 60-foot-tall silk embroidery brocade of Buddha Amitabha was unfurled on Monday at once-in-12-years carnival of spirituality, culture and tradition near the 17th century Hemis monastery of Drukpa lineage, the largest…
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) The opening scene of “Mangoes” shows two Pakistani expatriates and Indian women relishing mangoes together, recollecting their childhood memories. However, the scene suddenly turns ugly as they start comparing the…
Farah (Uttar Pradesh) Sep 19 (IANS) Two short films on the life and works of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya are being shot at his birth place, in Farah village of Mathura district. Director of the…
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) Music maestro Shashank Subramanyam and theatre director Yuki Ellias are some of the celebrated artists set to perform at the tenth edition of the Parks New Festival, which begins on…
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) India’s leading art platform India Art Fair has become the first regional partner of MCH group — parent of the international fair Art Basel, held in Basel, Miami Beach and…
By Preetha Nair New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) Author and journalist Pinki Virani’s recent book “Politics of the Womb: The Perils of IVF, Surrogacy and Modified Babies” grabbed headlines for its expos? of the unscrupulous…