London, Jan 3 (IANS) Facebook courted another controversy after an art historian claimed it blocked a photo of Italy’s famous Neptune statue for being “sexually explicit”. The social media giant later termed the censorship a…
By Vishal Narayan New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Art can be elusive, hard to grasp, not only because of the solid craft that one is required to possess to make something look good, but for…
Washington, Jan 3 (IANS) US President-elect complained on Tuesday that TV channel CNN has used his ‘worst’ picture ever as the cover art for a new book about the 2016 Presidential election. His tweet said:…
Bhubaneswar, Jan 2 (IANS) The ‘reign of King Kansa’ started with the beginning of Dhanu Yatra, said to be the world’s largest open air theatre festival, in Odisha’s Bargarh district on Monday. The 11-day festival…
Kolkata, Jan 2 (IANS) Indian classical vocalist Pandit Jasraj will re-introduce the morning inauguration of annual Dover Lane Music Conference at its 65th edition after a gap of 15 years at the Nazrul Mancha here…
Islamabad, Jan 2 (IANS) Pakistan authorities have stopped vendors from selling books in Rawalpindi’s Sadar, bringing to an end a 50-year-old book bazaar that took over the areas pavements every Sunday. Vendors have been coming…
By Ruwa Shah New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) Conflicts are known to fuel creative art but Kashmir has been an exception where there is no institutionalised set-up for aspiring creative writers, says an award-winning Kashmiri…
Phnom Penh, Jan 2 (IANS) Revenue from ticket sales to foreigners visiting Cambodia’s famed Angkor Wat archaeological park reached $62.5 million in 2016, a 4.21 per cent rise year-on-year, a statement said on Monday. The…
Phnom Penh, Jan 2 (IANS) The National Museum of Cambodia in January will exhibit what is considered by some experts to be the world’s oldest zero symbol, a dot in a set of script from…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) India’s largest artist ghetto, Kathputli Colony, is a curious chapter in Delhi’s book of shanty clusters. While demolitions and displacements are a constant fear in most slums,…
By Ruwa Shah New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) Conflicts are known to fuel creative art but Kashmir has been an exception where there is no institutionalised set-up for aspiring creative writers, says an award-winning Kashmiri…
Washington, Jan 2 (IANS) Mama Ayesha’s, a popular restaurant in Washington D.C. known for its Presidential Mural featuring every US President from Eisenhower to Obama, will not add President-elect Donald Trump to the mural until…
Bhubaneswar, Jan 1 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik was among the thousands to visit Sri Jagannath temple in Puri on Sunday to take the blessings of deities on new year day. The Chief Minister…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) An oasis of bliss and charm amid the national capital’s fast-paced urban landscape, Kathputli Colony has long been a shantytown with a difference. Like other slums of…
By Vikas Datta In our contemporary, high-tech world where a range of inventions and devices once thought magical are common, it is easy to understand why fairy tales have gone out of fashion. But reflecting…
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has ordered Event and Entertainment Management Association (EEMA), an event organiser group, to pay money to copyright owners of music that they use in their programmes….
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) From providing cashless tools to visitors to satellite mapping of historical sites, one of the major accomplishments of Ministry of Culture in 2016 has been its focus on monuments, says…
By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) Amidst literary geniuses like Taslima Nasreen, Amitava Ghosh, Devdutt Pattanaik and Ramachandra Guha, some debutant authors twinkled in the galaxy of Indian literature and books. Be it…
Kochi, Dec 31 (IANS) Into its third week, the third edition of the country’s only biennale — Kochi Muziris Biennale — has won the hearts of international curators too. A number of curators have by…
Kolkata, Dec 30 (IANS) Seeking freedom from the “tyranny of arrogance”, a section of intellectuals here on Friday submitted a memorandum to RBI’s regional director in protest against demonetisation. “Nobel laureates from the country and…