Parikrama hopes to spread love at music fest in Gurgaon
Gurgaon, March 8 (IANS) Indian rock band Parikrama are set to enthrall the audience at a fest here that aims to spread the message of world peace via music. The band’s members are looking to…
Gurgaon, March 8 (IANS) Indian rock band Parikrama are set to enthrall the audience at a fest here that aims to spread the message of world peace via music. The band’s members are looking to…
By Kishori Sud Jodhpur, March 8 (IANS) The nuances of tap dance bear resemblance to Indian dance form kathak, except for the fact that it is more “open” as no religious figure is worshipped while…
By Vikas Datta Title: Pakistan – Between Mosque and Military; Author: Husain Haqqani; Publisher: Penguin; Pages: ; Price: Rs.599 ‘Conventional’ wisdom has it Pakistan, though planned and achieved as an Islamic nation-state, began its worrying…
Gurgaon, March 7 (IANS) In an effort to spread the message of world peace through music, a one-day music fest will bring together seven bands from India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Pakistan. Seagrams…
The ruins of a recently discovered wine cellar in a Canaanite palace that dates back to approximately 1700 B.C., near the modern town of Nahariya in northern Israel. Researchers found 40 ceramic jars, each big…
By Vikas Datta Title: Lunch With the FT – 52 Classic Interviews; Author: Lionel Barber (editor); Publisher: Penguin; Pages: 352; Price: Rs.599 There could be no better way to understand someone, especially the people who…
By Preetha Nair Khajuraho, March 6 (IANS) For Mohiniyattam exponent Methil Devika, performing at Khajuraho “which has so much divine energy” was like a dream come true and she was overwhelmed by the experience. Devika,…
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal here on Saturday accepted an invitation to attend the Karachi Literature Festival 2017. During an event ‘The…
Hong Kong, March 5 (IANS) One of the five missing booksellers from Hong Kong who went missing in October 2015, has returned to the city state, the media reported on Saturday. Hong Kong police confirmed…
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Edinburgh-based Irish singer Michelle Burke, who is in the capital for a slew of concerts, says she is looking forward to involve the local audience to ensure that they have…
Beijing, March 4 (IANS) Chinese book “Order: Fangyuan Story” has won the title of the world’s most beautiful book at an annual event held in Germany recently, the media reported on Friday. The “world’s most…
By Vikas Datta Title: The World in Conflict; Author: John Andrews; Publisher: The Economist Books/Hachette; Pages: 320; Price: Rs. 499 The human race’s optimism would have been comic, had it not been frequently belied by…
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New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Actor Emraan Hashmi, who has penned his struggle around his son Ayan’s cancer treatment in a book titled The Kiss of Life: How A Superhero and My Son Defeated Cancer,…
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) The government on Wednesday said it was taking steps to prevent the tilting of Qutub Minar by “water tightening” the base of the historical monumemt here. According to the Survey…
Agartala, March 2 (IANS) The National Book Trust (NBT) has taken an ambitious plan to boost tribal literature in northeast India, trust chairman Baldeo Bhai Sharma said here on Wednesday. “As a first step of…
New York, March 1 (IANS) An exhibition of the works of the late Mumbai-based artist Nasreen Mohamedi was launched at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, or simply The Met, here on Tuesday, supported by Nita…
Mumbai, March 1 (IANS) The mecca of music and entertainment, Rhythm House, passed away into history on Tuesday, exactly 68 years after it first opened in 1948. Late Monday night, it downed its shutters for…
Beijing, March 1 (IANS) A villager in China’s Shaanxi province unearthed 459 kg of ancient coins while building a house, said sources on Tuesday. The villager, surnamed Zhang from Xingping city, was levelling the land…
Belagavi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a farmers` rally in Belagavi on Feb 27, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to attend the first World Sufi Forum…