Category: Art

Folktales are most versatile form of fiction: Anukriti Upadhyay

By Sukant Deepak New Delhi, Aug 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Stressing that folktales are history and imagination, reality and magic, allegory and…

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Connecting fans to their favourite celebs: myFanPark launches in India

By Puja Gupta New Delhi, Aug 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Just when you thought celebrations were getting a tad bit predictable, international…

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The last aalap

By Sukant Deepak New Delhi, Aug 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) It was a long journey for the six-year-old who, on his way…

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‘Sholay’ turns 45: Big B, Ramesh Sippy, Hema Malini on why the film remains special

Mumbai, Aug 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) The blockbuster Sholay turned 45 on August 15. Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini and director Ramesh Sippy…

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‘Together’ building a connected world to overcome loneliness

By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Aug 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) At a time of social distancing forced by the coronavirus pandemic, it…

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Hyderabad’s famous MJ Market re-opens after facelift

Hyderabad, Aug 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Moazzam Jahi Market, one of the major landmarks in this historic city, has received a…

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‘Adarsh scam classic example of how powerful elite gain from twisting laws’

New Delhi, Aug 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Adarsh housing scam in which a 31-storey apartment block in the tony Colaba area…

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‘Growing body of children’s literature beyond usual adventure genre’

By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Aug 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) In India it was long assumed that literature for children must have…

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Film lyricist Chunakkara Ramankutty passes away

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Popular Malayalam poet and film and drama lyricist Chunnakara Ramankutty passed away at a private hospital…

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Vocalist Ila Paliwal launches symphonies dedicated to Earth

By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, Aug 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Co-produced by Grammy winner Ricky Kej and featuring three-time Grammy-winning Soweto Gospel…

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Surat COVID-19 centre gets first Kalam library

By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, Aug 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) One of the unfulfilled wishes of India's 11th President late Dr APJ…

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Inspired reading in the lead-up to Independence Day

by Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Aug 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Quite obviously, Independence Day - August 15 - means different things to…

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‘China’s BRI ultimate instrument of economic blackmail’

By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Aug 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) For the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), determined to shape the world in…

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Raj’s Covid-hit Manganiyar, Langa artistes on verge of starvation

By Archana Sharma Jaipur, Aug 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Manganiyar and Langa magic that have brought alive the rhythms of Rajasthan…

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Press enter for ‘Dastan-e-Haroun’

By Sukant Deepak New Delhi, Aug 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Even as the film 'Peepli Live', India's official entry for the 83rd…

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Kerala postpones the Nehru Boat Race – for third year running

Alappuzha (Kerala), Aug 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Kerala's signature event - the annual Nehru boat race, scheduled for the second Saturday in…

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Ram idol gifted to PM Modi sculpted by Bengaluru artisan

Bengaluru, Aug 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) A city-based sculptor has chiselled the wooden idol of Lord Ram which was presented to Prime…

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Writer, activist Sadia Dehlvi dead

New Delhi, Aug 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Writer, columnist, filmmaker and activist Sadia Dehlvi, a prominent critic of radical interpretations of Islam…

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Can love ultimately prevail?

New Delhi, Aug 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) What happens when two disparate people grow up together but stay apart, only to eventually…

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He was, therefore we are: Theatre stars on Ebrahim Alkazi

By Sukant Deepak New Delhi, Aug 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) "He is definitely responsible for what I am today. It was Ebrahim…

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