New Delhi, Dec 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) In view of the rising cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19, Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday directed that the ‘Hunar Haat’ at Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium be…
Chennai, Dec 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) One of India’s greatest music directors, Isaignani Ilaiyaraaja, on Wednesday released ‘Sri Venkatesa Suprabatham’, a devotional album with songs by S. Aishwarya and S. Saundarya, the great granddaughters of Carnatic music…
Mumbai, Dec 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Senior journalist and screenwriter Manu Joseph, who’s the writer and creator of the recently-released comedy series ‘Decoupled’, harbours sympathy for vocations other than writing because in writing everything is documented as…
By Archana Sharma Jaipur, Dec 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) The purported twisting of historical facts concerning Rani Padmawati in a Light and Sound show inaugurated at Rajasthan’s Chittorgarh fort on Monday night created a major controversy, leading…
Ranchi, Dec 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) A multi-storeyed underground palace, of immense historical importance, has been found during excavations by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) at Navratangarh in Gumla district in Jharkhand. The structure is believed…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Dec 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Understanding true forgiveness is a personal process that takes place within the heart, a process that takes time to assimilate. “Numb with shock and disbelief”, the words…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Dec 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) New publishing models and strategies are emerging; the publishing industry is pushing the boundaries; its heartening to see the brick-and-mortar model steadily return to the sales’ mix….
By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, Dec 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) In the 21st century era of e-mail and instant messaging, Maharashtra’s Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has relied on a nearly two-century-old means of communication to draw the…
Aizawl/Shillong/Kohima, Dec 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) With Christmas approaching, pre-celebrations, shopping, decorations of churches and important places has begun with great enthusiasm in the northeastern states. Christmas celebrations across the northeastern region last year was subdued due…
New Delhi, Dec 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) In July 1765, Robert Clive, in a letter to Sir Francis Sykes, compared Gomorrah favourably to Calcutta, then capital of British India. He wrote: “I will pronounce Calcutta to be…
New Delhi, Dec 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Yogi Adityanath’s biographer Shantanu Gupta, having made waves with his bestselling ‘The Monk Who Became Chief Minister’, returns with a new title ‘The Monk Who Transformed Uttar Pradesh’ published by…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Dec 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) The “unexpected” appointment of Yogi Adityanath as the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister in 2017 was met with “outrage and disappointment in most quarters, other than the staunch…
Los Angeles, Dec 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) HBO Max has released the much-anticipated preview of “Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts”, its upcoming special that will reunite the actors and filmmakers from the eight-movie series, which…
By IANSlife New Delhi, Dec 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Jaipur Literature Festival 2022 programme has been revealed today at the Delhi Curtain Raiser. The programme, is a vast and kaleidoscopic, with themes ranging from the arts,…
Lucknow, Dec 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Kafeel Khan, the doctor embroiled in the August 2017 Gorakhpur hospital incident controversy, has written a book on the subject. Titled, “The Gorakhpur Hospital Tragedy, A Doctor’s Memoir of a Deadly…
By Archana Sharma Jaipur, Dec 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) A Jaipur-based designer couple, known for their passion to experiment, has come up with a design that pays ode to architecture by embedding it in modern print. The…
By Remo Fernandes A night at either of my grandmothers’ houses was always magical, not the least due to the absence of electricity in Goan villages. One or two powerful petromaxes were lit in the…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Dec 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Iconic Goan musician Remo Fernandes views colonisation as “a totally illegal and criminal act perpetrated exclusively by European countries”, and says the upside of the Liberation from…
New Delhi, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prinseps auction house is set to host the Gobardhan Ash Live Auction, offering 35 rare works on paper from the family estate alongside 35 accompanying NFTs. The auction will open…
New Delhi, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) An exhibition titled ‘Devi — depicted through folk and tribal art, calendar art, and lobby cards — curated by Seema Bhalla was inaugurated at the Kamaladevi Complex in India International…