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…
Mumbai: Ustad Amjad Ali Khan attend Banega Swachh India Cleanathon, in Mumbai on Jan 17, 2016. (Photo: IANS) By Kishori Sud Jodhpur, March 1 (IANS) Sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan, who has enthralled audiences all…
By Vikas Datta Title: Chilled – How Refrigeration Changed the World and Might Do So Again; Author: Tom Jackson; Publisher: Bloomsbury; Pages: 272; Price: Rs. 499 What one measure can bring down the modern civilisation?…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Twenty-two prominent artists and photographers, among them Anjolie Ela Menon and Raghu Rai, have come together for Art Reflect 2016, an annual charity show fundraiser for Udaan, a non-profit foundation…
Kolkata, Feb 29 (IANS) South Kolkata’s Lee Road will be renamed Satyajit Ray Dharani after the legendary film director, who lived in the vicinity, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced here on Monday. Ray…
Kolkata, Feb 29 (IANS) Fancy strolling through a charming Victorian-era neighbourhood in the city and soaking in some Ray nostalgia surrounded by posters of “Pather Panchali”, “Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne” and other iconic films by…
Kolkata, Feb 29 (IANS) Celebrating the “madness of earth”, a rather off-beat photography contest took viewers off-the-beaten track through jagged rock formations, fractures, fissures and all kinds of structures that accord geological features a distinctive…
Islamabad, Feb 29 (IANS) Pakistani activist for female education and youngest ever Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai on Monday congratulated Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy for winning second Oscar. Speaking by phone, Malala said the entire nation was…
Agra, Feb 29 (IANS) Expressing concern over the student unrest in the country, veteran filmmaker Ketan Mehta said here that society is turning more violent and polarised now. Mehta, known for unconventional films like “Mirch…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Search engine giant Google on Monday paid tribute to legendary Bharatnatyam dancer Rukmini Devi Arundale on her 112th birthday. The doodle portrays Rukmini Devi in the traditional dance attire, with…
By Priyanka Title: Walking the Himalayas; Author: Levinson Wood; Publisher: Hodder&Stoughton, An Hachette UK company; Pages: 291; Price: Rs.699 Levinson Wood clambers up steep mountains and treks through narrow passes, taking us on a journey…
By M.R. Narayan Swamy Title: Who was Shivaji? Author: Govind Pansare; Publisher: LeftWord Books; Pages: 110; Price: Rs.150 Who was Shivaji? A medieval ruler (1627-80) who embraced what is known today as Hindutva politics and…
Title: Standing Guard – A Year in Opposition; Author: P. Chidambaram; Publisher: Rupa Publications; Pages: 206; Price: Rs.500 P. Chidambaram is perhaps unique in Indian politics in having held both the home and finance portfolios…
New York, Feb 28 (IANS) An exhibition of the works of the late Mumbai-based artist Nasreen Mohamedi is being launched at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, or simply The Met, here on Tuesday, supported by…
Beijing, Feb 28 (IANS) More than 400 artefacts from a 2,000-year-old tomb in China’s Jiangxi province are set to go on display at Beijing’s Capital Museum. The exhibits on show from March 2 to June…
By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Like any other youngster, 20-year-old Mohammad Aamir Khan too had a conventional dream of the future. He was however picked up by the Delhi Police one night…
By Vikas Datta If we compare poetry to a landscape, it would be one that is constantly but gradually evolving with its contours keeping on changing. Features that may have once loomed large may later…
By Kishori Sud Jodhpur, Feb 27 (IANS) With his roots in Afghanistan, robab exponent Daud Khan Sadozai says that the art of Sufi devotional music with such musical instruments is diminishing in the world as…
Dhaka, Feb 27 (IANS) Trisha Ahmed, the daughter of slain writer-blogger Avijit Roy, remembers him as a fun dad who taught her to be informed, bold, and unafraid. Ahmed said her father has gained worldwide…