New Delhi, February 8 (SocialNews.XYZ): Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik will inaugurate (virtually) the tenth edition of the Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF) which will revolve around the theme ‘Legends of Ancient Bharat and Beyond: Inspiring Lived…
New Delhi, Feb 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) In times when Lord Ram has ceased to be just God, author Devdutt Pattanaik, who has to his credit around 50 books on mythology stresses that for him, he symbolizes…
New Delhi, Feb 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) All four Kalinga Literary Awards for the year 2024 have gone to women writers, informed Rashmi Ranjan Parida, Founder and Director, Kalinga Literary Festival. Kalinga Literary Awards will be conferred…
Jaipur, Feb 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Believing in the strength of Indian laws and the judicial system, former IPS officer and author Amod Kanth stresses that extra-judicial killings by the police are nothing but cold-blooded murders. “Never…
New Delhi, Feb 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) “It is the foremost duty of a ruler to keep his subjects happy and gain their confidence. In the same manner, it is also his duty to always uphold the…
Jaipur, Feb 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) John Boyne, the Irish author of the recently released ‘All the Broken Places’, a sequel to his bestselling ‘The Boy in Striped Pajamas’, also adapted into a major film feels that…
Jaipur, Feb 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Diya Kumari on Thursday inaugurated the 17th edition of Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) at Hotel Clarks Amer in Rajasthan. “This fest is very special from a tourism…
New Delhi, Jan 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Ask author Amish Tripathi about what he has been working on lately, and the list seems almost endless. Even as his latest ‘Idols: Unearthing the Power of Murti Puja’ (HarperCollins…
Jaipur, Jan 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Jaipur Literature Festival 2024, the literary extravaganza, will see over 550 writers, speakers, and performers representing 16 Indian and 8 international languages. The Indian languages include Assamese, Awadhi, Bengali, Hindi, Kannada,…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Very few independent publishers have achieved so much in their lifetime with the world knowing so little about them as the unassuming, soft-spoken Rajen Mehra. The Chairman of Rupa Publications…
New Delhi, Jan 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pakistan has criticised Ajay Bisaria, India’s former high commissioner to Islamabad, for allegedly presenting a “fictitious narrative” surrounding the February 2019 Balkote crisis in his recently published book, ‘Anger Management’….
New Delhi, 9 Jan (SocialNews.XYZ) Analysing and addressing the compounding crisis of climate change and energy security, and spotlighting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts to drive environment-friendly policies and practices, Union Minister for Environment, Forests…
New Delhi, Jan 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) She was not very clear about what the late artist Vivan Sundaram expected when he asked her to write a book on the Kasauli Art Centre. But certain things were…
Chandigarh, Jan 3 (IANS ) Punjab’s former Chief Secretary, Ramesh Inder Singh’s book ‘Dukhant Punjab Da’, that is an eye-opening account of events before and after ‘Operation Bluestar’, and throws light on the history of…
Shimla, Dec 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhwinder Sukhu on Monday released three books, part of ‘SHIMLA Investigators’ series by children and young adults based on Shimla, once known as the Queen of Hills….
Imphal, Dec 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) The 30th Imphal Book Fair, which was supposed to conclude on Thursday, was extended by another three days on public demand, indicating the resilience in the face of adversity due to…
New Delhi, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sandeep Bamzai, Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief, Indo Asian News Service (SocialNews.XYZ), will be conferred with the National Living Legend Award on the inaugural day of 10th Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF)…
New Delhi, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Kalinga Literary Festival has proudly announced the longlisted titles in English for its prestigious annual KLF Book Awards, showcasing a diverse range of literary works across various genres. The…
New Delhi, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) The recent recipient of the French government’s Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters 2023, Aditi Maheshwari Goyal (37), publisher and CEO of Vani Publications, stresses that to ascertain…
Nagpur, Dec 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Veteran Hindi litterateur Madhup Pandey — the ‘guru’ of Union minister Nitin Gadkari — passed away following a brief illness at his residence early on Thursday, his close friends said here….