Mumbai/ Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 21 (IANS) A cheque of Rs 36.17 lakhs, raised from a fundraiser auction of 32 works of modern and contemporary Indian art, was donated on Wednesday to Kerala Chief Ministers Distress Relief…
Hong Kong, Nov 21 (IANS) A 24-carat fancy yellow diamond that captivated Indian and Hollywood royalty, “Moon of Baroda” will go under the hammer at Christies auction in Hong Kong on November 27. Existence of…
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, Nov 21 (IANS) The people of Chennai prefer to give an Indian twist to Thai food as compared to those in Mumbai and Delhi, said a senior chef at The Lotus…
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar Book: Maharana Pratap – The Invincible Warrior; Author: Rima Hooja; Publisher: Juggernaut Books; Pages: 204; Price: Rs. 499 Who really won the battle of Haldighati? Did Maharana Pratap’s army and his Bhil…
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) An overnight music concert, marking the 31st Foundation Day of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), ended at the cultural institution here on Tuesday morning. The concert,…
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Recreated versions of Indian miniatures in the “Company” style, a style popularized by Indian artists with European patrons, are on view at the Bikaner House here. The exhibition, titled “The…
Mumbai, Nov 20 (IANS) Renowned historian Yuval Noah Harari will deliver a lecture on “The New Challenges of the Twenty-first Century” here in December and will talk about the impending challenges that may surface in…
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) In a first for an Indian academic, Professor S.P. Ganguly, a well-known Hispanist who headed the Centre for Spanish and Latin American Studies at the Jawaharlal Nehru University here, has…
By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Mexican street artist and graphic illustrator, Edgar Flores ‘Saner’ known for his visual satire, says that although art has an “obligation” to speak about political moments, street…
Rome, Nov 20 (IANS/AKI) The third Italian Cuisine Week to promote high-quality Italian cuisine and authentic agri-food products internationally kicked off on Monday and will run through Sunday, the foreign ministry said in a statement….
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Bharatnatyam exponent Geeta Chandran on World Toilet Day on Monday announced an educational campaign she will undertake on responsible toilet use, followed by a dance tribute to her first guru….
Chandigarh, Nov 19 (IANS) Dance groups from South Korea will present traditional dances from both North and South Korea here on November 29. The cultural evening is being organised by the South Korean Honorary Consul…
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Stories from Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev’s life, a dramatised musical about Mahabharata’s Pandavas and actor Pankaj Tripathi’s chilling, horror tale of a ride to Patna, formed the key highlights of an…
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan bestselling book “I Do What I Do”, is now available in a paperback edition, publisher HarperCollins announced on Monday. When Rajan took charge as RBI…
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) There is a striking similarity between the unfolding of events during the 1975-77 Emergency under then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and the contemporary times under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a…
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) A series of posters by 48 graphic designers and artists from India and Mexico illustrate the poetry of 1990 Literature Nobel laureate and former diplomat Octavio Paz in an exhibition…
By Mohammed Shafeeq Book: Hostage; Author: Greta Rana; Publisher: Speaking Tiger Publishing; Price: Rs 350; Pages: 223 This novel by Greta Rana is inspired by a true story of Nepali migrants. She dedicated it to…
Bucharest, Nov 19 (IANS) A Picasso signed painting, which might be one of the artworks stolen in 2012 from the Kunsthal Museum in Rotterdam, was found in Romanian eastern county of Tulcea, the country’s anti-organized…
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) An Indian classical music and dance drama, “Indra Sabha”, first scripted and performed in 1850s in the court of Awadh’s last nawaab Wajid Ali Shah was performed here on Sunday….
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) Mexican street artist and illustrator Edgar Flores, better known as Saner, is combining Indian and Mexican motifs for a wall mural in the national capital’s open air public art district,…