New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) Portraying the fine blend of Indian miniatures and Chinese calligraphic art, an upcoming solo exhibition attempts to capture the essence of nature in its totality. Titled “Kaleido-scapes: Nature in Vibrant…
Jaipur, March 20 (IANS) The “forgotten recipes” of Persia are about to be revived at a 13-day food festival that promises an authentic culinary fare through the subtle flavours that originated in Iran centuries ago….
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Food lovers in the national capital seem to have developed a huge appetite for food when they thronged in large numbers at the ongoing food festival – the Grub fest….
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) It was a fun-filled Sunday for ‘tiny bookworms’ in the national capital who were enthralled during a story-telling session where the French children’s classics were read out. The Go?t de…
Kolkata, March 19 (IANS) Exploring struggles and innovations for environmental sustainability in India and China, a new book nudges stakeholders to “rethink” pressing ecological concerns arising in these nations in the context of current rapid…
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Google dedicated a doodle on Sunday to mark the 173rd birth anniversary of Finnish writer and social activist Minnah Canth. Born in 1844 in Finland, Canth began writing while living…
By Vikas Datta Literary legacies can be strange and unpredictable. Most popular and best-selling in his time, this 19th century British writer coined phrases like “the pen is mightier than the sword” and “the almighty…
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) Ordering packaged food from e-commerce sites has increased many folds in the recent years but the absence of manufacturing and expiry dates on such products often leads to the product…
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) A festival celebrating Hindi literature is all set to give youthful groups of onlookers an essence of the many pleasures contained inside the artistic culture of the language. The festival…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) The passing away of Nobel prize winning poet Derek Walcott, the best known writer from the Caribbean internationally, is a great loss to literature and more so…
Castries, March 18 (IANS) Twitter on Saturday was flooded with posts paying tribute to Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott, who died on the island of Saint Lucia at 87. The Saint Lucia government and the Nobel…
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Book two of the Ram Chandra Series will be “a sequel but not exactly a sequel of Scion of Ikshvaku”, author Amish Tripathi says about his upcoming book. During an…
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Vedas are one of the oldest literary works in the world where the Indian religion bases its teachings and principles. There cannot be anything more stunning than witnessing these tales…
London, March 17 (IANS) Showcasing the promise and the potential of the Indian publishing sector, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) partnered with the just-concluded London Book Fair. The London Book Fair…
Mangaluru, March 17 (IANS) The National president of the Federation of Indian Rationalists Association (FIRA) has alleged that an attempt was made to kill him. In a police complaint here, Prof Narendra Nayak has stated…
New York, March 17 (IANS) Celebrated master portraitist Raja Ravi Varma and S. H. Raza were in high demand at Sotheby’s bi-annual sales of “Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art” and “Indian and Himalayan and…
Mumbai, March 17 (IANS) The National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA) is all set to showcase the traditional art and culture of Assam as it returns with the ninth edition of its Living Traditions folk…
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) will hold a function here on March 20 to hand out Distinguished Alumni Awards 2016 to five awardees. Union Minister of State for…
Hong Kong, March 17 (IANS) A painting by pop art founder Andy Warhol of Chairman Mao is to be auctioned in Hong Kong, a media report said on Friday. The portraits immortalised the founder of…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Punjabs newly-appointed Chief Minister, Amarinder Singh told Congress Vice-president Rahul Gandhi in 2015 that he was ready to quit and float his own outfit, if he was…