By Nishant Arora New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Hey Alexa! Please play “Bhaja Govindam” by M.S. Subbulakshmi, goes the command every morning at my home and Alexa takes no time in obliging, playing the song…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) As millions of devotees continue to gather in the Kumbh nagri to take a holy dip at the confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati…
Kolkata, Feb 10 (IANS) Saraswati Puja was celebrated in West Bengal on Sunday with traditional fervour. Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of music, culture and learning, was worshiped across the state and people were seen carrying…
Kolkata, Feb 10 (IANS) Poet and lyricist Irshad Kamil, who has penned beautiful lines of “Nadaan Parindey Ghar Aaja” (Rockstar) alongside peppy ones like “Swag se Swagat” (Tiger Zinda Hai), says songs do have independent…
Aligarh, Feb 9 (IANS) Eminent linguist Prof Anvita Abbi on Saturday called for steps to document and archive Andamanese languages on the verge of extinction. “Andaman Islands is home to some of the few uncontacted…
Kolkata, Feb 9 (IANS) Legendary Bollywood hero Raj Kapoor had agreed to finance auteur Satyajit Ray’s cult children’s film “Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne”(GGBB), but wanted him to direct his eldest son Randhir Kapoor’s first movie…
Itanagar, Feb 9 (IANS) The loin loom of Arunachal Pradesh received much-needed support when Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed a set of loin looms set up in a gazebo in the front lawns of Raj…
Kolkata, Feb 8 (IANS) Privileged women must empower and enable others to speak for themselves and not speak on their behalf, a panel of women professionals and writers said here on Friday. “Terms like #MeToo…
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma on Friday inaugurated “Arth, A Culture Fest” which aims to understand and find meanings of the Indic civilization and discover its soul. The inauguration was followed…
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Delve into historical fiction with a book on Rani Jhansi, an iconic champion of 1857s First War of Independence; and another on the 1876 Bengal cyclone, a socio-political disaster as…
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Colourful cultural performances of Kuchipudi, Bharatnatyam, and Hindustani classical vocals, dance and music festival ‘Yuva Shastriya’ marked the beginning of ‘Raza Utsav’, a celebration of veteran artist S.H. Raza’s 97th…
Mumbai, Feb 8 (IANS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Thursday night said that actor turned author Govind Namdev is not only a good actor but also a true lover of the nation. “Govind ji is not…
Mumbai, Feb 7 (IANS) A day ahead of Jagjit Singh’s birth anniversary, which falls on Friday, legendary lyricist Gulzar reflected on his choice of lyrics and ghazals, saying they reflected the late ghazal king’s thoughts….
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) The seventh edition of the Delhi Literature Festival is set to begin from Friday at the Dilli Haat here, featuring some leading writers of our times. The annual event that…
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) A year-long journey that artist Astha Butail undertook in researching living traditions that are passed on to generations through teaching and oral poetry, has culminated in the form of an…
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) In his debut solo show in India titled “Between The Lines”, Pakistani artist Khalil Chishtee will reflect upon his memories of a traumatic childhood post-Partition and political unjust of the…
Mumbai, Feb 7 (IANS) Actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha on Wednesday said that he appreciates and applauds women who have come out with their stories of sexual harassment and rape, during the #MeToo movement, with guts and…
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Some do ‘japa’, some ‘puja’, but for their ‘saadhana’, artists sing and dance. These words of West Bengal’s Baul folk singer Parvathy Baul echoed in the premises of the Sangeet…
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) As part of an ongoing street art festival, Delhi’s Lodhi Art District will soon witness addition of new murals on social issues like women empowerment, climate change, and waste upcycling,…
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday presented the prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards for 2017 to 42 artists from the fields of music, dance, theatre, traditional/folk/tribal music/dance/theatre and puppetry. The…