Category: Art

How Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw broke the glass ceiling with Biocon

By Aparajita Gupta Title: Myth Breaker: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw & the Story of Indian Biotech; Author: Seema Singh; Publisher: Collins Business;…

9 years ago

Abanindranath’s ‘Bharat Mata’ to be exhibited in Kolkata

Kolkata, May 10 (IANS) The Victoria Memorial Hall (VMH) here will hold a single-object exhibition of celebrated Indian painter Abanindranath…

9 years ago

Documentary shows Konyaks of Nagaland rediscovering roots

Kolkata, May 10 (IANS) Tracing their origins to the region around the Tigris and Euphrates river basin in western Asia,…

9 years ago

Hearing whispers across the cosmos: LIGO’s inside story

By Vikas Datta Title: Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space; Author: Janna Levin; Publisher: Bodley Head/Penguin Random…

9 years ago

How Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw broke the glass ceiling witn Biocon

By Aparajita Gupta Title: Myth Breaker: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw & the Story of Indian Biotech; Author: Seema Singh; Publisher: Collins Business;…

9 years ago

More Italian troops to safeguard Florence

Florence (Italy), May 9 (IANS/AKI) A total of 55 more soldiers have arrived in the central city of Florence to…

9 years ago

Stadium commemorating Maharana Pratap to be set up

New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The Centre will collaborate with the Rajasthan government to build a multi-purpose indoor stadium at…

9 years ago

MEA exploring ways to resolve Kohinoor issue: Government

New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The external affairs ministry is exploring ways to ensure a satisfactory resolution to the vexed…

9 years ago

Selfie lover destroys 126-year-old statue in Portugal

London, May 9 (IANS) A 24-year-old young man trying to take a self-portrait with the statue of a 16th century…

9 years ago

Do spies still have a future?

By Vikas Datta Title: The New Spymasters; Author: Stephen Grey; Publisher: Penguin; Pages: 365; Price: Rs.499 In today's world, when…

9 years ago

Students from around the globe spread the idea of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’

New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) More than 400 students from 17 nations assembled here on Saturday for the 14th International…

9 years ago

Tagore and his women

By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Bimala lives under the shadow of her rich elite husband Nikhil. Despite…

9 years ago

Tagore and his women

By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Bimala is a simple wife living under the shadow of his rich…

9 years ago

Bengal celebrates Tagore’s birth anniversary

Kolkata, May 8 (IANS) With his ever-popular songs, poems and other compositions reverberating through the air across the state, West…

9 years ago

MPs pay tribute to Rabindranath Tagore

New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) MPs on Sunday paid homage to Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore on his 155th birth anniversary,…

9 years ago

Colourful lights revive Syria’s ancient city Palmyra

Damascus, May 8 (IANS) Colourful lights have started returning to the Roman amphitheatre in Syria's Palmyra so that audience can…

9 years ago

No Freudian slip this! The psychoanalyst’s literary forays

By Vikas Datta It is debatable but any list of influential thinkers must include these five men whose contributions to…

9 years ago

There is revival of interest in Tagore in Germany: Researcher Martin Kampchen

By Sirshendu Panth Kolkata, May 7 (IANS) There is a slow revival of interest in Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore and…

9 years ago

Kolkata trams transformed into art, culture hubs

Kolkata, May 7 (IANS) To celebrate the legacy and romance of iconic trams, these unassuming electricity-driven transport vehicles were on…

9 years ago

Leaders pay tribute to Tagore via Twitter

New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Social networking site Twitter on Saturday saw several political leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi,…

9 years ago



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