Category: Culture

Taj Mahal a blot on Indian culture: BJP MLA

Noida, Oct 16 (IANS) BJP leader Sangeet Som has triggered controversy by saying the Taj Mahal is a "blot" on…

7 years ago

When Pranab riled Sonia Gandhi by meeting Bal Thackeray

New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) Congress President Sonia Gandhi was upset with Pranab Mukherjee for meeting with late Shiv Sena…

7 years ago

Averting the end of the world with a motley crew’s help (Book Review)

By Vikas Datta Title: Magnus Chase and the Ship of the Dead; Author: Rick Riordan; Publisher: Puffin/Penguin Random House; Pages:…

7 years ago

Criminalise corruption in private sector, says former DRI head

New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) It is high time corruption in the private sector is criminalised if the war on…

7 years ago

Book on Kalam’s inspirational words released

New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) An illustrative book containing inspiring words of Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was released online on…

7 years ago

Modi lauds Hema Malini’s ‘cinematic brilliance’ in foreword to her biography

New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) The first full-length biography of "evergreen beauty" Hema Malini, also a BJP Parliamentarian, will be…

7 years ago

Muse for poetry is floating all around us: Gulzar

By Arundhuti Banerjee Mumbai, Oct 15 (IANS) Whether it is illustrative thoughts on the moon or the allegory of the…

7 years ago

A timely work on black money and tax havens (Book Review)

By Meghna Mittal Title: Black Money And Tax Havens; Author: R. Vaidyanathan; Publisher: Westland Publications; Pages: 184; Price: Rs 350…

7 years ago

Gujarat riots derailed BJP in 2004: Pranab

New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) The 2002 riots in Gujarat was "possibly the biggest blot" on the government of Atal…

7 years ago

Foucault and the quest to discern the relation between knowledge and power

By Vikas Datta Human development owes much to philosophical 'gadflies' who search for the 'truth' about us and our world…

7 years ago

Hema delighted over Modi’s foreword to her biography

Mumbai, Oct 15 (IANS) Actress and BJP MP Hema Malini feels honoured that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has penned the…

7 years ago

CMs of Kerala, Delhi caution people against destructive forces

New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday warned people…

7 years ago

RIFF 2017 was an amazing sweep of traditional music

By Mudita Girotra Jodhpur, Oct 14 (IANS) From Scotland to Spain, from Ghana to Germany, from France to here in…

7 years ago

Incredible India in pictures

New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) An artist's drive to seek out the untapped profundity behind the surface of the banal…

7 years ago

Byomkesh Bakshi Bengali web series starts streaming globally

Kolkata, Oct 14 (IANS) The first episode of a Bengali web series based on detective Byomkesh Bakshi began streaming globally…

7 years ago

Satish Vyas performs at European Parliament for Diwali celebrations

Brussels, Oct 14 (IANS) Santoor player Satish Vyas, a recipient of the Padma Shri, says it was a great honour…

7 years ago

Kesri’s ambition to become PM was why Gujral government fell: Pranab

New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) The Congress under the late Sitaram Kesri pulled down I.K. Gujral's United Front government in…

7 years ago

Classical music and technology can go hand-in-hand: Vocalist Shubha Mudgal

By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) Eminent Indian classical vocalist Shubha Mudgal, who never fails to mesmerise audiences…

7 years ago

The unknown lyrical side of Trump — with help from a fiction writer (Book Review)

By Vikas Datta Title: The Beautiful Poetry of Donald Trump; Author (compiler): Rob Sears; Publisher: Canongate Books; Pages: 144; Price:…

7 years ago

800-year-old city walls excavated in China

Beijing, Oct 14 (IANS) Archaeologists have excavated 800-year-old city walls and gates in China's Chongqing. More than 300 relics and…

7 years ago



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