Category: Culture

Modi may attend global Sufi meet in Delhi

New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to attend the first World Sufi Forum (WSF) -…

9 years ago

Why are people losing interest in pure classical music: Amjad Ali Khan

By Kishori Sud Jodhpur, March 1 (IANS) Sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan, who has enthralled audiences all across the globe…

9 years ago

The chilling reality of a significant scientific achievement

By Vikas Datta Title: Chilled - How Refrigeration Changed the World and Might Do So Again; Author: Tom Jackson; Publisher:…

9 years ago

Unique art show: 22 prominent artists, photographers donate works for special children

New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Twenty-two prominent artists and photographers, among them Anjolie Ela Menon and Raghu Rai, have come…

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Road named after Satyajit Ray in Kolkata

Kolkata, Feb 29 (IANS) South Kolkata's Lee Road will be renamed Satyajit Ray Dharani after the legendary film director, who…

9 years ago

Satyajit Ray’s neighbourhood in Kolkata gets a facelift

Kolkata, Feb 29 (IANS) Fancy strolling through a charming Victorian-era neighbourhood in the city and soaking in some Ray nostalgia…

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Photography exhibition celebrates geology, rocks

Kolkata, Feb 29 (IANS) Celebrating the "madness of earth", a rather off-beat photography contest took viewers off-the-beaten track through jagged…

9 years ago

Malala lauds Pakistan’s Sharmeen on getting Oscar

Islamabad, Feb 29 (IANS) Pakistani activist for female education and youngest ever Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai on Monday congratulated Sharmeen…

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Society is more violent and polarised now: Filmmaker Ketan Mehta

Agra, Feb 29 (IANS) Expressing concern over the student unrest in the country, veteran filmmaker Ketan Mehta said here that…

9 years ago

Google honours Bharatnatyam maestro Rukmini Devi with a doodle

New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Search engine giant Google on Monday paid tribute to legendary Bharatnatyam dancer Rukmini Devi Arundale…

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A journey across the mighty and unpredictable Himalayas

By Priyanka Title: Walking the Himalayas; Author: Levinson Wood; Publisher: Hodder&Stoughton, An Hachette UK company; Pages: 291; Price: Rs.699 Levinson…

9 years ago

‘Shivaji’s swaraj was not for Hindus alone”

By M.R. Narayan Swamy Title: Who was Shivaji? Author: Govind Pansare; Publisher: LeftWord Books; Pages: 110; Price: Rs.150 Who was…

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Reassuring to have Chidamabaram standing guard in opposition

Title: Standing Guard - A Year in Opposition; Author: P. Chidambaram; Publisher: Rupa Publications; Pages: 206; Price: Rs.500 P. Chidambaram…

9 years ago

Reliance Foundation to toast artist Mohamedi in New York

New York, Feb 28 (IANS) An exhibition of the works of the late Mumbai-based artist Nasreen Mohamedi is being launched…

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Beijing museum to display 2,000 years old artefacts

Beijing, Feb 28 (IANS) More than 400 artefacts from a 2,000-year-old tomb in China's Jiangxi province are set to go…

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Aamir’s story exemplifies communalism and Islamophobia faced by Muslim youth: Author Nandita Haksar

By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Like any other youngster, 20-year-old Mohammad Aamir Khan too had a conventional…

9 years ago

Lucknow’s long-forgotten ‘beloved’ poet

By Vikas Datta If we compare poetry to a landscape, it would be one that is constantly but gradually evolving…

9 years ago

Art of robab dying because devotion lacking: Daud Khan Sadozai

By Kishori Sud Jodhpur, Feb 27 (IANS) With his roots in Afghanistan, robab exponent Daud Khan Sadozai says that the…

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‘Avijit Roy taught me to be informed, bold’

Dhaka, Feb 27 (IANS) Trisha Ahmed, the daughter of slain writer-blogger Avijit Roy, remembers him as a fun dad who…

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I like designers who work with heritage: Maneka Gandhi

New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) It's not just her role as union Minister for Women and Child Development that keeps…

9 years ago



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