By Mudita Girotra New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) English guitarist Guthrie Govan has worked with a variety of bands and is known for his ease and effortlessness. For him, playing the guitar is certainly not…
Bengaluru, Feb 21 (IANS) The Lalit Kala Akademi is all set to hold the National Exhibition of Art where Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala will confer the National Academy Award to 15 individuals at the…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Strolling up and down the streets is a routine affair for all of us but a humble Mumbai-based artist is out to capture hope and positivity that…
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Hindi is set to topple English as the most popular language on social media in India in 2017 but this comes with a negative, a study on the occasion of…
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Theatre veteran Makarand Deshpande will bring his classic Hindi play “Sir Sir Sarla” here on Sunday. It is special for him as he is returning to the capital’s stage after…
Baghdad, Feb 21 (IANS) The Iraq Museum of Baghdad is to display 40 ancient artefacts at the Venice Biennale art exhibition this year, including several that were recently returned after they were looted in 2003,…
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, Feb 21 (IANS) The Isha Foundation plans to have 112-foot tall faces of Hindu God Shiva or `Adiyogi’ in the other three regions of the country – east, north and west…
Kolkata, Feb 21 (IANS) West Bengal on Tuesday observed International Mother Language Day paying homage to those who laid down their lives for the cause of the Bengali language in Bangladesh in 1952. Chief Minister…
Washington, Feb 21 (IANS) British writer Milo Yiannopoulos’ book “Dangerous” was axed after Republican conservatives released video clips which seemed to condone sex between men and boys. “After careful consideration, Simon & Schuster and its…
Paris, Feb 21 (IANS) Iraqi oud player Naseer Shamma will be the Artist for Peace to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) due to “his commitment to peace, especially by targeting youth during…
Mumbai, Feb 20 (IANS) Acclaimed actor-director Nandita Das who is currently preparing for her new directorial venture “Manto” said that a book and a film are two different mediums and both have their own charm,…
Bengaluru, Feb 20 (IANS) The world’s largest e-tailor, Amazon, on Monday hosted one-lakh titles in eight Indian languages on its online platform to celebrate “Mother tongue Day”, at attractive prices with discounts till Tuesday. “Our…
By Kishori Sud Pune, Feb 20 (IANS) Homegrown artiste Praveen Achary, who performed thrice in two days with Swedish DJ and producer Eric Prydz at the recently held Vh1 Supersonic here, says India is “influenced…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Pakistan-born writer Tarek Fatah, now a Canadian citizen, on Monday said he was heckled and attacked by a mob at an Urdu poetry festival in the heart of the capital….
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) The process in artist Ram Kumar’s works has always been a subtle reference to what came before, and even though the artist has not returned to the ‘figurative’ nature of…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Over 200 distinguished writers, scholars, poets, translators and critics from all over India are all set to participate in Sahitya Akademis annual “Festival of Letters,” starting here on Tuesday. During…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) From the pashmina shawls of Kashmir to the bagh print sarees of Madhya Pradesh, the ongoing “Cottage Crafts Mela” by Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India (CCIC) brings together a…
Kolkata, Feb 20 (IANS) Know a heritage site that is crumbling down? Well, flag it at Heritage Alert Bengal, a digital platform where information about at-risk cultural heritage in West Bengal can be reported, stored…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) French wedding items such as the invitation and menu, the changing venues of the wedding – from the church to the town hall, and elements of the ceremony, like the…
By Ruwa Shah New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Author Sanchit Gupta, who has debuted with a novel based in Kashmir of the early 1990s when militancy peaked and saw mass exodus of Hindu Pandit families,…