Category: Culture

10 Indians to join Poetry Festival in Germany

Mumbai, Sep 6 (IANS) A group of 10 Indian poets will travel to Germany as part of an unique initiative…

9 years ago

Defying the Raj – a French hero with his tiger

By Vikas Datta Title: Once Upon a Time in India -The Marvellous Adventures of Captain Corcoran; Author: Alfred Assollant (translated…

9 years ago

A China year-book obliquely exposes India’s faultlines

By Vishnu Makhijani Book: China's Transition under Xi Jinping; Editor: Jagannath P. Panda; Publisher: Pentagon Press; Pages: 427; Price: Rs…

9 years ago

Ganesh festival kicks off in Delhi

New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) The ten-day long 'Ganesh Utsava' commenced here on Monday with traditional gaiety and fervor with…

9 years ago

Ganesh festivities begin across country with fanfare

Mumbai/Hyderabad/Bhopal/Chennai/Bengaluru, Sep 5 (IANS) Ganesh Chaturthi, marking the beginning of 10-day festivities, was celebrated across the country on Monday with…

9 years ago

Piety, fervour marks start of Ganesha festival in Karnataka

Bengaluru, Sep 5 (IANS) Thousands of people across Karnataka celebrated the beginning of the 10-day Ganesha festival on Monday with…

9 years ago

The foremost Indian teacher’s diplomatic and political successes

By Vikas Datta Soon after he became India's second President, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan's birthday began to be celebrated as "Teachers' Day",…

9 years ago

A quest to find out Jamaica’s ‘fast’ secret

By Vikas Datta Title: The Bolt Supremacy - Inside Jamaica's Sprint Factory; Author: Richard Moore; Publisher: Yellow Jersey Press/Random House…

9 years ago

Tagore songs on lips, Mamata gives Bengal touch at Mother’s canonisation

Vatican City, Sep 4 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sang popular Bengali devotional songs and walked with members…

9 years ago

‘Living Heritage’ needs to be promoted proactively, says Vasundhara Raje

Udaipur (Rajasthan) Sep 4 (IANS) Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhrara Raje said on Sunday that 'living heritage' needs to be promoted…

9 years ago

Teachers are building blocks of education system: President

New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Greeting teachers on the occasion of Teachers Day, President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said teachers…

9 years ago

Atham celebration signals Onam’s arrival in Kerala

Kochi, Sep 4 (IANS) It was "Atham" day in its traditional glory on Sunday in Thripunithura, near here, signalling that…

9 years ago

If Gods can be gay, why can’t we? Maori author Witi Ihimaera

By Preetha Nair Thimphu, Sep 4 (IANS) Aboriginal, litterateur and rebel, Witi Ihimaera is a moving force in giving voice…

9 years ago

The plight of former soldiers – in verse to shame

By Vikas Datta The memorial at the Kohima War Cemetery, where lie dead of a World War II battle termed…

9 years ago

Atlanta’s Dragon Con Parade draws thousands of sci-fi and fantasy fans

Niamey, Sep 4 (IANS) With characters extravagantly dressed as science-fiction, comic-book and videogame characters parading down Peachtree Street, the 30th…

9 years ago

Raza, K.G. Subramanyan’s works to go under hammer

New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Works of masters like S.H. Raza, K.G. Subramanyan, F.N. Souza, Tyeb Mehta and M.F. Husain,…

9 years ago

Bangladesh ignored many wake up calls in the past: Poet-activist Sadaf Saaz

By Preetha Nair Thimphu, Sep 2 (IANS) The Bangladesh government's failure to take action against those behind the attack on…

9 years ago

Assamese poet and critic Nalinidhar Bhattacharya dies

Guwahati, Sep 2 (IANS) One of Assam's most prominent and celebrated poet and literary critic Nalinidhar Bhattacharya passed away at…

9 years ago

Passion, love and ample romance

New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Flick through an exciting story triggered by Neil Armstrong's moon walk, wade through the love…

9 years ago

London mayor Sadiq Khan opens theatre for South Asian arts

London, Sep 2 (IANS) London Mayor Sadiq Khan officially opened Tara Theatre, a new state-of-the-art venue in south London to…

9 years ago



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