By Vikas Datta Title: Shanghai Redemption; Author: Qiu Xiaolong; Publisher: Mullholland Books; Pages: 322; Price: Rs.399 A country may be democratic or authoritarian, but the regime will always maintain influence, covert at least, on police,…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed sadness on the death of social worker Poornimaben Pakvasa, the mother of renowned Odissi classical dancer Sonal Mansingh, on Monday. “Sad to hear about demise…
Beijing, April 25 (IANS) Mei Baojiu, a famous Peking opera performer and son of a legendary Chinese theatre mogul, died here on Monday at age 82. Mei fell into coma following a bronchial spasm and…
Abidjan, April 25 (IANS) Democratic Republic of Congo music star Papa Wemba died after collapsing while performing at an international cultural festival here, organisers said. The organising committee of Anouambo Urban Music Festival said Wemba…
By Jaideep Sarin Gunehar (Himachal Pradesh), April 25 (IANS) Close to Bir-Billing, one of the most famous sites in the world for para-gliding, a village is experiencing an artistic transformation. Life in Gunehar village in…
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) With World Dance Day around the corner, there is nothing more fitting than conveying the message of unity and harmony. Reflecting this, eminent Kathak danseuse Shovana Narayan will host “Vividh…
By Preetha Nair Dehradun, April 25 (IANS) Hindutva is a brand of fundamentalism and the Hindu right wing is distorting what Hinduism stands for, says renowned author Nayantara Sahgal who was among one of the…
Mumbai, April 25 (IANS) Filmmaker Vikramaditya Motwane will be directing “Chakra The Invincible”, the first Indian superhero created by legendary comic-book writer Stan Lee along with Graphic co-founder and CEO Sharad Devarajan. Graphic India, a…
Santiago, April 25 (IANS) The remains of famous Chilean poet Pablo Neruda arrived at the Congress in Santiago for a ceremony on Monday before being buried a day after, three years after exhumation. The coffin…
By Vikas Datta Title: New Songs of the Survivors; Author: Yvonne Vaz Ezdani; Publisher: Speaking Tiger; Pages: 232; Price: Rs.350 Facing an inexorable enemy, they fled – the lucky ones flying out, some over the…
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) An online forum ‘sahapedia.org’ — an interactive platform on Indian and South Asian culture — has been launched here. The portal, launched on Saturday, consists of information ranging from visual…
Stratford-upon-Avon (UK), April 24 (IANS) Shakespeare’s India was rich with pearls and precious stones, its people deeply religious and its veiled women famous for their “dark beauty”. And the country has repaid the Bard “richly”…
By Vikas Datta Poets can be divided into two broad categories – those who are sometime, somewhere influenced by the world outside and ‘prosaic’ concerns like politics, or at least reference what is happening, while…
By M.R. Narayan Swamy Title: Chittagong Armoury Raid: A Memoir; Author: Subodh Roy; Publisher: LeftWord Books; Pages: 137; Price: Rs.175 It cost only Rs.18,000 to prepare for the 1930 Chittagong Armoury Raid. That – coupled…
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Renowned Urdu litterateur and author Joginder Paul passed away on Friday after a prolonged illness. He was 90. Paul had been suffering from age-related illness and was hospitalized for some…
Pakistani ghazal singer Ustad Ghulam Ali. (File Photo: IANS) Lucknow, April 23 (IANS) Despite threats of disruptions by some Hindu fringe groups, the performance of Pakistani ghazal maestro Ghulam Ali at the ‘Sankat Mochan Sangeet…
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Search engine giant Google paid homage on Friday to William shakespeare with a doodle to mark his 400th death anniversary. The doodle features the Bard of Avon in the middle…
Dehradun, April 22 (IANS) The vexed issues of Kashmir and the muzzling of freedom of speech predominated on the first day of Dehradun Literature Festival, which began on Friday. Author Omair Ahmad said that the…
Ahmedabad, April 22 (IANS) Ten Shiv Sena members were detained on Friday for protesting against Pakistani ghazal maestro Ghulam Ali’s visit to India to receive an award. The singer arrived in Gujarat’s Mahuva town in…
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Commemorating the 400th death anniversary of the literary legend William Shakespeare, Indian film director Mahesh Bhatt is coming up with a theatrical adaptation in Hindi of his magnum opus “Two…