By Saket Suman New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Sotheby’s, a leading player in the global art market, is set to launch its first India auction in Mumbai later this year. And the sale will be…
By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, April 11 (IANS) Google on Wednesday paid a Doodle tribute to the legendary singer-actor Kundanlal Saigal, considered India’s first ‘superstar’, on his 114th birth anniversary. The Doodle, designed by Vidhya Nagarajan…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) In a theatre production, the actors on stage are in the limelight but little attention is paid to several other vital elements that go into the making…
By Himani Kothari Title: Heather, The Totality; Author: Matthew Weiner; Publisher: Canongate Books; Pages: 138 ; Price: Rs 890 Matthew Weiner, the man who gave us the cult TV hit “Mad Men”, is back. Only…
Bhubaneswar, April 10 (IANS) Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday sought the cooperation of Odisha government to upgrade the Stone Sculpture Training Institute in Konark to international standards. “There is need to upgrade the…
Lhasa, April 10 (IANS) Newly discovered cliff carvings in Tibet may offer a glimpse into Buddhist art and local history from 1,200 years ago. According to the regional cultural relics protection research institute, the discoveries…
By Sirshendu Panth Kolkata, April 10 (IANS) Setting up of a Groundwater Mission can help develop an action plan for tackling problems like arsenic and fluoride pollution, storage anomalies and the alarming dwindling of freshwater…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Not long ago, when the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) here was at the centre of a burning controversy — with its student leaders and several professors being…
By Mohammed Shafeeq Title: Education of an Ambassador: Reflections on Higher Education Reform in Kerala; Author: T.P. Sreenivasan; Publisher: Konark Publishers Pvt Ltd; Pages; 248; Price: Rs 800 Reforms anywhere face resistance. This will be…
By Vikas Datta Title: Skin in the Game; Author: Nassim Nicholas Taleb; Publisher: Allen Lane/Penguin Random House UK; Pages: 272; Price: Rs 699 Things which should seem obvious are often not so in this complex…
Rome, April 9 (IANS/AKI) Italy has re-launched its first programme of cultural activities in Iraq in 15 years with an exhibition on Italian archaeological missions in the country now on in Baghdad, the Italian Foreign…
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Monday said it will hear on May 24 a plea seeking removal of “objectionable matter” from a book authored by former President Pranab Mukherjee, which…
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) Filmmaker Laxmana Dalmias first book of prose-poetry “One Soul Many Lives” that attempts to link fine arts to words in its pages was launched here at the Bikaner House. The…
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) Oxford University Press announced on Monday that it will sponsor the top two winners of Teaching Professionals Olympiads (TPO) English Challenger track for a two week “Oxford English Language Teachers…
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar Book: Born to be Hanged – Political Biography of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto; Author: Syeda Hameed; Publisher: Rupa; Pages: 264 The premise itself sounds interesting. A book by an Indian human rights activist…
By Gokul Bhagabati Title: Digital Vs Human: How We’ll Live, Love and Think in the Future; Author: Richard Watson; Publisher: Amaryllis; Pages: 272; Price: Rs 499 At a time when the rise of digital technology…
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) Poorly informed Muslim clerics are often to blame for the plight of women in the community, particularly when it comes to triple talaq, the Muslim practice of instant divorce that…
Mumbai, April 9 (IANS) Politics and theatre have a similar nature with the common people’s involvement a major part in both, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Sunday. “A theatre is a place where…
Agra, April 8 (IANS) Book libraries in India were under threat from social media, which has also affected the habit of reading, especially among the youth, said participants at a seminar here on Sunday. Eminent…
Bengaluru, April 8 (IANS) ACongress President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday took time off his busy schedule to ride in a crowded metro and went shopping for books at a bookstore here. “Gandhi, accompanied by party…