New Delhi, Sep 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Among the multiple regional and cultural expressions of the Mahabharata, the one from the Mewar School stands stands out for a galaxy of reasons. Meticulously put together by Alok Bhalla…
Mumbai, Sep 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Actress Huma Qureshi, who is known for films such as ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’, ‘Badlapur’, ‘Monica, O My Darling’ and her streaming series ‘Maharani’, has turned author with her debut fantasy novel,…
New Delhi, Sep 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tesla & SpaceX CEO Elon Musk got upset when Amazon founder Jeff Bezos did not invite him to visit Blue Origin’s factory, Musk’s biography by American author-journalist Walter Isaacson has…
New Delhi, Sep 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) Elon Musk and billionaire-philanthropist Bill Gates got into a verbal spat after the Tesla CEO confronted the Microsoft founder over shorting the electric-car company’s shares last year, Musk’s upcoming biography…
London, Sep 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) A book by Indian-American cancer physician and researcher Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee has been longlisted for the prestigious 50,000 pound Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction in London. ‘The Song of the Cell:…
New Delhi, Sep 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The jury for the Rs 25-lakh JCB Prize for Literature has unveiled the longlist of the much-anticipated award’s sixth edition. From entries sent by authors from 24 cities, writing in…
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has been in the public eye for more than 50 years, yet very little is known about him outside his home state, apart from the fact that he is…
New Delhi, Aug 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) The publication of Siddharth Kak and Lily Bhan Kak’s ‘Love, Exile, Redemption: The Saga of Kashmir’s Last Pandit Prime Minister and His English Wife’, published by Rupa, has renewed the…
New Delhi, Aug 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Turning the pages of Kashmir’s history, one comes across several heroes and villains. One such controversial figure was Ram Chandra Kak, the only Kashmiri Pandit Prime Minister of J&K. Kak…
New Delhi, Aug 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Veteran actress Hema Malini performed a mesmerising dance, leaving everyone spellbound, during the book launch event of ‘Chal Mann Vrindavan’ in Delhi. The OG ‘Dream Girl’ of Bollywood, Hema, who…
New Delhi, Aug 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Former diplomat, MP and veteran Congressman Mani Shankar Aiyar has said that India has the capability to do surgical strikes inside Pakistan, but the country’s leadership doesn’t have the courage…
Failure is an inevitable part of life, and oftentimes surer and more impactful than success. In his book ‘Why We Fail And How to Rise Above Failure’ (Wisdom Tree; Rs 325), former diplomat Amit Dasgupta…
New Delhi, Aug 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) The anthology titled ‘The Peacemakers’ (Aleph; Rs 799), which has been edited by Ghazala Wahab, comes as a breath of fresh air for people who believe in plurality and peaceful…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Journalist Neerja Chowdhury on Tuesday, during the release of her new book ‘How Prime Minister Decides’, said that she initially intended to write on demonetisation however she had to abandon…
Los Angeles, Aug 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Seattle based Museum of Pop Culture (MPC or MoPOC) which is dedicated as implied by its name to celebrate pop culture has removed all exhibitions of English author J.K…
New Delhi, Aug 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a book packed with riveting accounts of how important decisions have been taken by India’s prime ministers — from Rajiv Gandhi’s waffling over Shah Bano, which was a serious…
Quick-witted parliamentarian Derek O’Brien’s timely new book, ‘Who Cares About Parliament: Speaking up to Protect India’s Great Institution’ (Rupa & Co., Rs 395), has very clearly been written for ‘New India’, especially Gen-Z, his central…
Chandigarh, July 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Author Gurjot Singh Kaler on Sunday said that ‘Battle of Logewala’ is different from what has been portrayed in the famous Bollywood flick ‘Border’. Kaler, who served as Assistant Inspector General…
New Delhi, July 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pakistan, a country that has forever been in dire economic straits, as it finds itself now, has managed to build a nuclear bomb. Iqbal Chand Malhotra in his just-released book,…
New York, July 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) More than 8,000 famous writers, including Margaret Atwood, Nora Roberts, and Michael Chabon, have, in an open letter, called out to CEOs of OpenAI, Alphabet, Meta, Stability AI, and IBM…