By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, April 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Author, business coach, and global strategist Manoj Gursahani believes the only way forward in the modern world is to change your lens from a transactional mindset that…
By Vikas Datta Guru Dutt’s masterpiece ‘Pyaasa’ (1957), just before its soulful dirge on relationships, shows two poets reciting ‘shers’. The elder one later also politely reprimands a guest for his snide remark at the…
New Delhi, April 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Serendipity Arts Festival, which is scheduled to host its sixth edition in December in Goa has announced its lineup of curators for the upcoming edition. Sandeep Kumar Sangaru and Anjana…
By Shashi Tharoor In an unusual instance, Ramabai had wholeheartedly participated in Ambedkar’s idiosyncratic shraddha ceremony for his deceased father. Instead of offering a meal and sweets to Brahmins after the ceremony as the ritual…
Lucknow, April 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) The famous Naubat Khana or Nakkar Khana, housed in the Bada Imambara Complex, now figures in the list of ASI protected monuments. The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has issued a…
By Sukant Deepak New Delhi, April 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) For several years now, she has been venturing into new avenues of Bharatanatyam with respect to vocabulary, poetry, and treatment. Choreographing multiple dance compositions that can become…
New Delhi, April 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) As it enters its sixth year, the JCB Prize for Literature, one of India’s most coveted and richest literary awards at Rs 25 lakh, on Tuesday named author and translator…
‘Lucknow, April 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) People’s Initiative, a city-based non-profit organisation has come up with the concept ‘Theatre for elderlies’ — by them and for them. The members plan theatre workshops for elderly and have discussed…
Kochi, April 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) As curtains comes down on the fifth edition of Kochi Biennale on Monday evening, the 109-day long exhibition saw the largest-ever turnout as more than 8.5 lakh people had visited the…
By Manoj Pathak Hajipur (Bihar), April 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bihar’s ‘Khajuraho’, an example of Nepali architecture, is a picture of neglect today. With its glorious history, it is looking for people who can save and preserve…
By Vikas Datta How can we define the significance of an ancient civilisation? One obvious yardstick could be how proud its purported descendants are about it, but this is far from objective, and in the…
Jammu, April 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) The third edition of the Jammu Film Festival, sponsored by the Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Department, began with a grand opening at Abhinav Theatre here on Saturday. The festival featured parallel…
Bengaluru, April 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Neev Literature Festival (NLF) has announced the first-of-its-kind fellowships for children’s book creators (writers and illustrators) to facilitate high-quality, richly detailed children’s books that mirror Indian lives and experiences. Proposals…
By Sukant Deepak New Delhi, April 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) While in his teens, he once accompanied his father, theatre director M.K. Raina to Kashmir, encountering the Bhands — Kashmir’s traditional folk theatre artists who were ‘banned’…
New Delhi, April 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) A number of popular misconceptions about the Kashmir policy of Jawaharlal Nehru were corrected on Thursday evening by the distinguished panellists who gathered at the India International Centre here to…
New Delhi, April 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Julius Baer has announced the six winners of the second edition of the Julius Baer Next Generation Art Prize for Asia, the Group’s second home market. These include Viraag Desai…
New Delhi, April 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Author and IANS Editor-in-Chief, MD and CEO Sandeep Bamzai’s book on the tumultuous political history of Jammu and Kashmir from 1931 to 1953 was released on Thursday in the presence…
Jaipur, April 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Many Ambassadors and representatives of G-20 counties will attend the Great Indian Travel Bazaar-12 (GITB-12) in Jaipur later this month, officials said on Wednesday. On April 22, around 70 people, including…
New Delhi, April 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Democratic Azad Party Chairman and former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad will release his memoirs “Azaad: An Autobiography” on Wednesday. The book, a chronicle of his journey of 55 years…
Chennai, April 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) member of the Kalakshetra Foundation and practicing advocate of Madras High Court, B.S. Ajeetha has resigned from the post, following the sexual allegations against some faculty members….