New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) The Sangeet Natak Akademi, India’s national academy for music, dance and drama, on Tuesday announced that a total of 42 artistes have been selected for the prestigious award. “Sangeet Natak…
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Actress Priyanka Chopra is writing a memoir, titled “Unfinished”, which will be published simultaneously in India, the US and Britain next year. In the memoir, Priyanka said, she is ready…
Kolkata, June 19 (IANS) In a bid to bring creativity of transgenders to the fore, Sahitya Akademi, India’s National Academy of Letters, would hold the first-ever literary meet for transgender writers in Kolkata next month,…
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Union Human Development (HRD) Minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday launched the National Digital Library, a repository of millions of academic texts from around the world which will be open for…
By Ranvir Nayar Paris, June 19 (IANS) The dynamism infused in the Indo-French relations during the visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to India in March seems to be building up as the two countries…
Kolkata, June 19 (IANS) A solo exhibition of works of celebrated Indian artist Dashrath Patel, tracing his artistic journey across mediums and types over his long lifetime, will open here on September 13, a statement…
By Saket Suman Hardly has any novel been awaited with as much curiosity and anticipation in recent times as Vikram Seths sequel to the monumental “A Suitable Boy” (1993). Five years on, since he was…
Beijing, June 19 (IANS) Archaeologists have discovered a city dating back to the Ming Dynasty (1384-1644) in China’s Jiangxi province. Covering an area of around 550,000 square metres, the city site in Tianbao village is…
By Vikas Datta Title: Points of Entry: Encounters at the Origin Sites of Pakistan; Author: Nadeem Farooq Paracha; Publisher: Tranquebar; Pages: 188; Price: Rs 499 In the mid-1950s, the screening of a Hollywood film in…
Panaji, June 18 (IANS) The third edition of Serendipity Arts Festival will see a new panel of 14 curators, the organisers announced on Monday. The eight-day festival, set to be curated by a panel of…
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) Author Amish Tripathi has “postponed” the launch of his upcoming book “Suheldev & the Battle of Bahraich”, which was accepting pre-orders and was scheduled to release on July 16. The…
London, June 18 (IANS) Masterpieces by art virtuosos Pablo Picasso, Kazimir Malevich and Claude Monet are a part of an auction at Christie’s London on June 20, the auction house said. Pablo Picasso’s rarely exhibited…
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar Book: Ocean Rimmed World; Author R.N. Joe D’Cruz; Publisher: Oxford University Press; Pages: 563; Price: 575 Universally, the travails of fishermen at sea are unending. Written originally in Tamil, and translated into…
Los Angeles, June 17 (IANS) Entertainment company Warner Bros is cracking down on local Harry Potter fan festivals, saying it is necessary to halt unauthorised commercial activity. Fans, however, liken the move to Dementors –…
By Vikas Datta Laughter is our audible reaction, usually involuntary, to something that amuses us — yet, it is a complex emotional expression that can also serve as a gesture of bravado, contempt or even…
Glasgow, June 16 (IANS) Glasgow’s world-renowned School of Art has been ravaged by another huge blaze, four years after part of the building was destroyed by fire, emergency services said on Saturday. More than 120…
By Kishori Sud Title: Without Prejudice: Epic Tale of a Mumbai Bar Dancer; Author: Devasis; Publisher: Niyogi Books; Pages: 313; Price: Rs 450 A number of Bollywood films have been set in the famous –…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) In a dramatic turn of events, the Sahitya Akademi was left embarrassed on its home turf as noted writer-poet Keki N. Daruwalla, on whose works the Akademi…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) In a dramatic turn of events, the Sahitya Akademi was left embarrassed on its home turf as noted writer-poet Keki Daruwalla, on whose works the Akademi presented…
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) An exhibition of over 100 artworks by Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists was inaugurated in the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) here on Friday. “Indigenous Australia: Masterworks…