Mumbai, Nov 16 (IANS) Rabindranath Tagore’s play “Mayar Khela” is scheduled to be showcased here in the form of an opera. The opera will be presented on December 10, read a statement issued on behalf…
By Kishori Sud New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) The Indian music industry needs better infrastructure for aspiring artistes, say Prayag Mehta and Rishab Joshi, who together make the Electronic Dance Music (EDM) team Lost Stories,…
Phnom Penh, Nov 16 (IANS) Cambodia has issued a directive to ban remote-controlled miniature aircraft from flying over the famed Angkor archaeological park in Siem Reap province, an official said on Wednesday. Long Kosal, deputy…
By Saket Suman Title: Exile – A Memoir; Author: Taslima Nasrin (Translated from Bengali by Maharghya Chakraborty); Publisher: Penguin Random House; Pages: 342; Price: 599 One of the most controversial literary figures of contemporary times,…
By Vikas Datta Title: Russia – What Everyone Needs to Know; Author: Timothy J. Colton; Publisher: Oxford University Press; Pages: 287; Price: Rs 695 Winston Churchill, who once memorably described Russia “a riddle, wrapped in…
Rome, Nov 16 (IANS/AKI) Prosecutors on Tuesday opened an investigation into damage caused to one of Rome’s most famous statues – 17th-century sculptor Bernini’s Elephant and Obelisk at Piazza Minerva near the Pantheon. The prosecutors…
Jamshedpur, Nov 16 (IANS) Tata Steel inaugurated the third edition of its pan-India tribal conclave on Birsa Munda’s birth anniversary on Tuesday here, with over 40 tribes across 20 states from around the country slated…
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) Students from Jammu and Kashmir have given a “befitting answer” to terrorists with 95 per cent attendance in the Class 12 board examination, Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said here…
Abu Dhabi, Nov 15 (IANS/WAM) Tolerance is a highly respected religious and cultural value in the UAE, and the people have acquired this quality from their forefathers and have been practising it as part of…
Mumbai, Nov 15 (IANS) Twinkle Khanna, actress-turned-interior designer and author, feels the idea of adapting novels into a film is good. “I think it is a good thing to make films from novels as that…
By Vikas Datta Title: Love and Revolution: Faiz Ahmed Faiz – The Authorised Biography; Author: Ali Madeeh Hashmi; Publisher: Rupa Publications India; Pages: 320; Price: Rs 599 We can make out a poet’s capabilities and…
Bhopal, Nov 14 (IANS) Renowned classical danseuse Sonal Mansingh on Monday pitched for traditional Indian attire to visit temples. “One should enter temples wearing Indian traditional clothes. People of other communities take care of what…
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) Teenage paralympic swimmer Kumari Revathi Nayka and chess player Dev Shah were among the recipients of the National Child Awards, which President Pranab Mukherjee conferred on Monday at Rashtrapati Bhavan…
Islamabad, Nov 14 (IANS) An iconic 7th-century Buddha statue in Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, which was defaced by the Taliban nine years ago has finally been restored to its original form by a team of Italian…
By Vikas Datta Title: The Pigeon Tunnel – Stories from My Life; Author: John Le Carre; Publisher: Penguin Random House; Pages: 320; Price: Rs 599 There are few authors of fiction who can claim a…
Mumbai, Nov 13 (IANS) Master story-teller and British politician Jeffrey H. Archer will come to India on a four-city tour starting November 21 to promote his seven-volume “Clifton Chronicles” series, an organiser said on Sunday….
By Arundhuti Banerjee Mumbai, Nov 13 (IANS) Her debut book “Mrs Funnybones: She’s Just Like You and a Lot Like Me” gave readers a glimpse into how she has a knack of finding humour in…
New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) Sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan and his sons Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash have tied up with the RP Sanjiv Goenka Group music label Saregama for Children’s Day…
By Vikas Datta Spy fiction we have been used to for years had Soviet/Russian agents as the bad, ruthless guys. Though there were exceptions – the KGB chief in Frederick Forsyth’s “The Negotiator”, in some…
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) The best way to get supple soft skin is to use natural products in skin care routine like turmeric powder, tomatoes and olives, that will prevent further damage and will…