Category: Art

Manipuri folk singer collaborates with Portuguese group for a cause

By Natalia Ningthoujam New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) Manipuri folk singer Mangka has joined hands with Portuguese group Cla for…

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Not only ‘Home Sweet Home’: How homes make and keep us human

By Vikas Datta Title: Home - A Very Short Introduction; Author: Michael Allen Fox; Publisher: Oxford University Press; Pages: 144;…

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Why creating works of art is so fulfilling

New York, June 14 (IANS) Activities such as colouring, doodling and drawing can lead to significant bloodflow in the section…

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Documentary on British-born Indian architect Laurie Baker’s life, work

Kolkata, June 14 (IANS) Concepts such as 'environment-friendly', 'sustainable' and 'socially relevant' which are buzzwords in architecture today were discussed…

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Ruskin Bond gifts fans his autobiography National

New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) After enthralling readers for 60 long years with over a hundred novellas, short story collections,…

9 years ago

The often ignored hand that rocks the Islamist cradle

By Vikas Datta Title: We are all Revolutionaries Here - Militarism, Political Islam and Gender in Pakistan; Author: Aneela Zeb…

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Narayana Reddy’s statue to come up on Hyderabad’s Tank Bund

Hyderabad, June 13 (IANS) The statue of legendary Telugu poet, writer and lyricist C. Narayana Reddy, who died here on…

9 years ago

Bhutan gears up for Mountain Echoes Literary Festival in August

New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) Literary stalwarts from across the world are set to share their unique perspectives on globally…

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India not using yoga to colonise but unite the world: Envoy

By Francis Kokutse Accra (Ghana), June 13 IANS) India has no intention of using yoga "to culturally colonise the world",…

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Nepal, China reaffirm cooperation in literature

Kathmandu, June 13 (IANS) Nepal and China have reaffirmed cooperation in the fields of literature, arts and culture under the…

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Searching for ecstasy across a spectrum of transcendence

By Vikas Datta Title: The Art of Losing Control; Author: Jules Evans; Publisher: Canongate; Pages: 294; Price: Rs 699 Even…

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Myanmar strives to enlist ancient city as cultural heritage

Yangon, June 13 (IANS) Myanmar is striving to enlist Bagan, a famous ancient city with thousands of religious edifices and…

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Beef party in Mizoram during Rajnath visit

Aizawl, June 12 (IANS) Hundreds of people on Monday took part in a beef party here to coincide with Union…

9 years ago

Eminent Telugu poet Narayana Reddy dead

Hyderabad, June 12 (IANS) Eminent Telugu poet, writer and lyricist C. Narayana Reddy died here on Monday, following prolonged illness,…

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Cuban leadership sent Che to die in Bolivia: Ex-General

La Paz, June 12 (IANS) Retired Bolivian Gen. Gary Prado Salmon, who in 1967 captured Ernesto "Che" Guevara, said the…

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The straight dope about the Fuehrer and the Nazi war machine

By Vikas Datta Title: Blitzed - Drugs in Nazi Germany; Author: Norman Ohler (translated by Shaun Whiteside); Publisher: Penguin Books;…

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A film inspired by Dostoevsky, Premchand’s works

New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) Indian writer Munshi Premchand's "Binni" as well as Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky's works "The Dream…

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1,000 take part in yoga event in Chinese city

By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, June 11 (IANS) Nearly 1,000 people on Sunday took part in a yoga event in Zhenjiang…

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Sharma to open Chandra-Bhaga Sangam fest in Himachal

Manali, June 11 (IANS) Union Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma will inaugurate daylong Chandra-Bhaga Sangam Parv in Himachal Pradesh's Lahaul-Spiti district…

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Poet, essayist Haraprasad Das gets Kalinga Literary Award

Bhubaneswar, June 11 (IANS) Legendary poet and essayist Haraprasad Das was on Sunday conferred with the covetous Kalinga Literary Award…

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