Khajuraho, Feb 23 (IANS) A dance festival completely dedicated to the classical art form, Khajuraho Dance Festival not only welcomes Indian classical dance lovers but has opened gates to aspiring sculptors and artists within India…
By Kishori Sud Khajuraho, Feb 23 (IANS) Kathak exponent Anuj Mishra, who is the 13th generation of artistes in his musical family, and has learnt under Late Kathak dancer Ramnarayan Mishra in Kolkata and then…
Varanasi, Feb 22 (IANS) The Banaras Hindu University is set to host the International French Language Symposium on the theme of “Travel in French and Francophone literature”. The event, to be held from February 23…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) In what may lead to another controversy surrounding the Sahitya Akademi, an evening that was expected to be a celebration of outstanding literary works at the presentation…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) Theatre veteran Arun Kakade is set to be conferred with a Lifetime Achievement honour for 2017 at the upcoming 12th Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards (META). The 85-year-old theatre producer…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) An extravagant celebration of literature, marked by the presence of over 200 writers, scholars, poets, translators and critics from all over India is on offer at the ongoing Festival of…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) The exciting new cremation art technique that uses the power of art to provide the comfort of keeping a small amount of ashes close, is the motivation behind award-winning contemporary…
Noida, Feb 22 (IANS) A whopping 75 per cent of citizens who participated in a survey to assess the progress of the Swachh bharat Abhiyan believe that their municipal corporations were not engaged in the…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) One of India’s leading experts on the black economy, who has studied, written about and lectured extensively on the phenomenon for nearly four decades, has said that…
By Kishori Sud Khajuraho, Feb 22 (IANS) Lubna Mariam, the artistic director of Bangladesh’s cultural organisation Shadhona, says that we as artistes cannot allow politics, political geography to dictate the boundaries of cultural practices. Here…
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Nobel laureate and renowned economist Amartya Sen said on Tuesday that if the government wants to set up world-class universities it should not try to “execute autocratic power on the…
Kolkata, Feb 21 (IANS) Even 46 years after the Liberation War, Bangladesh continues to be at war against fundamentalists, the country’s writer and activist Shahriar Kabir said on Tuesday, referring to removal of works of…
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) In an effort to learn from the Indian education system and to gather prevailing best practices, a delegation from ministry of education, Government of Ethiopia is currently visiting India. The…
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) A literature festival is all set to bring artists from South Asia — sans Pakistan — together, aiming to endeavour for peace in the region. The South Asian Literature Festival…
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,…