Bengaluru, Jan 9 (IANS) Indian-origin Portugal Prime Minister Antonio Luis Santos da Costa and Indian-born US diplomat Nisha Desai Biswal are among the 30 awardees of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD), it was announced on…
Shimla, Jan 9 (IANS) People are singing praises for the songs of this girl from a nondescript village in Himachal Pradesh. Confined to the boundaries of her home and school earlier, the voice of the…
Pune, Jan 9 (IANS) The organisers of electronic dance music (EDM) festival Vh1 Supersonic 2017 will be adding a hip hop twist to the fest with the addition of Grammy Award winning hip hop artiste…
By Vikas Datta Title: The Curse of Mohenjodaro; Author: Maha Khan Phillips; Publisher: Pan Macmillan India; Pages: 448; Price: Rs 399 Certain patterns of behaviour crop up regularly in the course of human history. Attempts…
Mumbai, Jan 8 (IANS) In an attempt to decipher the concepts behind identification of real and fake in art, the Piramal Museum of Art here has opened an educative showcase titled ‘Likeness without reference -…
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) From Jeff Kinneys Wimpy Kid series to Amar Chitra Katha, the second day of the ongoing World Book Fair saw huge demand for childrens’ books from tiny book-worms who thronged…
London, Jan 8 (IANS) Singer Kelly Osbourne has revealed in her upcoming book “There Is No F***ing Secret” that her star father Ozzy overdosed when he learned his wife Sharon suffered a seizure during her…
Washington, Jan 8 (IANS) Author Monica Crowley, the US President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for a top national security communications role, has been accused of plagiarizing large sections of her 2012 book. According to CNN, the…
By Vikas Datta Among the shortcomings of our education system is that literature, especially poetry, is mostly presented to impressionable minds as an exam subject, that too in a dry, formulaic rote with any attempt…
Havana, Jan 8 (IANS) About 70,000 people have visited Cuban leader Fidel Castro’s tomb in the city of Santiago de Cuba over the past month since his interment. The large gray stone at the Santa…
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) The sudden change in weather may have been a setback for those with elaborate plans over the weekend but it did not deter visitors from thronging in large numbers to…
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) The Sanskrit phrase ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ in Hindu texts, translates as ‘the world is one family’. This beautiful concept of peace is the essence of an ongoing exhibition here. “Realms of…
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) Focussed on writings on and by women, the nine day-long New Delhi World Book Fair kicked off here at the Pragati Maidan today amid an impressive ambience, decked with hoardings…
Kolkata, Jan 6 (IANS) The eighth edition of Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival (AKLF) will pay tributes to Nobel laureate Bob Dylan and late author-activist Mahasweta Devi and will also focus on India’s northeast. “AKLF 2017…
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) Aiming to revive and enhance interest in traditional Indian art forms, particularly among the younger generation, the 17th Swami Haridas-Tansen Sangeet-Nritya Mahotsava, presented by HCL Concerts and Bharatiya Sangeet Sadan…
Mumbai, Jan 6 (IANS) Celebrating the diverse forms of arts and crafts in India is the ‘Kalapana — a specially curated festival launched by the Tata Trusts — which will start off here on Saturday….
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) Even as the buzz around the upcoming Jaipur Literature Festival, which will witness participation of some of the most renowned literary heavyweights, is gaining ground, an announcement on Friday about…
By Radhika Bhirani Title: Gorgeous – Eat Well, Look Great; Author: Shvetha Jaishankar; Publisher: HarperCollins; Pages: 175; Price: Rs 799 If you happen to think that all top models have gone through their phase of…
By Vikas Datta Title: The Upstairs Wife – An Intimate History of Pakistan; Author: Rafia Zakaria; Publisher: Beacon Press; Pages: 264; Price: Rs 399 Several ancient philosophical traditions held a human to be a microcosm…
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) Unravel the mystique behind Bollywood’s most adored composer-singer Rahul Dev Burman, flick through the love life of two very different women, and read about the historical events that become significant…