Chennai, Jan 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) The next phase of archaeological excavations in seven sites of Tamil Nadu will commence from February and help establish that the history of Indian subcontinent began from the landscape of Tamil…
New Delhi, Jan 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) With over 1,500 photos of 241 species, biologists from the Nature Conservation Foundation (NCF) and the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) have published the first ever pictorial field guide to…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Jan 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) For over a decade now, after “fulfilling (his) career responsibilities” – his company is one of the worlds largest producers of PET films with manufacturing plants in…
Los Angeles, Jan 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) LA Art Show, the most comprehensive international contemporary art show in US West Coast, has returned to the Los Angeles Convention Center as an in-person event despite the ongoing Covid-19…
Kolkata, Jan 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) The three-day 13th Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival (AKLF2022), which will held in a virtual mode on January 21-23, will celebrate the written word with a splendid line-up of authors, journalists, influencers,…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Jan 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) This is not an account of Indians accusing British colonials of perfidies but of the rulers themselves laying bare the truth in their own words. “The history…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) It’s a provision that has made possible the right to privacy – as well as the decriminalization of homosexuality. Rohan Alva’s ‘Liberty After Freedom’ explores the origins and evolution of…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday expressed grief and offered their condolences over the demise of noted Bengali cartoonist Narayan Debnath. Debnath (96), the creator…
Kolkata, Jan 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Famous Bengali cartoonist Narayan Debnath passed away at a South Kolkata nursing home on Tuesday morning. He was admitted to hospital several times last year and was suffering from age related…
London, Jan 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) ‘Harry Potter’ star Rupert Grint has spoken about the relationship he shares with author JK Rowling, who wrote the stories that helped propel him to fame. Chatting with The Sunday Times,…
Mumbai, Jan 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a video tribute to Pandit Birju Maharaj shared on Monday, the ‘Mohan Veena’ exponent, Grammy Award winner and Padma Bhushan awardee, Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, remembered how he bonded with…
Chennai, Jan 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pandit Birju Maharaj transcended generations and geographies to touch a chord with different artistes in different ways. One of them is the singer and composer Papon, which is how the world…
By Saswati Sen At the age of 19 or 20, Birju Maharajji was invited by Shrimati Nirmala Joshi to work at the Bharatiya Kala Kendra, where Shambhu Maharajji had already joined. Maharajji’s main task was…
By Sukant Deepak New Delhi, Jan 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) For dancer Sonal Mansingh, it is still tough to believe that Pandit Birju Maharaj is no more. “It will take time to absorb the fact that he…
By Ila Sankrityayan New Delhi, Jan 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Kathak exponent and retired bureaucrat Shovana Narayan met Pandit Birju Maharaj, her guru, just a week ago and she’ll carry that memory with her forever. “We sat…
By Saswati Sen With the untimely death of Achhan Maharaj, over were the days of childhood fun and frolic, kites, cinemas and so on. The only priority for Maharajji now was to look for work,…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pandit Birju Maharaj had choreographed two famous tracks of contemporary cinema — ‘Kahe Chhed Mohe’, filmed on Madhuri Dixit in the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer ‘Devdas’ (2002), and ‘Mohe Rang Do…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Anupam Kher was a student at the National School of Drama (NSD) in New Delhi when Pandit Birju Maharaj was the director of the Sangeet Natak Akademi’s Kathak Kendra, literally…
Chennai, Jan 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Kamal Haasan on Monday paid a heart-warming tribute to one of India’s greatest dance legends, Pandit Birju Maharaj, who passed away late on Sunday at the age of 83. Taking to…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a lengthy tribute to Pandit Birju Maharaj on Twitter, dance guru and Rajya Sabha MP Sonal Mansingh mourned the passing away of a colossus whom she described as “a…