By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, July 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) Very few developing countries are as well placed as India to take advantage of the phenomenal changes that have occurred in production technologies, international trade, capital movement…
By Vimal Singh If there had been any doubts, none survived 2019. The stunning victory of the BJP led by Narendra Modi in 2014 was not a flash in the pan, and the renewed mandate…
By Sukant Deepak New Delhi, July 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) It was a chance meeting with the Dalai Lama and his suggestion that as a photographer she does something to bring awareness to the Tibetan cause. However,…
Bengaluru, July 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) The book ‘Sing, Dance and Pray: The Inspirational Story of Srila Prabhupada’ (Penguin Random House India) on Founder-Acharya of ISKCON, written by Dr. Hindol Sengupta was launched at ISKCON Bangalore in…
Panaji, July 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Goa government on Wednesday gave in principle approval to the popular Sunburn Electronic Dance Music festival, on the condition that it also gives a platform for Goan musical bands, DJs,…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, July 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Roopa Nabar remembers waking up to the smell of breakfast infused with the aroma of a wood fire at her “colossal” ancestral house in Prabhanvalli, near Ratnagiri…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, July 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) The soul of Peter Brook’s work as a director, actor and writer was in his productions noted for what he called “colour-rich”, as opposed to “colour-blind”, casting….
By Neelam Mansingh “I can take any empty space and call it a bare stage. A man walks across the empty space whilst someone else is watching him, and this is all that is needed…
By Vikas Datta Given how monotonous and mundane the daily existence of most of us can be, action in its various cultural manifestations is a pleasure, giving us the vicarious experience of lives lived fast…
London, July 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Peter Brook, the British-born director who won Tonys and Emmys, and was conferred the Padma Shri last year, and is best known for his theatre work ranging from Broadway’s “Marat/Sade” and…
Chennai, July 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Tamil Nadu Police’s Idol Wing has traced the 300-year-old, world’s first printed Bible translation in Tamil, stolen from the state’s Thanjavur, to the King George III museum in London, officials…
New Delhi, July 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Hidden in a clay pot; sealed with wax; buried at the heart of a ruined palace amidst the ashes of an empire – a story waits to be told. When…
By Radheshyam Jadhav (“Trail of the Tiger” tracks the personal and political journey of Uddhav Thackeray against the backdrop of the changing narrative of Hindutva, and new connotations to Hindutvas sub-national plot, with the rise…
New Delhi, June 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Heres a guide to mastering ones thoughts for self-discovery and for fulfilling the purpose of life, a true ‘marg darshan for this generation and the others to come Incredible as…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, June 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Religion might well be the opiate of the masses in India, but maybe the plethora of desserts offered in the name of religion have a role to…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, June 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) A “serious and growing asymmetrical relationship” with China, which has indulged in four instances of “salami slicing” along the un-demarcated border since 2012, and an increasingly bellicose…
New Delhi, June 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Savitribai Phule, Mahasweta Devi, Amrita Pritam, Medha Patkar, Kamla Bhasin, and countless others have, since the 19th century, fought for and won equal rights for the Indian women in a…
Mumbai, June 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) On World Music Day, a beautiful amalgamation of art and music can be seen in the 50-feet graffiti of Badshah and J Balvin’s Voodoo’ in the Mumbai neighbourhood of Lal Baug….
Agra, June 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Agra Municipal Corporation wants to celebrate the birthday of this great historical city with half-a-dozen spectacular monuments that draw millions of tourists round the year. Three Mughal structures are world…
Bhubaneswar, June 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) On the eve of International Yoga Day, renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has created a seven-foot sand sculpture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi doing yoga at a beach in Puri. Using…