Bhubaneswar, July 16 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday requested Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma to take immediate steps to prevent waterlogging at the world famous Sun Temple at Konark. In a letter,…
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) Entries are now open for the Harvill Secker Young Translators Prize, with Bengali being the chosen language for the ninth edition of the annual prize. The entrants are required to…
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) Through evocative art works, poetry and prose, an ongoing exhibition at the Jor Bagh metro station decodes and amplifies actions that slowly tear and restructure the fabric of our cities….
By Vikas Datta Title: Being Ecological; Author: Timothy Morton; Publisher: Pelican/Penguin Random House UK; Pages: 240; Price: Rs 399 Global warming is a reality and many throughout the world acknowledge it, but then, there are…
Bhubaneswar, July 15 (IANS) Eminent sculptor Raghunath Mohapatra, who has been nominated to the Rajya Sabha, on Sunday sought the cooperation of the central and Odisha governments for his dream project of constructing a second…
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) With soulful vocal and santoor recitals, Hindustani classicalists Mahalaxmi Shenoy and Raj Kumar Majumdar created a vibrant yet mesmerising ambience at the 10th Quarterly Baithak of Chandigarh-based educational institution Pracheen…
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) Lauding language as an embodiment of morals, Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday appealed all state governments to include teaching of mother tongue as a mandatory subject in school….
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) Dubbed as an initiative that seeks to bring powerful art to the people and go beyond the “art-literate circles”, a photography festival “opens minds about the transgender community” within India…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) She is an acknowledged authority on the Kama Sutra, and her recent book, “The Arts of Seduction”, is billed as a guide to having great sex in…
By Vikas Datta With there now being an abundance of formidable female characters, each as “badass” as their male counterparts, it may be difficult to believe that the “realistic” action genre of popular literature was…
Kolkata, July 14 (IANS) Thousands of devotees chanting “Jai Jagannath” and “Hare Krishna” pulled the ropes, as West Bengal celebrated the Chariot Festival or Ratha Yatra, Lord Jagannath’s annual visit to his aunt’s house, with…
Beijing, July 14 (IANS) Mount Fanjingshan, China’s latest entry on the Unesco World Heritage List, has been asked to limit visitors in an effort to protect the site. According to a plan by the Guizhou…
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) Hundreds of rare ethnographic sound recordings, including parables, songs, hymns, instrumental music, and poems, made their way to India as part of a collaborative project between British Library and Archives…
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday nominated four eminent people, including noted classical dancer Sonal Mansingh and sculptor Raghunath Mohapatra, to the Rajya Sabha. The nominations which came four days…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) If Nitish Kumar’s rise as the Chief Minister of Bihar in November 2005 is seen as the onset of what he calls “sushasan” or good governance, then…
By Vikas Datta Title: The Courage To Be Disliked; Author: Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga; Publisher: Allen & Unwin; Pages: 288; Price: Rs 499 The few irredeemable misanthropes apart, every human being has a unique…
Kolkata, July 14 (IANS) Money and revenge was the primary motivation for the anti-corruption crusade of James Augustus Hicky, who launched the first printed newspaper in India in the late 18th century, according to a…
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) Publisher Juggernaut Books on Friday announced its partnership with content platform SHAREit, enabling its Indian users to access English and Hindi video summaries of its books. “SHAREit and Juggernaut will…
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) One doesn’t have to be an activist or an environmentalist to make a difference about deforestation, “The Trees Told Me So” author and journalist Purva Grover said during an “adda…
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) The depth and breadth of collaboration between India and the US, ranging from security and economic partnerships to the sharing of talent and culture across areas like science and technology…