Chandigarh, Nov 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Sixth Military Literature Festival (MLF) in Chandigarh, organised in partnership among the Punjab government, the Chandigarh administration and the Indian Army’s Western Command, will be held on December 3 and…
San Francisco, Nov 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Apple is reportedly close to signing a deal with “Moneyball” and “The Big Short” author Michael Lewis for exclusive streaming rights to his upcoming book on the FTX crash. The…
Panaji, Nov 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Renowned poet and lyricist Prasoon Joshi said that his upbringing and culture have a deep impact on his writing, which makes him to borrow most of words and metaphors from regional…
Kolkata, Nov 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) After a gap of two years owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, India’s first Bengali literary festival, ‘Apeejay Bangla Sahitya Utsob’ (ABSU) curated by Kolkata’s iconic Oxford Bookstores, will be back in…
Chandigarh, Nov 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) To celebrate 200 years of Brazilian Independence this year, the Embassy of Brazil is holding a series of events in partnership with Indian organisations here to showcase the diversity and quality…
By Manoj Pathak Hajipur, Nov 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) The historic Sonepur fair of Bihar remains a popular choice among tourists till date. Earlier, music programmes were organised at the fair for entertainment of the people coming…
Mumbai, Nov 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) Veteran Bollywood actress, dancer and former MP Dr. Vyjayanthimala Bali was conferred the ‘Aditya Vikram Birla Kalashikhar Puraskar’ by the Sangit Kala Kendra, officials said here on Sunday. The SKK President…
By Sheikh Qayoom Srinagar, Nov 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Historically known as “Iran-e-Sagheer” (Small Iran), Kashmir has a glorious and yet forgotten history of being the centre of Persian scholarship. During the reign of Sultan Zain-ul-Abidin known…
Amritsar, Nov 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Reiterating firm commitment to promote Punjabi language and culture, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday exhorted Punjabis to come forward for starting a mass movement for putting all signboards on…
By Vikas Datta Cinema can be a powerful medium for social transformation and no one gauged it better than the legendary V. Shantaram who used his memorable films to attack the malaise of untouchability and…
New Delhi, Nov 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Showcasing the finest silver treasures from India and Denmark, Museum Kolding and the National Museum in New Delhi will open the joint exhibition in the beginning of March, 2023. The…
Chandigarh, Nov 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) A meeting was held here on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Dharam Pal, Adviser to the Administrator, and senior officials of the Chandigarh administration with a French expert team to discuss…
New Delhi, Nov 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) It’s a question that has continued to haunt till today, even after seventy-five years of the Partition. Cyril Radcliff, whose fateful line of demarcation divided the Indian territory into a…
Patna, Nov 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Famous Bhojpuri writer Brajkishor Dubey was found dead under suspicious circumstances in his friend’s flat here on Monday, police said. Dubey, who had been awarded by the President for his contribution…
New Delhi, Nov 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF) has been rescheduled and will now be held from February 24-26, 2023. Earlier, the festival was supposed to take place from December 16-20 in Bhubaneswar….
By Vikas Datta The concept of peace is central to all religions, and the Bible even quotes Jesus Christ as saying: “Blessed are the peacemakers…”, but like many other precepts, it is honoured more in…
By Sanjeev Sanyal & Rajesh Singh Contemporary Indian history is incomplete without the mention of Jawaharlal Nehru. The impact of various decisions that he made as Independent Indias first Prime Minister has been long-lasting. Nehru…
By Tripurdaman Singh and Adeel Hussain As Gandhi once described to the Viceroy, Lord Linlithgow, Jawaharlal Nehru had the capacity to argue for days together “with a passion that I [Gandhi] have no words to…
Bhopal, Nov 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) A week-long arts and literature festival — ‘Vishwarang’ — will be organised at the Rabindranath Tagore University here from November 14 to 20, which will be attended by acclaimed artistes and…
Chennai, Nov 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday presented honorary doctorates to renowned musicians, Ilayaraja and Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman at the Gandhigram Rural Institute in Tamil Nadu’s Dindigul. Ilayaraja — a renowned Tamil…