Category: Art

Perumal Murugan makes JCB Prize shortlist for 2nd year in a row

New Delhi, Oct 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) For the second year in a row, eminent Tamil novelist Perumal Murugan has made the…

6 years ago

Banksy’s UK Parliament painting sells for $12mn

London, Oct 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Anonymous British street artist Banksy's painting showing the UK's House of Commons overrun with chimpanzees has…

6 years ago

House of Fanusta opens its first flagship store in Jaipur

Jaipur, Oct 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bringing in a blend of innovation, traditional craftsmanship and modern functionality through handmade art via artisans…

6 years ago

Mahatma Gandhi’s way of life still followed at this temple

New Delhi, Oct 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) It was 72 years ago that Mahatma Gandhi set the routine of singing 'bhajans' like…

6 years ago

‘Change in mindsets required for Clean India’

By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Oct 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) "The effort to clean India will take a little more than to…

6 years ago

All hurdles on Kartarpur access to be cleared: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

New Delhi, Sep 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) All hurdles in the way of giving Sikh pilgrims access to the Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara,…

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UNSW Sydney set to mark Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary

Sydney, Sep 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) As Australia gets ready to celebrate Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary with week-long exhibitions and interactive…

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10-day Dasara festival begins at Mysuru with pomp

Mysuru (Karnataka), Sep 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) The world famous 10-day Mysuru Dasara festival began in Karnataka's cultural capital on Sunday with…

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Looking beyond Kashmir’s accession to India

Kashmir As I see It: From Within and Afar By Ashok Dhar; Rupa Publications (May 2019) New Delhi, Sep 29…

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Another ex-bureaucrat trashes IAS – and then backtracks

New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Once a bureaucrat, it is said, always a bureaucrat. Naresh Chandra Saxena, a topper of…

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Ghazanfar Ali of AMU bags Iqbal Samman

Aligarh, Sep 28 (IANS) A prominent novelist, poet and author Ghazanfar Ali, a former faculty of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU)…

6 years ago

Mysuru decks up for 10-day Dasara festival in Karnataka

Mysuru, Sep 28 (IANS) Karnataka's cultural capital Mysuru has decked up to celebrate its world famous 10-day Dasara festival from…

6 years ago

‘Translations speed up democratisation of literary culture’

By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) Translations are an important step towards the democratisation of literary culture as…

6 years ago

The making of BigBasket, the evolution of election campaigns, a woman leader’s guide to breaking socially-imposed glass ceilings

New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) How did five entrepreneurs weather the dotcom bust around 18 years back to launch a…

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Perumal, Rajkamal, Fatima Bhutto in $25,000 DSC Prize longlist

New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) Perumal Murugan, Rajkamal Jha and Fatima Bhutto are among the 15 authors in the longlist…

6 years ago

Rana Ayyub joins Washington Post to write on Indian politics

New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The Washington Post has hired Indian journalist Rana Ayyub as its latest contributing writer to…

6 years ago

Peace drawings by children adorn Colosseum in Rome

Rome, Sep 26 (IANS) More than 5,000 peace drawings by children from 128 countries, including India, are on display encircling…

6 years ago

Swedish teen Greta triumphs where world leaders falter

By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) There was much hope when the Paris Agreement on Climate Change was…

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Heavy rains dampen north India’s major Ram Lila celebrations

Agra, Sep 25 (IANS) Several rounds of heavy showers since Wednesday morning have hit the grand preparations for the annual…

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At R.E.D., Bento Box festival takes you on a Japanese odyssey

By Vishnu Makhijani Noida, Sep 24 (IANS) It traces its origin to 12th century Japan and spread to countries like…

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