Category: Culture

Tech allowed me new ways of thinking: Top Malaysian artist

Hong Kong, Dec 14 (IANS) Leading Malaysian architect-turned-artist Red Hong Yi, who paints with unconventional everyday objects and not the…

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Of sting operations, Obama’s mind, and demons of fictional lands

New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) Flick through the "anatomy" of sting operations conducted by an investigative journalist; learn how to…

6 years ago

When the story of your suffering is the best weapon you have (Book Review)

By Saket Suman Book: The Last Girl; Author: Nadia Murad; Publisher: Vergo Press/Hachette India; Pages: 306; Price: Rs 499 She…

6 years ago

Mauritius to organise ‘Gita Mahotsav’ in 2019

Kurukshetra (Haryana), Dec 13 (IANS) Mauritius will organise a 'Gita Mahotsav' in February 2019, the country's acting President, Paramasivum Pillay…

6 years ago

Maneka Gandhi opens art exhibition celebrating life

New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) Union Cabinet Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi on Thursday inaugurated an art…

6 years ago

How real is the ‘TruModi’ bromance? (Book Review)

By Arun Kumar Book: Open Embrace: India-US ties in the Age of Modi and Trump; Author: Varghese K. George; Publisher:…

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Art elevates man from animal status: Vijayan

Kochi, Dec 12 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday said that art is necessary for a man to…

6 years ago

Gond art by Jangarh Shyam’s family on view in Delhi

New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) The family of tribal art legend Jangarh Singh Shyam, who is credited with bringing tradition…

6 years ago

Navjot Altaf’s first retrospective charts her 5-decade artistic practice

Mumbai, Dec 12 (IANS) The first retrospective of acclaimed contemporary artist Navjot Altaf, mapping her artistic presence in the Indian…

6 years ago

Call to name new Brahmaputra bridge after Ahom Kingdom founder

Dibrugarh, Dec 12 (IANS) With Prime Minister Narendra Modi set to inaugurate the new rail-cum-road bridge over river Brahmaputra at…

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Demand to name new Brahmaputra bridge after Ahom Kingdom founder

Dibrugarh, Dec 12 (IANS) With Prime Minister Narendra Modi set to inaugurate the new rail-cum-road bridge over river Brahmaputra at…

6 years ago

I end up withholding much more than telling: Writer S. Hussain Zaidi

By Radhika Bhirani New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) Between exploring the complex labyrinth of India's criminal underbelly and narrating it…

6 years ago

How Gandhi came to drink goat milk (Book Review)

By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar Book: Kasturba Gandhi; Publisher: Thornbird; Pages: 424; Price: Rs. 795 The woman who silently and patiently stood…

6 years ago

New book takes readers on a historic adventure through railway legends

New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) A new book by New Delhi-based author-poet Arup K. Chatterjee, "The Great Indian Railways" takes…

6 years ago

US returns 3 church bells seized from Philippines in 1901

Manila, Dec 11 (IANS) The US on Tuesday returned to the Philippines three church bells seized by American troops as…

6 years ago

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni places Sita at the centre of new novel

New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) Author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, whose writing has been included in over 50 anthologies and books…

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Maneka Gandhi receives first copy of children’s sci-fi book

New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) Women and Child Development minister Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday received the first copy of "The…

6 years ago

‘Jallianwala Bagh massacre was preceded by reign of terror by the British’

By Jaideep Sarin Chandigarh, Dec 11 (IANS) As the country gears up to observe the 100th anniversary of the Jallianwala…

6 years ago

‘Fearless Girl’ statue relocated to NY Stock Exchange

New York, Dec 11 (IANS) The popular bronze statue of the "Fearless Girl" that had been facing Wall Street's iconic…

6 years ago

Mushirul Hasan: Man with a mission and a vision

By Firoz Bakht Ahmed Tears welled up my eyes, when I was told by my friend, Mohammed Wajihuddin, an eminent…

6 years ago



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