By Vikas Datta Soon after he became India’s second President, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan’s birthday began to be celebrated as “Teachers’ Day”, given his belief that “teachers should be the best minds in the country” and his…
By Vikas Datta Title: The Bolt Supremacy – Inside Jamaica’s Sprint Factory; Author: Richard Moore; Publisher: Yellow Jersey Press/Random House India; Pages: 330; Price: Rs 499 When Jamaica started participating in the Olympics in 1948,…
Vatican City, Sep 4 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sang popular Bengali devotional songs and walked with members of her delegation from Rome to St Peter’s Basilica where Mother Teresa on Sunday was…
Udaipur (Rajasthan) Sep 4 (IANS) Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhrara Raje said on Sunday that ‘living heritage’ needs to be promoted proactively through heritage and historical buildings. “Living heritage’ needs to be promoted proactively through our…
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Greeting teachers on the occasion of Teachers Day, President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said teachers are the building blocks of a good eduction system. In India, Teachers’ Day is observed…
Kochi, Sep 4 (IANS) It was “Atham” day in its traditional glory on Sunday in Thripunithura, near here, signalling that Kerala is ready to celebrate Onam. The Atham is held 10 days before the most…
By Preetha Nair Thimphu, Sep 4 (IANS) Aboriginal, litterateur and rebel, Witi Ihimaera is a moving force in giving voice to the Maoris in New Zealand. The first published novelist in Maori literature, the 72-year-old…
By Vikas Datta The memorial at the Kohima War Cemetery, where lie dead of a World War II battle termed “Stalingrad of the East”, asks us: “When you go home tell them of us and…
Niamey, Sep 4 (IANS) With characters extravagantly dressed as science-fiction, comic-book and videogame characters parading down Peachtree Street, the 30th annual Dragon Con Parade brought thousands of fans to Atlanta on Saturday for this spectacularly…
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Works of masters like S.H. Raza, K.G. Subramanyan, F.N. Souza, Tyeb Mehta and M.F. Husain, among others, will go under the hammer here on Saturday. Organised by Art Deal auction…
By Preetha Nair Thimphu, Sep 2 (IANS) The Bangladesh government’s failure to take action against those behind the attack on bloggers and minorities in the recent past led to the terror attack in July on…
Guwahati, Sep 2 (IANS) One of Assam’s most prominent and celebrated poet and literary critic Nalinidhar Bhattacharya passed away at a private hospital in Guwahati on Friday. His family said that Bhattacharya died around 4.10…
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Flick through an exciting story triggered by Neil Armstrong’s moon walk, wade through the love story of a geek and a fashion model, read the romantic tale of three lives…
London, Sep 2 (IANS) London Mayor Sadiq Khan officially opened Tara Theatre, a new state-of-the-art venue in south London to showcase South Asian arts. The theatre will be the new home for the acclaimed Tara…
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that schools and colleges in the country have been “over academised” with more concentration on the degree than on talent and learning. The minister was…
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) Wimpy Kid fans can rejoice as Jeff Kinney, the author of the series, is visiting India this December. The best-selling author of the ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid series’, will…
New Delhi: Actress Yami Gautam walks the ramp displaying an outfit by fashion designers Rimple and Harpreet Narula during the India Couture Week 2016, in New Delhi on July 22, 2016. (Photo: Amlan Paliwal/IANS) Mumbai,…
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) An installation by India Design Forum (IDF) will be representing India in the inaugural edition of the London Design Biennale. The first London Design Biennale will open at Somerset House…
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) Exhibitions, dance performances, music, theatre, workshops and yoga — people Down Under are being treated to these Indian treats in an ongoing Indian festival. Organised by India’s Ministry of Culture…
By Vikas Datta Title: Moskva; Author: Jack Grimwood; Publisher: Michael Joseph/Penguin Random House; Pages: 477; Price: Rs 599 As 1985 ends in Moscow, Mikhail Gorbachev, who has just been in power for a few months…