Category: Culture

Turkey’s endangered ‘bird language’ enters Unesco list

Ankara, Dec 31 (IANS) The unusual and very efficient whistle language used as a means of communication by villagers in…

6 years ago

Music runs in our blood: Tansen Music Festival patrons

By Kishori Sud Gwalior, Dec 31 (IANS) A 100-year-old man, with his white, well-combed hair matching his crisp white dhoti,…

6 years ago

Jack and Bobby Kennedy’s curious intertwined lives and fates (Book Review)

By Vikas Datta Title: The Kennedy Brothers; Author: Richard D. Mahoney; Publisher: Arcade Publishing; Pages: 480; Price: Rs 799 No…

6 years ago

A pastime for practitioners too: Authors on reading and collecting books

By Vikas Datta They may not flaunt the object of their interest like some do with mobiles or other high-tech…

6 years ago

Rashid Khan, Pandit Jasraj show-stoppers on fourth day of Music Festival

Dhaka, Dec 30 (IANS) A clutch of stalwarts weaved their magic to captivate the packed crowd on the fourth day…

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The glorious and the great who bid au revoir in 2017

By Vikas Datta New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) It is the inevitable and unavoidable outcome of human existence but still…

6 years ago

$300,000 stolen from Stan Lee’s account

Los Angeles, Dec 30 (IANS) Marvel Comics icon Stan Lee has filed a police complaint claiming that $300,000 has been…

6 years ago

Jacqueline working on ‘The Girl…’ adaptation

New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Actress Jacqueline Fernandez says she is working on the Bollywood remake of the Hollywood film…

6 years ago

Whither India? An atlas of present faults and future courses (Book Review)

By Vikas Datta Title: India Now and in Transition; Editor: Atul Thakur; Publisher: Niyogi Books: Pages: 448; Price: Rs 599…

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Dogs may become ‘doggos’ soon: Merriam-Webster

New York, Dec 30 (IANS) The term "doggos" - internetspeak for "dogs" - has spread across social media in such…

6 years ago

Girl from Hyderabad makes world’s largest painting by feet

Hyderabad, Dec 29 (IANS) A girl from Hyderabad has painted a surface of 140 square metres with her feet in…

6 years ago

BJP’s Sahasrabuddhe appointed ICCR President

New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday appointed BJP leader Vinay Sahasrabuddhe as the President of…

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‘Committed to writing history of common people’

Kolkata, Dec 29 (IANS) Historians are committed to writing about common people and the cause of writing scientific and secular…

6 years ago

French Baraka circus brings smiles to flood-stricken Greeks

Athens, Dec 29 (IANS) The arrival of the French modern circus Baraka in Greece for first time on November 15…

6 years ago

Google honours Kannada poet Kuvempu with doodle

Bengaluru, Dec 29 (IANS) Search engine Google on Friday honoured eminent Kannada poet and Jnanpith awardee Kuvempu with a doodle…

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Attempts to distort history crime, political vendetta: Mamata

Kolkata, Dec 29 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday dubbed attempts to distort history a "crime" and…

6 years ago

Government following PPP model to protect historical sites

New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The government is encouraging the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model through the National Culture Fund…

6 years ago

‘Winter Fest 2017’ kicks off at Rajasthan’s Mount Abu

Mount Abu, Dec 29 (IANS) The three-day annual "Winter Fest 2017" took off here with fanfare on Friday with the…

6 years ago

Noted violinist Manjunath hopes GST won’t affect ‘rich’ violin industry

By Debayan Mukherjee Dhaka, Dec 29 (IANS) Banking on the rich tradition and scope of violin in Indian classical music,…

6 years ago

Dhaka music fest: Feted percussionist T.H. Vinayakram steals a march on Day 3

By Debayan Mukherjee Dhaka, Dec 29 (IANS) Grammy Award-winning Indian percussionist T. H. Vinayakram set the Bengal Classical Music Festival…

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