Category: Culture

Delhi’s homegrown lit fest begins Friday

New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) An impressive line up of heavyweight authors, including the likes of William Dalrymple, Ashok Vajpayee…

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Plays reflecting contemporary issues vie for prestigious awards

New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) Ten provoking plays, themed on compelling issues of contemporary interest, ranging from corporate insecurities and…

9 years ago

Amaravati to host India’s first riverfront global music, dance fest

Amaravati, Feb 9 (IANS) A stellar line-up of Indian and international artistes will enthral over 10,000 spectators at the maiden…

9 years ago

Palestinian artists showcase folk culture through puppetry

New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) On a journey to retell the Palistinian folk tales and children's classics to the world,…

9 years ago

Yoga Association to come up in all states

Haridwar, Feb 8 (IANS) Yoga Associations will be formed in every state to promote yoga, spiritual guru Pranav Pandya has…

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Yoga Association to come up in all states

Haridwar, Feb 8 (IANS) Yoga Associations will be formed in every state to promote yoga, Rajya Sabha member Pranav Pandya…

9 years ago

When Nature captures artist’s imagination

New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) It is all about colours which seemed to play with one another on the canvases,…

9 years ago

Love can never go out of books: Author Ruchita Misra

By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) For Ruchita Misra, writing about love comes automatically because nothing in this…

9 years ago

Salman Rushdie’s ‘The Golden House’ to release in September

New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) After Arundhati Roy, it is now author Salman Rushdie's turn to return to the literary…

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International photography festival returns to Jaipur

Jaipur, Feb 7 (IANS) The second edition of the international travel photography festival 'JaipurPhoto' will begin in the Rajasthan capital…

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Scant antique gold in India due to jewellery recycling tradition

Kolkata, Feb 7 (IANS) Art historian and curator John Guy says the tradition of passing down gold jewellery from mother…

9 years ago

MEA’s Asia-Europe workshop on art, heritage conservation concludes

New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) A two-day Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) workshop on conservation of monuments and artefacts concluded here on…

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Indian-origin artist Anish Kapoor wins 2017 Genesis Prize

New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Britain-based Indian-origin artist and human rights activist Anish Kapoor has been honoured with the 2017…

9 years ago

Exclusive handcrafted jewellery showcased by CCIC

New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) From kundan and silver jewellery of Rajasthan to the pearls of Hyderabad, the ongoing jewellery…

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The dark side of Karachi and its violent politics

By Vikas Datta Title: The Party Worker; Author: Omar Shahid Hamid; Publisher: Pan Macmillan India; Pages: 336; Price: Rs 399…

9 years ago

Oscar winners mostly American: Study

Sydney, Feb 6 (IANS) The odds of winning an Oscar are greater for an American actor in a film that…

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‘Veerapan had a strange sixth sense, did amazing u-turns’

By Saket Suman New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Almost 13 years after his elimination, the senior police officer who spearheaded…

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‘Sufi’ a much abused term today: Indian Ocean’s Rahul Ram

By Nirmal Anshu Ranjan Nashik (Maharashtra), Feb 6 (IANS) The term "Sufi music" has become much abused these days, probably…

9 years ago

In India no one asks me how it feels to be black: Writer Paul Beatty

By Debayan Mukherjee Kolkata, Feb 6 (IANS) Afro-American writer Paul Beatty, whose novel "The Sellout" -- a scatter-gun satire on…

9 years ago

More than art, international galleries eye business at India Art Fair

By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) The ninth edition of the India Art Fair may have been a…

9 years ago



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