New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday stressed that customs and traditions have to pass a legal and constitutional test, telling Tamil Nadu which held ‘Jallikattu’ (bull fighting) was a 5,000-year-old sport…
Kolkata, July 26 (IANS) The Kolkata Police on Tuesday continued to look for answers to the mysterious death of a teenager at the apartment complex parking of well-known writer Amit Chaudhuri even as chorus continued…
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Buddha Rashmi Mani, a former Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) official who had led a team that excavated the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid site in 2003, has been appointed the director general…
Gurgaon, July 26 (IANS) Sula Vineyards in association with BAJAAO Entertainment is set to begin the second season of their live music platform, Sula Sessions here with its first gig to be held on July…
By Jaideep Sarin Jalandhar, July 26 (IANS) She took to singing when she was just seven and has, just a decade later, turned into a star of sorts within her community as she dared to…
By Vikas Datta Title: How the French Won Waterloo – or Think They Did; Author: Stephen Clarke; Publisher: Arrow Books/Penguin UK; Pages: 304; Price: Rs 499 Waterloo has become a byword – at least in…
Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) The city police on Monday constituted a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the death of a teenager at the apartment complex of noted author Amit Chaudhuri where he had gone…
Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) Social activist and writer Mahasweta Devi continued to be in a critical condition requiring life support, a doctor said on Monday. The nonagenarian litterateur was responding to treatment last week but…
By Vikas Datta Title: Criminal – The Truth About Why People Do Bad Things; Author: Tom Gash; Publisher: Allen Lane/Penguin; Pages: 349; Price: Rs.899 ‘Crime doesn’t pay’ is something almost everyone is taught around the…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) The Sahitya Akademi has invited young Indian writers to submit their works for its Yuva Puraskar 2017, given to writers below 35 years of age writing in any of the…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) A new high-tech, “story-telling” museum is all set to wow visitors at Rashtrapati Bhavan, and would be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday in the presence of President…
Chamba, July 24 (IANS) The eight-day-long, centuries-old Hindu fair that symbolises the blossoming of maize began on Sunday in this historical Himachal Pradesh town located on the banks of the Ravi river. It was to…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari on Sunday condoled the death of legendary painter S.H. Raza, and credited him with popularising Indian art globally. “I am deeply grieved to hear about…
Hyderabad, July 24 (IANS) Muqtar Ahmed, an Indian Arabic calligrapher, has won one of the top prizes at the Cairo International Festival for Arabic Calligraphy. The Bengaluru-based calligrapher’s work was selected for second prize from…
By Vikas Datta English speakers have long had an advantage for there are few classics from other literary traditions which are not available in the language. Translations of Homer, Rumi, Cervantes, Goethe, Pushkin, Dumas, Tolstoy,…
Mumbai: Rapper Hard Kaur during the 8th Mirchi Music Awards in Mumbai on Feb 29, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai, July 23 (IANS) Singer-rapper Hard Kaur, who has lent her voice to numerous hit songs, says…
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Describing veteran artist S H Raza’s death as a huge loss to the art world, many from his fraternity said that he and his works represented secular India. Remembering him…
By Uma Nair An Indian artist in Paris — an Indian artist who decided he would explore the rudiments of plastic art, a gentleman who was subtle and every bit an arts connoisseur, a voracious…
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Iconic Indian artist Syed Haider Raza, known for his abstracts, passed away on Saturday at the age of 94. Raza’s works had very rich use of color, replete with icons…
By Kushagra Dixit New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The much-touted Paris climate conference is only about business and not about addressing environmental degradation, noted author Amitav Ghosh says, adding that these very businesses had created…