By Saket Suman New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Almost 13 years after his elimination, the senior police officer who spearheaded the Tamil Nadu Special Task Force (STF) that planned and executed bandit Veerappan’s killing during…
By Nirmal Anshu Ranjan Nashik (Maharashtra), Feb 6 (IANS) The term “Sufi music” has become much abused these days, probably because the “Sufi” tag sells, says Rahul Ram of rock band “Indian Ocean”, widely known…
By Debayan Mukherjee Kolkata, Feb 6 (IANS) Afro-American writer Paul Beatty, whose novel “The Sellout” — a scatter-gun satire on what racism has done to black Americans — saw him win the Man Booker, feels…
By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) The ninth edition of the India Art Fair may have been a paradise for art lovers who witnessed some excellent pieces of work, ranging from contemporary to…
Kolkata/Itanagar, Feb 5 (IANS) A community-based video that captures the intriguing Kro-Cheykor festival of Arunachal Pradesh’s Sherdukpen tribe has bagged the honour for the best tourism film in the state’s tourism awards. The 14-minute video…
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Rekha Gupta, 45, battled with cancer for eight long years — without losing hope to survive and without detaching herself from the society. Now, completely recovered, Gupta was seen happily…
Kolkata, Feb 5 (IANS) India-born Australian businessman Saroo Brierley, whose intriguing life journey has been captured on celluloid in the Oscar-nominated “Lion”, says he almost drowned in the Hooghly river twice. “Lion” is based on…
By Saket Suman Jaipur, Feb 5 (IANS) Right from Shakespearean times to the contemporary era, British theatre and literature have been widely regarded with reverence across the globe. One of Britain’s foremost playwrights and filmmakers,…
By Vikas Datta A whirlwind tale of romance, adventure and magic, it is no ordinary fable — and not due to its genre. The first Indian prose fiction, or even the first novel, “Bagh-o-Bahaar” is…
Kolkata, Feb 4 (IANS) Best-selling author and screenwriter Chetan Bhagat on Saturday termed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee “a miniature version” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “I don’t know why Mamata ji and Modi…
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) The Ministry of Minority Affairs is organising the second edition of ‘Hunar Haat’ on the theme of ‘Craft Aur Cuisine Ka Sangam’ from February 11 to February 26 here, Minority…
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Grammy award winner Kevin Fox arrived in the capital on Saturday to impart western classical training to students of music schools. The musician has been on over 40 choir tours…
By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Political satire, women’s empowerment, human emotions and the struggle post the 2015 earthquake — the Nepal Art Council’s booth focuses on different aspects of the lives of…
Kolkata, Feb 4 (IANS) A team of Welsh writers and poets, touring India, said US President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban was horrific and seems like a “world away” jutting out in stark contrast to…
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) While art lovers and collectors are thronging in large numbers to the ongoing India Art Fair here, the display of some magnificent artworks in exhibitions ranging from the vernacular and…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for giving Bhojpuri language its due “respect” after coming to power. “Bhojpuri language, which was neglected for years,…
Gurugram, Feb 3 (IANS) An exceptional festival of different arts and genres, which will see the participation 400 visual artistes including painters, sculptors, photographers and graphic artistes, awaits art connoisseur in this suburban tech hub…
Kolkata, Feb 3 (IANS) Translated work is now being sold as good literature and its appreciation among readers is on the rise, said Jenny Brown, founder director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. “In UK…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Emerging artists again have the opportunity to apply for a promising artists in residence programme, spanning three months, where they can focus on their craft, interact with the best minds…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Of Bengals 60.3 million population at the time, estimates are that between 1.5 and 4 million people died of starvation, malnutrition and disease during the famine of…