New Delhi, Oct 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Urdu poet Jigar Moradabadi could have never conceived that the opening couplet of his ghazal placing man at the centre of the cosmos would achieve such fame — but as…
Los Angeles, Oct 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Hollywood star Reese Witherspoon is all set to turn writer as she will be co-penning a thriller novel with bestselling mystery author Harlan Coben. Witherspoon announced that she is co-writing…
New Delhi, Oct 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) His lyrical exploits in Hindi films spanned over half a century, starting from K.L. Saigal to the Khan trio, but were versatile, prodigious, and paradoxical – the pathos-filled “Jab dil…
New Delhi, Sep 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) His lecherous look, his salacious sneer, and a voice that could range from silken menace to wheedling entreaty were all he needed and no woman his sly stare fell on…
New Delhi, Sep 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) Leave alone the dynasty, their title has become a byword for luxurious indulgence, cultural refinement, genteel fastidiousness — the famed ‘nafasat’ and ‘nazakat’, and political passivity, but do the Nawabs…
Bhopal, Sep 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pune-based veteran Hindi poet and writer Damodar Khadse was felicitated with the prestigious ‘Rashtriya Hindi Seva Samman’ award by the Madhya Pradesh government on Wednesday. Khadse was facilitated by Chief Minister…
New Delhi, Sep 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) ‘The Four Attempts on Narendra Modi’s Life’, a book authored by Binay Kumar Singh, was unveiled in the national capital on Tuesday, coinciding with Prime Minister Modi’s birthday. The book…
New Delhi, Sep 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) BlueKraft Digital Foundation on Tuesday launched the Viksit Bharat Fellowship programme, an initiative aimed to encourage and empower writing and creative talents across various domains. The data analytics agency said…
New Delhi, Sep 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) A perspicacious peregrination through the discombobulating gallimaufry that is the English language with its penchant for purloining from other languages, its hermetic spellings, its recondite pronunciation, its abstruse punctuation, and…
Mumbai, Sep 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan is also an avid reader and shared a glimpse of his library and the books he likes to read. A video of Shah Rukh was shared…
Kozhikode, Sep 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) In what’s billed as a first-of-its-kind India’s first political library, books on Prime Minister Narendra Modi shine best among paperbacks on Indian politicians. Set up by a retired History professor Vasisht…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) It was an evening bustling with sprightly banters, the eclectic crowd of all ages of adults with a “taste,” connoisseurs of “molecular gastronomy,” and the aroma of coffee pervaded the…
New Delhi, Aug 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Former civil servant, corporate leader, and writer Ashok Bal has joined the Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF) as its Patron-cum-CEO, KLF Founder Rashmi Ranjan Parida announced. An alumnus of Delhi School…
Dehradun, Aug 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Dehradun Literature Festival (DDLF) is set to return for its sixth edition this year from November 8-10 at the Doon International School. Mentored by Imtiaz Ali, Ruskin Bond, and Vishal…
Mumbai, July 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Actress Rashmika Mandanna has shared a glimpse of her newfound passion that she has discovered in the past two months, which is reading books. The diva took to Instagram Stories and…
New Delhi, July 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Banaras Lit Fest has called for nominations for the First BLF Book Awards 2025, an initiative which aims to celebrate and recognise literary excellence in fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and…
New Delhi, July 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) This best-selling author, who moved from romance to mystery while keeping the romance in mystery, believes that we are living in an age of attention war where Instagram and YouTube…
New Delhi, July 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) Renowned spiritual leader Morari Bapu has released a captivating documentary film along with two compelling new books on 12 Jyotirlinga Ram Katha Yatra. Rich in spiritual insights and personal experiences,…
New Delhi, July 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Drawing from traditional ancient Chinese philosophies, Regina Linke, a Taiwanese-American artist specialising in gongbi style painting, tells (and depicts) the parable of ‘The Oxherd Boy’ (Penguin), who seeks to find…
New Delhi, July 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Oxford Bookstore Art Book Prize on Wednesday announced ‘Tantra on the Edge – Inspirations and Experiments in Twentieth-Century Indian Art’ by art historian Madhu Khanna, published by DAG, as…