Category: Books

Majaz Lakhnavi: His colourful life and ageless poetry (IANS Column: Bazm-e-Ghazal)

By Vikas Datta Authors, especially poets, are feted more for their work than for their lives, with the general impression…

3 years ago

Amrit Yuva Kalotsav in Jammu offers glimpses of India’s cultural heritage

Jammu, Jan 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Sangeet Natak Academy, in association with Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Arts, Culture and Linguistics…

3 years ago

Meet Pulwama boy who uses social media for promotion of Kashmiri language

By Ummar Jamal Srinagar, Jan 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) In present time, you will find most of teenagers squandering hours on social…

3 years ago

K’taka Minister opposes separate literary festival for sidelined Muslim writers

Bengaluru, Jan 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Karnataka Minister of Kannada and Culture, V. Sunil Kumar, on Friday objected to a parallel literary…

3 years ago

Kerala’s cartoon culture should grow beyond political satires: Bharath Murthy

Kochi, Jan 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Cartoonist, animator and filmmaker Bharath Murthy said that the comic culture in Kerala had a huge…

3 years ago

Kannada literary festival runs into controversy for ignoring Muslim authors

Bengaluru, Jan 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) The 86th Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana (All India Kannada Literature Conference), organised by the Kannada…

3 years ago

Temple Trust to finalise design of Lord Ram statue

Ayodhya, Jan 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Tirath Kshetra Trust has asked top sculptors in the country to send their…

3 years ago

Apple quietly launches new audiobook catalogue narrated by AI

San Francisco, Jan 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tech giant Apple has quietly launched a catalogue of books narrated by artificial intelligence in…

3 years ago

‘Resistance of Aboriginals’ a hit at Kochi Biennale

Kochi, Jan 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) 'Embassy', an installation set up by noted Australian artist Richard Bell as a symbol of the…

3 years ago

Kashmir’s own Arjit Singh set to make a playback debut in Bollywood

Srinagar, Jan 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Young Kashmiri singer Ishfaq Kawa is all set to make his playback debut in Bollywood. Ishfaq…

3 years ago

Huge footfall at Kochi Biennale’s fifth edition

Kochi, Jan 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The fifth edition of the Kochi Biennale is back with a bang after a four year…

3 years ago

Jnanpith awardee files police complaint on distortion of his work in K’taka

Mysuru (Karnataka), Jan 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Jnanpith awardee, popular Kannada litterateur Dr. Chandrashekar Kambar complained to the Police Commissioner of Mysuru…

3 years ago

Acclaimed Rabindra Sangeet artist Sumitra Sen passes away

Kolkata, Jan 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Acclaimed Rabindra Sangeet artist Sumitra Sen died on Tuesday morning in Kolkata. She was 89. She…

3 years ago

2,115 cadets, including 710 girls, participate in NCC Republic Day Camp

New Delhi, Jan 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The National Cadet Corps (NCC) Republic Day Camp, 2023 began on Monday at the Indian…

3 years ago

‘Toxicity’ from Congo a hit at the Kochi Biennale

Kochi, Jan 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) As the fifth edition of the Kochi Biennale progresses, an installation by a group of contemporary…

3 years ago

Savitribai Phule, one of the world’s greatest teachers, to get 1st biography 125 yrs after death

By Ashmita Badoni January 3 marks the birth anniversary of one of the world's greatest teachers, Savitribai Phule. Reeta Ramamurthy…

3 years ago

Mini Qutub Minar opened for tourists after renovation

New Delhi, Jan 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Hastsal Minar, a minaret resembling the Qutub Minar, has been opened for the tourists after…

3 years ago

From Jan 12, a feast of literature fests awaits aficionados in 2023

By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Jan 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) From JLF to AKLF to Kalam, a veritable feast of literature fests…

3 years ago

Anjolie Ela Menon looks back at her life: ‘I have often been called a maverick’

By Sukant Deepak New Delhi, Jan 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) "My plans for the future are always nebulous. I seldom pre-plan, letting…

3 years ago

‘Shairon ka shahr’: Poets who made Lucknow a hub of Urdu ghazal (IANS Column: Bookends)

By Vikas Datta Any discussion of Urdu ghazals, between connoisseurs, may bring up rival merits of "Dabistan-e-Dehli" and "Dabistan-e-Lakhnau", or…

3 years ago



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