Mumbai, Sep 23 (IANS) Filmmaker and screenwriter Kalpana Lajmi, niece of the legendary Guru Dutt and acclaimed for making women-oriented films like “Rudaali”, “Ek Pal, “Daman” and “Chingaari”, died here on Sunday following a multiple…
By Parul Soni Noida, Sep 23 (IANS) Just like old times, when jokers or jesters would perform to entertain royalty, Jokers — an attractive lounge with a quirky set-up — promises to delight its patrons…
By Saket Suman Book: The Rabbit & The Squirrel; Author: Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi; Publisher: Penguin; Pages: 66; Price: Rs 399 This tiny book — its prose poignant prose and illustrations beautiful — may come across…
Lisbon, Sep 23 (IANS) Archeologists have found a centuries-old shipwreck off Portugal’s coast near Lisbon, authorities said. Aboard the ship, thought to have sunk between 1575 and 1625, divers found spices, including pepper; Chinese ceramics…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) It’s where “The Jungle Book” once played to packed houses. Thus, it’s only appropriate the cavernous lower ground floor of what was once the Chanakya cinema and…
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) To ensure smartphones remain a force for good, device makers need to spend some “real money” on media literacy in India so that people can take full advantage of the…
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) A book charting the history of Kashmiri crafts and detailing its myriad aspects has been launched by Union Cabinet Minister for Women & Child Development Maneka Gandhi and politician Karan…
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) Previously unpublished autobiographical writings of late literary stalwart A.K. Ramanujan will be published in an upcoming volume, publisher Penguin Random House India announced. After Ramanujan’s premature death in 1993, his…
By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) After a brief but fruitful career in Bollywood, actor Minissha Lambas acting career seems to take on a new lease of life — but in a different…
By Nivedita Singh Leh, Sep 21 (IANS) A total of 299 women dressed up in traditional Ladakhi wedding attire danced together to mark the last day of the Naropa festival and also created a Guinness…
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) Paintings by several Indian modernist painters and members of Bombay Progressive Artists’ Group were sold at an Evening Sale by auction house Saffronart, with the leading artwork grossing more than…
By Bhavana Akella Title: The Most Dangerous Place: A History of United States in South Asia; Author: Srinath Raghavan; Publisher: Penguin Allen Lane; Pages: 472; Price: Rs 799 American interest in South Asian countries (particularly…
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) Learn a strategic and practical way to create wealth; flick through easily accessible articles with ideas and wisdom that will help readers in their careers; know methods through which anyone…
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) Theatre being considered as a part-time, amateur activity has compromised its quality, senior theatrist and Padma Shri awardee Ratan Thiyam said here during a lecture, stressing the need for a…
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) Pointing out that consideration of theatre as a part-time, amateur activity has compromised its quality, NSD Chairperson Ratan Thiyam has said that the need of the hour is to formulate…
Lucknow, Sep 20 (IANS) The Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) has become the first ever metro rail corporation from India to bag the International ‘Royal Society For The Prevention Of Accidents’ (RoSPA) Award, an official…
Mumbai, Sep 20 (IANS) In a musical tribute to celebrated American female singers Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Aretha Franklin, budding Indian singer Sanjeeta Bhattacharya will spearhead a concert at the National Centre for Performing…
London, Sep 20 (IANS) Anna Burns, Esi Edugyan, Daisy Johnson, Rachel Kushner, Richard Powers and Robin Robertson were announced on Thursday as the six authors shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. The…
Mumbai, Sep 20 (IANS) Actor Hrithik Roshan on Thursday shared the first look of veteran Bollywood actor and his former father-in-law Sanjay Khan’s autobiography “The Best Mistakes of My Life”. It is set to be…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) Bestselling author Chetan Bhagat, who has had his fair share of criticism by readers and writers of literary novels, says that there is a lot of “elitism”…