Category: Art

Lost or distorted messages: A literary malady

By Vikas Datta The human capacity for perverse contrariness or, at best, a different perspective, is quite immense. And suffering…

8 years ago

Stories of Pakistan, from a father to son

New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) Besides issues like political turbulence or struggle for women's rights, there is a beautiful Pakistan…

8 years ago

Karnataka artisans’ ‘magical dolls’ on display

New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Artisans of Karnataka have been randomly practising their traditional and creative ideas for many decades.…

8 years ago

Narasimha Rao was an ideal PM, Babri demolition changed things: Salman Khurshid

New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) In a comment that barely any Congress leader has voiced in public, former External Affairs…

8 years ago

This monsoon, it’s raining romances for readers of popular fiction

New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Brutally sidelined by critics, made fun of by several headline authors and even rejected for…

8 years ago

Victims’ skulls raise questions about Aztec human sacrifices

Mexico City, July 8 (IANS) Study of the skulls of victims of Aztec human sacrifices has cast doubt on the…

8 years ago

150 dancers and dholis to pay tribute to Canada 150

Toronto, July 7 (IANS) One hundred and fifty Canadian dancers and dholis will participate in DANCE 150, a unifying celebration…

8 years ago

Country witnessing aspects of Emergency now: Chidambaram

New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) There are aspects of the 1975-77 Emergency the country is now witnessing like the gagging…

8 years ago

HarperCollins to publish 25 iconic books in one special edition

New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Twenty-five of the most iconic books published by HarperCollins India are all set to be…

8 years ago

Business tips, a thriller and cricket

New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Get a collection of new street-smarts based on interviews with experienced people, read a powerful…

8 years ago

Soha Ali Khan’s debut book to launch in December

Mumbai, July 7 (IANS) Actress Soha Ali Khan, who is expecting her first child with husband Kunal Kemmu, is turning…

8 years ago

Norway returns illegally-imported Buddha statue to Myanmar

Nay Pyi Taw, July 7 (IANS) Norway has returned a Buddha statue to Myanmar, the place of origin of the…

8 years ago

A surrealistic, supernatural quest in Karachi – and beyond

By Vikas Datta Title: Boy of Fire and Earth; Author: Sami Shah; Publisher: Picador India/Pan Macmillan India; Pages: 368; Price:…

8 years ago

3,000-year-old tombs excavated in China

Beijing, July 6 (IANS) At least 224 tombs believed to be over 3,000 years old have been unearthed in central…

8 years ago

‘Bol ke labh azad hain tere’: Faiz beyond revolution and romance (Book Review) (With Image)

By Vikas Datta Title: The Colours of My Heart - Selected Poems; Author: Faiz Ahmed Faiz & Baran Farooqi (translator);…

8 years ago

Museums must reach out to wider public: Bengal governor

Kolkata, July 5 (IANS) West Bengal Governor K.N. Tripathi on Wednesday said museums can no longer act as exalted custodians…

9 years ago

Indian Cultural Centre to be set up in Israel

Jerusalem, July 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced that an Indian Cultural Centre would be set up…

9 years ago

Problem was not with idea of Aadhaar but its inadequacies: Modi in new book

New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an upcoming book says he had no differences with the…

9 years ago

What matters more: Writer or manuscript?

By Saket Suman New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Keen observers of contemporary Indian literature would agree that most recent books…

9 years ago

Modi presents Netanyahu Jewish relics from Kerala

Tel Aviv, July 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu replicas of two sets of…

9 years ago



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