Lucknow’s oblivious Urdu shayar?
By Vikas Datta Poets can be divided into two broad categories – those who are sometime, somewhere influenced by the world outside and ‘prosaic’ concerns like politics, or at least reference what is happening, while…
Culture
When Chittagong was ‘liberated’ from British
By M.R. Narayan Swamy Title: Chittagong Armoury Raid: A Memoir; Author: Subodh Roy; Publisher: LeftWord Books; Pages: 137; Price: Rs.175 It cost only Rs.18,000 to prepare for the 1930 Chittagong Armoury Raid. That – coupled…
Renowned Urdu author Joginder Paul passes away
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Renowned Urdu litterateur and author Joginder Paul passed away on Friday after a prolonged illness. He was 90. Paul had been suffering from age-related illness and was hospitalized for some…
Despite protest fears, Ghulam Ali’s Varanasi event on track
Pakistani ghazal singer Ustad Ghulam Ali. (File Photo: IANS) Lucknow, April 23 (IANS) Despite threats of disruptions by some Hindu fringe groups, the performance of Pakistani ghazal maestro Ghulam Ali at the ‘Sankat Mochan Sangeet…
Google doodle marks Shakespeare’s 400th death anniversary
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Search engine giant Google paid homage on Friday to William shakespeare with a doodle to mark his 400th death anniversary. The doodle features the Bard of Avon in the middle…
Kashmir, freedom of speech figure on first day of Dehradun Litfest
Dehradun, April 22 (IANS) The vexed issues of Kashmir and the muzzling of freedom of speech predominated on the first day of Dehradun Literature Festival, which began on Friday. Author Omair Ahmad said that the…
Shiv Sainiks protest Ghulam Ali’s visit, 10 detained
Ahmedabad, April 22 (IANS) Ten Shiv Sena members were detained on Friday for protesting against Pakistani ghazal maestro Ghulam Ali’s visit to India to receive an award. The singer arrived in Gujarat’s Mahuva town in…
Mahesh Bhatt to present Shakespeare’s ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Commemorating the 400th death anniversary of the literary legend William Shakespeare, Indian film director Mahesh Bhatt is coming up with a theatrical adaptation in Hindi of his magnum opus “Two…
Shakespeare centre in Britain gets go-ahead
London, April 22 (IANS) Proposals to build a Shakespeare theatre near Liverpool in Britain have been given the go-ahead on the eve of the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, officials said on Friday. The…
Now use your smartphone to get exciting reads with Juggernaut app
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Fond of reading but find it hard to lug around books with you? Now, you can access a range of exciting reads – from short stories by Sunny Leone to…
Dating app collaborates with author for dating guide
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Dating app Truly Madly has collaborated with author Sayantan Ghosh for the book “Who Needs Cupid? -TrulyMadly’s Guide to Dating”. Authored by Ghosh, the guide released on Friday on Android…
Kapil Dev’s NGO celebrates father-daughter bond
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Fathers and daughters have a very special bonding and each page of a coffee table book to be released on Sunday is the story of a father’s love for his…
Cuba, US agree to deepen cultural cooperation
Havana, April 22 (IANS) The first official US cultural delegation to Cuba ended its four-day visit to the island country with both sides agreeing to deepen bilateral cultural cooperation. The delegation, composed of more than…
Google celebrates Earth Day with doodle
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Tech giant Google on Friday dedicated a doodle on the occasion of Earth Day. Earth Day, observed annually on April 22 since the eventg began in the late 1960s, is…
Trains, Bollywood, deities alongside on canvas
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) What can be more fascinating than an amalgamation of old trains, Hindu deities and popular Bollywood posters on canvas? Nepalese artist Uma Shankar Shah presents this unique blend in an…
Ample romance, stories of power and beauty
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Flick through an exciting school romance, the difficult love affair of a ballerina, the struggle of a girl dealing with the gravitational force of her attraction to a man and…
Kohinoor’s tragic tale from Lahore to Buckingham Palace
By Preetha Nair New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) As the row over the Kohinoor diamond intensifies with political parties demanding its return to India, accounts of historians establish that the majestic stone was forcibly taken…
‘Nil Battey Sannata’ declared tax-free in UP
Mumbai, April 21 (IANS) Swara Bhaskar-starrer Nil Battey Sannata will be tax-free in Uttar Pradesh, state Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav announced on Thursday. Yadav shared the news on Twitter. Touched by the story of ‘Nil…
Bird population threatened like never before: Book
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Bird population in India and across the world faces unprecedented threats, a new book says. “Feathers of Vellayani”, a publication of the Kerala State Biodiversity Board, says that the largest…
Congress jumps on Kohinoor bandwagon, wants Indian artefacts abroad back
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Amid demands from various quarters to get the Kohinoor diamond back from the British, the Congress on Wednesday said that it was keen on getting Indian artefacts lying abroad to…