Category: Art

Symposium on Amir Khusro’s contributions to India’s composite culture

New Delhi, May 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Delhi-based Khusro Foundation, in collaboration with the Centre of Persian and Central Asian Studies,…

2 years ago

The Unani hakim who ministered to the soul as a ‘wounded’ poet

By Vikas Datta Had he not been associated with Hindi films, lines like "Main akela hi chala tha jaanib-e-manzil magar/Log…

3 years ago

Remove harmonium from Golden Temple, says Akal Takht

Chandigarh, May 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh has asked the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to remove…

3 years ago

Nagaland govt to document tribals’ traditional attires, ornaments

Kohima, May 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Nagaland government is taking steps to document tribals' traditional attires, motifs, designs, and ornaments to…

3 years ago

Gaffar Chowdhury, lyricist of B’desh’s revolutionary language movement song, dies

By Sumi Khan Dhaka, May 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) A strong voice of pro-liberation, pro-Bangabandhu and liberal values, Bangladeshi language movement activist,…

3 years ago

Under construction Agra museum to showcase Braj culture in all its grandeur

By Brij Khandelwal Agra, May 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Despite change of name from Mughal Museum to Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Museum…

3 years ago

Mumbai’s Kanheri Caves to come alive with 3D virtual tours

Mumbai, May 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Mumbai's ancient centre of learning, the Kanheri Caves - located on hills deep inside the Sanjay…

3 years ago

Of thwarted desire, misogyny and erasure

New Delhi, May 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) It is the 1970s in rural South Korea and San is alone. She finally finds…

3 years ago

My relationship with Gujarat is over 27 years old: Daler Mehndi

By Asmita Dave Ahmedabad, May 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Evolving day and day, the Gujarati film industry is now showcasing a variety…

3 years ago

Mumbai varsity confers Doctorate on table maestro Zakir Hussain

Mumbai, May 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari said that by honouring legendary table maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain with…

3 years ago

Kasturba Gandhi’s sole diary brings her voice to the foreground of history

New Delhi, May 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) A century-and-a-half after her birth, "The Lost Diary of Kastur, My Ba" (HarperCollins) by her…

3 years ago

Google’s addition of Konkani in translation applauded

Panaji, May 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) The lovers of Konkani language have hailed the efforts of Google to add this language to…

3 years ago

Santoor maestro Pt. Shivkumar Sharma cremated with full state honours

Mumbai, May 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) Santoor maestro Pandit Shivkumar Sharma was cremated with full state honours, comprising Mumbai Police gun salute,…

3 years ago

State funeral for Pt Shivkumar Sharma on Wednesday

Mumbai, May 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Santoor maestro Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, who passed away at the age of 84 following a cardiac…

3 years ago

Shivji’s mantra: If you’re honest, your music will reflect it

By Ina Puri (The following is an interview that Pandit Shivkumar Sharma gave to Ina Puri, editor of the book…

3 years ago

Shivji changed the history of the santoor forever, giving it a new identity

By Vijay Kichlu In the fifty years that I have known Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, who is lovingly addressed as Shivji,…

3 years ago

ASI digs up millennia-old planned Harappan city in Haryana’s Rakhigarhi

By Mohammad Suaib Khan New Delhi, May 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Haryana's Rakhigarhi is famous across the world for the Harrapan civilisation.…

3 years ago

Writers shouldn’t become ‘cheerleaders’ of dispensation

Panaji, May 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) It is very sad to note that many writers of substance are acting as 'cheerleaders' of…

3 years ago

Bengal’s noted elocutionist Partha Ghosh dies

Kolkata, May 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Partha Ghosh, the noted elocutionist and recitation artist from West Bengal, died on Saturday at a…

3 years ago

TN govt to promote folk, classical arts at parks, beaches

Chennai, May 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Tamil Nadu Official language, Tamil culture, and Archeology ministry have decided to conduct Tamil folk…

3 years ago



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