New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) The heavyweights of the Indian art world descended upon the NSIC Grounds here on Thursday, as the much-awaited India Art Fair painted the town in multiple hues of India’s diverse…
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) France wants to foster Indo-French ties by welcoming more Indian students to France and enhancing the partnerships between our top-notch academic institutions, French envoy Alexandre Ziegler said here at a…
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu unveiled a grand wall mural of Mahatma Gandhi at NDMC headquarters at Palika Kendra in the capital on Thursday. “I am delighted to be present…
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) The National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) and the India Art Fair organised a ‘Night at the Museum’ here which extended museum visitation hours aimed at introducing a wider audience…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is riding a horse which he cannot dismount before the 2019 general elections and he would perforce have to depend on the Rashtriya…
Los Angeles, Jan 31 (IANS) Author Stephen King’s horror-fantasy novel “The Stand” will be made into a TV series. CBS Television Studios will produce the 10-episode series, reports variety.com. “I’m excited and so pleased that…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Booker winning novelist Arundhati Roys second novel “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness” — written after a hiatus of two decades — is the universe, she says, imagined…
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Gandhi, who has always inspired Indian art and literature, is the focal point of an exhibition of traditional art depicting various events of his life by rural artisans. Developed for…
By Binita Das Kolkata, Jan 30 (IANS) American author Andre Aciman, whose celebrated novel “Call Me By Your Name” (CMBYN) adapted onscreen by Luca Guadagnino won big at the Academy Award last year, says he…
By Douglas Allen This might seem to be a silly question since Gandhi is exalted as Bapu (“the Father of the Nation”), revered as the glorified Mahatma (“the Great Soul”), and memorialized as Indias greatest…
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) To celebrate 50 years of diplomatic relations between India and Bhutan, an exhibition of rare thangka paintings, sculptures and photographs associated with Guru Padmasambhava, an iconic Buddhist figure, opened here…
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) Remembering Mahatma Gandhi, an apostle of India’s Independence struggle, through an artist’s brushstrokes is a unique artistic expression, Lalit Kala Akademi Chairman Uttam Pacharne said on the sidelines of the…
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) The Sahitya Akademi on Tuesday recommended four distinguished Indian writers as its fellows: Jayant Mahapatra, Padma Sachdev, Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari and Nagen Saikia. As per the convention of the National…
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) The 20th edition of Bharat Rang Mahotsav, the annual theatre festival of the National School of Drama (NSD), will bring to theatre lovers of six cities its bouquet of plays,…
Mumbai, Jan 29 (IANS) Veteran lyricist-screenwriter Javed Akhtar says legendary Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib’s work could only have found meaning in India. “Ghalib was possible only in India. His work wouldn’t have been nurtured and…
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) The 20th edition of Bharat Rang Mahotsav, the annual theatre festival of the National School of Drama (NSD), will bring to theatre lovers of six cities its bouquet of plays,…
By Binita Das Kolkata, Jan 29 (IANS) American author Andre Aciman, whose celebrated novel ‘Call Me by Your Name’ (CMBYN) adapted onscreen by Luca Guadagnino won big at the Academy Award last year, says he…
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) The second day of the auction of gifts to Prime Minister Narendra Modi witnessed a wooden bike and a painting being sold at the highest bid of Rs. 5 lakh…
Jaipur, Jan 28 (IANS) The 12th edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival ended on Monday evening after hosting over 500 writers from from about 30 countries and covering a wide range of themes including the…
Jaipur, Jan 28 (IANS) Veteran Congress leader Kapil Sibal and Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri locked horns at the Jaipur Literature Festival’s closing debate on the proposition “Do liberals stifle debate” here on Monday. Alleging…