Hyderabad, March 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Iranian Ambassador to India Dr Iraj Elahi on Friday visited the Telangana State Archives and Research Institute to see the work being undertaken by an Iranian organisation for conservation of historic…
New Delhi, March 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Hoshiarpur Literary Society, is all set to host its third edition of the Hoshiarpur Literature Festival on March 4 at the newly set-up District Digital Library in the city….
By Vikas Datta Whenever lyricists of Bollywood or Lollywood seemed stuck for the beginning of a song, they could always turn to Mir. One of his most famous ghazals “Patta patta boota boota haal hamare…
By Nita Shashidharan New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS/ 101Reporters) Going for walks, just looking at the trees along the way, was a favourite pastime of Dr Harini Nagendra in her childhood. “My mother Manjula is…
Kochi, Feb 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) “Every evening I return to my rented room, but I am not going to die this way. That has got to be some way out here” read aloud poet-activist and Tibetan…
Mumbai, Feb 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Filmmaker-writer-music composer Vishal Bhardwaj, who is known for films such as ‘Kaminey’, ‘Omkara’, ‘Maqbool’ and several others, is adapting British writer Agatha Christie’s mystery novel ‘The Sittaford Mystery’ for the OTT….
Lucknow, Feb 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Lucknow’s 153-year-old Amir-ud-Daula library has been fully digitalized. More than 80,000 digitised books and 27,000 e-magazines are now available free on the library’s website and the content is also available on…
Chandigarh, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) ‘The Sikhlens: Sikh Arts and Film Festival’ on Saturday witnessed the screening of 12 films from eight countries at the Tagore Theatre here. The fourth edition of the festival was presented…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) The New Delhi World Book Fair will be held in Pragati Maidan this year after a gap of three years starting from February 25 to March 5. The last World…
Kochi, Feb 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Reaching its halfway mark, the 5th edition of the Kochi Muziris Biennale has clocked a record half a million visitors to the spectacular marvel and trends show it could well turn…
New Delhi, Feb 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday presented the Sangeet Natak Akademi’s Fellowships (Akademi Ratna) and Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards (Akademi Puruskar) for the year 2019, 2020 and 2021. In her address…
Panaji, Feb 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) The leader of opposition in Goa Assembly, Yuri Alemao, along with writers from the coastal state on Wednesday hailed the decision of Governor P.S. Sreedharan Pillai to help Konkani writers to…
Mumbai, Feb 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) World-renowned doyen of Mohiniattam Dr. Kanak Y. Rele passed away in a private hospital here on Monday following a brief illness, plunging the world of arts into a pall of gloom….
New Delhi, Feb 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) BJP national president J.P. Nadda on Wednesday launched a book “Modi: Shaping a Global Order in Flux” in Chanakyapuri here. While addressing the readers, Nadda said, “This book is going…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) “Sadly, studying music or arts for a lifetime is not considered important enough. Success means winning a talent show and not otherwise. I fail to understand how one puts artistic…
Kochi, Feb 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Kochi Muziris Biennale embodies the joy of experiencing some of the greatest modern artworks that are completely honest and created with sincerity, said the Norwegian Ambassador to India Hans Jacob…
New Delhi, Feb 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian-American Karthik Subramaniam, a San Francisco-based software engineer, has won the 2023 National Geographic ‘Pictures of the Year’ award, beating over 5,000 entries. Subramaniam’s photo, which is titled ‘Dance of…
Kochi, Feb 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sangeeta Jindal, Founding Patron of Kochi Biennale and Founding Trustee of JSW Foundation, on Monday said that JSW Steel would have deep cooperation and support for Kochi Biennale, which is the…
Los Angeles, Feb 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Editors at Penguin’s children’s imprint Puffin have taken a red pencil to the works of iconic, but divisive British writer Roald Dahl, known for “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and…
By Vikas Datta His portrayal as an insecure and devious court poet, jealous of emerging talent, in TV serial “Mirza Ghalib” may be termed artistic license, but is actually disservice to ‘Zauq’. While most historic…