New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The three-day World Culture Festival, which began here on Friday after much uncertainty for many days, was the big talking point on micro-blogging site Twitter. “And it’s raining as world…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) “I just want to say, I belong to all,” said Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the head of the Art of Living Foundation, in his welcome address on Friday to the…
By Saeed Naqvi An Urdu aristocracy on its knees, was beginning to make adjustments with the new British rulers when Ram Advani arrived in Lucknow. He set up Ram Advani Booksellers in a prominent corner…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Opposition members in the Rajya Sabha on Friday raised the issue of spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar-led Art of Living’s World Culture Festival being allowed on the Yamuna floodplains…
Chennai, March 11 (IANS) Hindu Munnani, a Hindu organisation, on Friday condemned attempts to stop the World Culture Festival on the Yamuna flood plains in Delhi organised by the Art of Living with a hidden…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Patchy showers on Friday night followed by heavy rains may spoil the Art of Living’s (AoL) World Culture Festival scheduled here on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Two leading weather forecast…
When confronted with a disappointing Indian reality, we are apt to ask “what if” questions. Here’s a book that raises questions about India’s pioneers who steered a new nation. Then, a book that combines the…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: Kuntal Chakrabarty/IANS) New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday will attend inaugural function of the three-day World Culture Festival being organised by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s…
By Nirendra Dev New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Amid continuing controversy over the holding of the World Culture Festival here, the volunteers, workers and performers on Thursday expressed both hope and uncertainty as they slogged…
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Assassinating former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was the Tamil Tigers’ biggest mistake, a new book quotes the late LTTE ideologue Anton Balasingham as saying. Balasingham told Norway’s former Special…
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Wednesday the controversies over spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s Art of Living (AoL) event should now end. ”Now that NGT (National Green…
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) A painting by an Indian artist, depicting an elderly woman threading a needle, has been included in the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the artist’s spouse said…
Canberra, March 9 (IANS) A contemporary dance theatre group in southern Australia has revived a lost Aboriginal language by integrating native songs into public workshops and performances, the media reported on Wednesday. Adelaide’s cutting-edge Australian…
By Vikas Datta Title: Do You Know Any Good Boys?; Author: Meeti Shroff-Shah; Publisher: Pan Macmillan India; Pages: 195; Price: Rs.250 Humans have a penchant for entertainment spectacles in which some of the participants may…
Gurgaon, March 8 (IANS) Indian rock band Parikrama are set to enthrall the audience at a fest here that aims to spread the message of world peace via music. The band’s members are looking to…
By Kishori Sud Jodhpur, March 8 (IANS) The nuances of tap dance bear resemblance to Indian dance form kathak, except for the fact that it is more “open” as no religious figure is worshipped while…
By Vikas Datta Title: Pakistan – Between Mosque and Military; Author: Husain Haqqani; Publisher: Penguin; Pages: ; Price: Rs.599 ‘Conventional’ wisdom has it Pakistan, though planned and achieved as an Islamic nation-state, began its worrying…
Gurgaon, March 7 (IANS) In an effort to spread the message of world peace through music, a one-day music fest will bring together seven bands from India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Pakistan. Seagrams…
The ruins of a recently discovered wine cellar in a Canaanite palace that dates back to approximately 1700 B.C., near the modern town of Nahariya in northern Israel. Researchers found 40 ceramic jars, each big…
By Vikas Datta Title: Lunch With the FT – 52 Classic Interviews; Author: Lionel Barber (editor); Publisher: Penguin; Pages: 352; Price: Rs.599 There could be no better way to understand someone, especially the people who…