Jaipur, Nov 1 (IANS) The Jaipur Literature Festival on Tuesday announced the names of 10 more speakers who will appear at its January 2017 edition. This is the third in a series of 10 announcements…
By Vikas Datta Title: Alter Egos – Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, And the Twilight Struggle over American Power; Author: Mark Landler; Publisher: WH Allen/Penguin Random House; Pages: 433; Price: Rs 699 For a US President…
By Brajendra Nath Singh St. Denis (Reunion Island), Oct 31 (IANS) Week-long celebrations of Deepavali in Reunion Island culminated with a splash of Holi colours, lighting up of the entire Indian Ocean island with pretty…
Kolkata, Oct 31 (IANS) Communities along the Thames in London and the Hooghly river in West Bengal will share their cultural experiences in a year-long artistic exchange through the ‘Silk River’ project that seeks to…
Panaji, Oct 31 (IANS) Goa Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar on Monday said that organisers of Sunburn, India’s biggest EDM festival, can still hold the event in Goa as long as they pay dues of Rs…
Washington, Oct 31 (IANS) US President Barack Obama celebrated Diwali by lighting the first-ever diya in his Oval office at the White House. It was his last Diwali as US President and he hoped his…
London, Oct 31 (IANS) Challenging a popular theory that Vincent van Gogh cut off his ear after a passionate row with fellow artist Paul Gauguin, a new study suggests that the Dutch painter’s act of…
Agartala, Oct 31 (IANS) To further promote relations, the border guards of India and Bangladesh on Monday organised a joint band performance and cultural programme at Agartala-Akhaura (Bangladesh) check-post near here, an official said. Musical…
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) Over 350 incidents of minor fires were reported in the national capital on Diwali night this year, but only 10-11 persons suffered injuries, a fire service official said on Monday….
Washington, Oct 31 (IANS) US President Barack Obama celebrated Diwali by lighting the first-ever diya in his Oval office at the White House. It was his last Diwali as US President and he hoped his…
By Vikas Datta Title: Natural Histories – 25 Extraordinary Species that Have Changed Our World; Authors: Brett Westwood & Stephen Moss; Publisher: John Murray/Hachette India; Pages: 448; Price: Rs 599 When did lions start being…
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) Questioning what contemporary artists are doing for society, prominent curator Uma Nair has said that they are concentrating on producing art and not creating it. “What is happening today is…
Bhubaneswar, Oct 30 (IANS) As Indians celebrated Diwali, the festival of lights on Sunday, thousands of people gathered at Jagannath temple in Puri to pay obeisance to their ancestors through the unique ritual known as…
By Vikas Datta Colonialism, even in its heyday, had its detractors as well as defenders, but the view now is of unbridled and universal disparagement, with what were deemed to be its benefits being questioned….
Kolkata, Oct 29 (IANS) Fireworks lit up the night sky and lakhs of people visited the marquees and famous temples, as West Bengal celebrated Kali Puja on Saturday with religious fervour and gaiety. The famous…
By Vikas Datta Title: Once Upon a Time in Russia; Author: Ben Mezrich; Publisher: Random House UK; Pages: 320; Price: Rs 499 Close links between politics and big business is common in all modern polities,…
Stolkholm/New York, Oct 29 (IANS) American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan has finally acknowledged his Nobel Prize in Literature and says he accepts it, media reports said. According to a statement by the Nobel Foundation, Dylan had…
Noida, Oct 28 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh laid the foundation stone for the Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Institute of Archaeology here on Friday. The institute is to be built in the Institutional Area,…
By Brajendra Nath Singh St. Denis (Reunion Island), Oct 28 (IANS) Diwali celebrations are for the next couple of days set to illuminate the entire Reunion Island, as it gears up to celebrate the 27th…
New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) Celebrities like writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar, veteran actor Anupam Kher and filmmaker Anurag Kashyap will attend the first edition of Sahitya Aaj Tak, a two-day literature festival to be held here…