Kolkata, Feb 29 (IANS) South Kolkata’s Lee Road will be renamed Satyajit Ray Dharani after the legendary film director, who lived in the vicinity, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced here on Monday. Ray…
Kolkata, Feb 29 (IANS) Fancy strolling through a charming Victorian-era neighbourhood in the city and soaking in some Ray nostalgia surrounded by posters of “Pather Panchali”, “Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne” and other iconic films by…
Kolkata, Feb 29 (IANS) Celebrating the “madness of earth”, a rather off-beat photography contest took viewers off-the-beaten track through jagged rock formations, fractures, fissures and all kinds of structures that accord geological features a distinctive…
Islamabad, Feb 29 (IANS) Pakistani activist for female education and youngest ever Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai on Monday congratulated Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy for winning second Oscar. Speaking by phone, Malala said the entire nation was…
Agra, Feb 29 (IANS) Expressing concern over the student unrest in the country, veteran filmmaker Ketan Mehta said here that society is turning more violent and polarised now. Mehta, known for unconventional films like “Mirch…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Search engine giant Google on Monday paid tribute to legendary Bharatnatyam dancer Rukmini Devi Arundale on her 112th birthday. The doodle portrays Rukmini Devi in the traditional dance attire, with…
By Priyanka Title: Walking the Himalayas; Author: Levinson Wood; Publisher: Hodder&Stoughton, An Hachette UK company; Pages: 291; Price: Rs.699 Levinson Wood clambers up steep mountains and treks through narrow passes, taking us on a journey…
By M.R. Narayan Swamy Title: Who was Shivaji? Author: Govind Pansare; Publisher: LeftWord Books; Pages: 110; Price: Rs.150 Who was Shivaji? A medieval ruler (1627-80) who embraced what is known today as Hindutva politics and…
Title: Standing Guard – A Year in Opposition; Author: P. Chidambaram; Publisher: Rupa Publications; Pages: 206; Price: Rs.500 P. Chidambaram is perhaps unique in Indian politics in having held both the home and finance portfolios…
New York, Feb 28 (IANS) An exhibition of the works of the late Mumbai-based artist Nasreen Mohamedi is being launched at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, or simply The Met, here on Tuesday, supported by…
Beijing, Feb 28 (IANS) More than 400 artefacts from a 2,000-year-old tomb in China’s Jiangxi province are set to go on display at Beijing’s Capital Museum. The exhibits on show from March 2 to June…
By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Like any other youngster, 20-year-old Mohammad Aamir Khan too had a conventional dream of the future. He was however picked up by the Delhi Police one night…
By Vikas Datta If we compare poetry to a landscape, it would be one that is constantly but gradually evolving with its contours keeping on changing. Features that may have once loomed large may later…
By Kishori Sud Jodhpur, Feb 27 (IANS) With his roots in Afghanistan, robab exponent Daud Khan Sadozai says that the art of Sufi devotional music with such musical instruments is diminishing in the world as…
Dhaka, Feb 27 (IANS) Trisha Ahmed, the daughter of slain writer-blogger Avijit Roy, remembers him as a fun dad who taught her to be informed, bold, and unafraid. Ahmed said her father has gained worldwide…
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) It’s not just her role as union Minister for Women and Child Development that keeps Maneka Gandhi busy. A lover of art and craft, she says she has a soft…
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Mahatma Gandhi saw a future in which India was not an armed nation, a Japanese author has said. Gandhi said that India should be non-armed and should be dependent on…
Kodungalloor (Kerala) Feb 27 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday inaugurated here the Muziris Heritage Project which showcases the history and culture of an ancient seaport and urban centre on the Malabar coast. “This project…
By Vikas Datta New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) With the Middle East in turmoil and much of the blame being put on the post-World War I settlement imposed by western powers, the legacy of T.E….