Category: Art

SIT set up to probe Kolkata teen’s death

Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) The city police on Monday constituted a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the death of…

9 years ago

Mahasweta Devi critical

Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) Social activist and writer Mahasweta Devi continued to be in a critical condition requiring life support,…

9 years ago

Crime and Punishment: A radical new approach?

By Vikas Datta Title: Criminal - The Truth About Why People Do Bad Things; Author: Tom Gash; Publisher: Allen Lane/Penguin;…

9 years ago

Sahitya Akademi invites applications for Yuva Puraskar

New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) The Sahitya Akademi has invited young Indian writers to submit their works for its Yuva…

9 years ago

New ‘story-telling’ museum to wow visitors at Rashtrapati Bhavan

New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) A new high-tech, "story-telling" museum is all set to wow visitors at Rashtrapati Bhavan, and…

9 years ago

Centuries-old fair symbolising maize blossom begins in Himachal

Chamba, July 24 (IANS) The eight-day-long, centuries-old Hindu fair that symbolises the blossoming of maize began on Sunday in this…

9 years ago

Ansari condoles death of S.H. Raza

New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari on Sunday condoled the death of legendary painter S.H. Raza,…

9 years ago

Indian Arabic calligrapher bags top prize at Cairo festival

Hyderabad, July 24 (IANS) Muqtar Ahmed, an Indian Arabic calligrapher, has won one of the top prizes at the Cairo…

9 years ago

Lost in translation: The peculiar case of a popular French author

By Vikas Datta English speakers have long had an advantage for there are few classics from other literary traditions which…

9 years ago

Want to become a big music director: Hard Kaur

Mumbai, July 23 (IANS) Singer-rapper Hard Kaur, who has lent her voice to numerous hit songs, says she wants to…

9 years ago

Raza was a secularist in the true sense: Fraternity

New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Describing veteran artist S H Raza's death as a huge loss to the art world,…

9 years ago

Raza: Artist who believed in Christ and Krishna and the primordial ‘Bindu’

By Uma Nair An Indian artist in Paris -- an Indian artist who decided he would explore the rudiments of…

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Modern Indian artist S H Raza passes away

New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Iconic Indian artist Syed Haider Raza, known for his abstracts, passed away on Saturday at…

9 years ago

We are like frogs in boiling water: Author Amitav Ghosh on climate change

By Kushagra Dixit New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The much-touted Paris climate conference is only about business and not about…

9 years ago

Mahasweta Devi’s condition improving

Kolkata, July 23 (IANS) Social activist and writer Mahasweta Devi on Saturday continued to be in a critical condition, a…

9 years ago

SRK terms himself struggling writer, pens poem inspired from Zayn Malik

Mumbai, July 22 (IANS) Superstar Shah Rukh Khan says that he is a struggling writer, who has not taken his…

9 years ago

Reading Harry Potter may make Americans less favourable to Trump

Washington, July 22 (IANS) Harry Potter books, with their message of tolerance and respect for difference, may make Americans less…

9 years ago

‘She Walks, She Leads’ an inspiring account of 24 women achievers

By Vishnu Makhijani Book: "She Walks, She Leads"; Author: Gunjan Jain; Publisher: Penguin/Viking; Pages: 556; Price: Rs 799 In spite…

9 years ago

The Caliphate: What we should know, and why not fear it

By Vikas Datta Title: The Caliphate; Author: Hugh Kennedy; Publisher: Pelican Introduction/Penguin; Pages: 448; Price: Rs 499 Russians nostalgic for…

9 years ago

Australia to return stolen Buddha statue to India

Canberra, July 22 (IANS) An 1,800-year-old Buddha statue which was displayed in the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) is being…

9 years ago



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