Category: Art

Rabindranath Tagore’s ‘Mayar Khela’ to be staged as opera

Mumbai, Nov 16 (IANS) Rabindranath Tagore's play "Mayar Khela" is scheduled to be showcased here in the form of an…

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Indian EDM artistes feel need for better infrastructure

By Kishori Sud New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) The Indian music industry needs better infrastructure for aspiring artistes, say Prayag…

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Camera-toting drones banned from Cambodia’s Angkor complex

Phnom Penh, Nov 16 (IANS) Cambodia has issued a directive to ban remote-controlled miniature aircraft from flying over the famed…

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Dark and provocative, Taslima Nasrin’s latest memoir a tribute to Kolkata

By Saket Suman Title: Exile - A Memoir; Author: Taslima Nasrin (Translated from Bengali by Maharghya Chakraborty); Publisher: Penguin Random…

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Quo Vadis, Russia? Attempting some answers

By Vikas Datta Title: Russia - What Everyone Needs to Know; Author: Timothy J. Colton; Publisher: Oxford University Press; Pages:…

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Prosecutors probe damaged Bernini elephant statue in Rome

Rome, Nov 16 (IANS/AKI) Prosecutors on Tuesday opened an investigation into damage caused to one of Rome's most famous statues…

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Tata Steel organises four-day long tribal festival

Jamshedpur, Nov 16 (IANS) Tata Steel inaugurated the third edition of its pan-India tribal conclave on Birsa Munda's birth anniversary…

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95% exam attendance in Kashmir is befitting answer to militants: Javadekar

New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) Students from Jammu and Kashmir have given a "befitting answer" to terrorists with 95 per…

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‘Tolerance a cultural, religious value in UAE’

Abu Dhabi, Nov 15 (IANS/WAM) Tolerance is a highly respected religious and cultural value in the UAE, and the people…

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It’s good to make films from novels, says Twinkle Khanna

Mumbai, Nov 15 (IANS) Twinkle Khanna, actress-turned-interior designer and author, feels the idea of adapting novels into a film is…

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Straddling romance and revolution: Faiz’s tumultuous life

By Vikas Datta Title: Love and Revolution: Faiz Ahmed Faiz - The Authorised Biography; Author: Ali Madeeh Hashmi; Publisher: Rupa…

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Visit temple wearing traditional attire: Sonal Mansingh

Bhopal, Nov 14 (IANS) Renowned classical danseuse Sonal Mansingh on Monday pitched for traditional Indian attire to visit temples. "One…

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President confers National Child Awards on Children’s Day

New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) Teenage paralympic swimmer Kumari Revathi Nayka and chess player Dev Shah were among the recipients…

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Iconic Buddha statue in Pakistan restored years after Taliban defaced it

Islamabad, Nov 14 (IANS) An iconic 7th-century Buddha statue in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, which was defaced by the Taliban nine…

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Dancing with Yasser Arafat and other escapades of a writer

By Vikas Datta Title: The Pigeon Tunnel - Stories from My Life; Author: John Le Carre; Publisher: Penguin Random House;…

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Jeffrey Archer coming to India to promote ‘Clifton Chronicles’

Mumbai, Nov 13 (IANS) Master story-teller and British politician Jeffrey H. Archer will come to India on a four-city tour…

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Humour must have a nugget of truth to be funny: Twinkle Khanna

By Arundhuti Banerjee Mumbai, Nov 13 (IANS) Her debut book "Mrs Funnybones: She's Just Like You and a Lot Like…

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Amjad Ali Khan, sons emphasise on children’s education

New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) Sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan and his sons Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash…

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The Soviet spy who foxed the Nazis – and inspired a hundred jokes

By Vikas Datta Spy fiction we have been used to for years had Soviet/Russian agents as the bad, ruthless guys.…

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Use natural products to rejuvenate skin

New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) The best way to get supple soft skin is to use natural products in skin…

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