By Vikas Datta Title: The Silk Roads – A New History of the World; Author: Peter Frankopan; Publisher: Bloomsbury; Pages: 636; Price: Rs.799 Writing a comprehensive history of the world was a lot easier in…
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) Leading former diplomats and experts on Monday called on governments of both India and Pakistan to show more maturity in handling bilateral relations. “We are 69-year-old countries. We are grownups…
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) Art affectionados in the city are in for a treat as the first edition of ‘Expressions’, a contemporary dance festival, featuring Indian and international choreographers begins on Tuesday. The three-day…
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea seeking cancellation of the visa to controversial Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen and her prosecution for her utterances on Lord Christ and Mother…
Agra, March 28 (IANS) A pinnacle of one of the four minarets of the Taj Mahal fell off on Monday afternoon during repair work, witnesses said. But officials said it was taken out because of…
Title: “Travails of Bangdu”, Author: K.K. Sinha; Translator: Sudip Talukdar; Publisher: Matrix; Pages: 159; Price: Rs.150 “Travails of Bangdu” pulls no punches in unmasking the crooked politics behind bonded labour, which condemns a segment of…
New York, March 28 (IANS) Researchers have identified a single, universal facial expression that is interpreted across cultures — whether one speaks Mandarin Chinese or English — as the embodiment of negative emotion. This facial…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 28 (IANS) Gone are the days when Malayalam films used to walk away with top honours at the National Film Awards whose 63rd edition was announced on Monday. The Malayalam filmdom just about…
Phnom Penh, March 28 (IANS) An American art museum on Monday returned to Cambodia a 10th century Khmer statue of Hindu god Rama reportedly looted from an archaeological site during the 1970s. The sandstone statue…
Dubai, March 28 (IANS/WAM) The official logo of Dubai Expo 2020 was unveiled by vice president and prime minister of the UAE, Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. The new logo is…
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday conferred Padma awards on 56 eminent personalities, including Dhirubhai Ambani (posthumously), actor Anupam Kher and former Comptroller and Auditor General of India Vinod Rai, at…
By Kishori Sud Title: “Don’t Diet!”; Author: Kavita Devgan; Publisher: Jaico Books; Pages: 242; Price: Rs.350 Often, individuals on the heavy side of the weighing scale follow every theory to the ‘T’, try every tactic…
Damascus, March 27 (IANS) The Syrian army fully recaptured the ancient city of Palmyra in central Syria on Sunday, following days of intense battles against the Islamic State (IS) group. The Syrian army and its…
Damascus, March 27 (IANS) More than 400 Islamic State (IS) militants were killed in recent battles in Syria’s ancient city of Palmyra, a monitor group reported on Sunday, as the Syrian army fully captured the…
Damascus, March 27 (IANS) The Syrian army fully recaptured the ancient city of Palmyra in central Syria on Sunday, following days of intense battles against the Islamic State (IS) group. The Syrian army and its…
Helsinki, March 27 (IANS) A large Lutheran church in Ylivieska, northern Finland, was destroyed in a fire lit apparently on purpose. Police detained a local man born in the 1980s, who has initially confessed, Xinhua…
By Aparajita Gupta Title: You Are The Key; Author: Apurva Chamaria and Gaurav Kakkar; Publisher: Bloomsbury; Pages: 256; Price: Rs.399 Aiming to cope with the changing world, sales methodology has evolved across the world. This…
By M.R. Narayan Swamy Title: Hindutva: Exploring the Idea of Hindu Nationalism; Author: Jyotirmaya Sharma; Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers India; Pages: 240; Price: Rs.299 What was the common thread that united Hindu nationalists Dayananda Saraswati, Sri…
By Vikas Datta One problem a layman has with appreciating Urdu poetry is that their vocabulary may not encompass its ornate richness drawn from a variety of languages. Many gems are thus fated to remain…
Lucknow, March 26 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh Urdu Academy announced its awards for the year 2015 on Saturday, with its highest award for contribution to Urdu – the lifetime achievement award – being given to…