New Delhi, Oct 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) For the second year in a row, eminent Tamil novelist Perumal Murugan has made the short list of the Rs 25 lakh JCB Prize for Literature, India’s richest, his two…
London, Oct 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Anonymous British street artist Banksy’s painting showing the UK’s House of Commons overrun with chimpanzees has sold at an auction for 9.9 pounds ($12 million). The 13 ft wide artwork titled…
Jaipur, Oct 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bringing in a blend of innovation, traditional craftsmanship and modern functionality through handmade art via artisans from five states of India, Fanusta, a lifestyle store with the diverse range of handcrafted…
New Delhi, Oct 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) It was 72 years ago that Mahatma Gandhi set the routine of singing ‘bhajans’ like “Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram” and others from 9 to 10 a.m. everyday at this Valmiki…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Oct 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) “The effort to clean India will take a little more than to simply pick up the broom and start sweeping,” is the grim message of “Wasted -…
New Delhi, Sep 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) All hurdles in the way of giving Sikh pilgrims access to the Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara, where Guru Nanak Dev breathed his last and which now lies in Pakistan, would be…
Sydney, Sep 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) As Australia gets ready to celebrate Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary with week-long exhibitions and interactive discussions at various universities, Mahatma Gandhi’s bronze bust at the University of New South Wales…
Mysuru (Karnataka), Sep 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) The world famous 10-day Mysuru Dasara festival began in Karnataka’s cultural capital on Sunday with pomp, as hundreds of people joined the celebrations amid piety and religious fervour, an official…
Kashmir As I see It: From Within and Afar By Ashok Dhar; Rupa Publications (May 2019) New Delhi, Sep 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) August 5, 2019 has become a landmark in Indian history when the Parliament revoked…
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Once a bureaucrat, it is said, always a bureaucrat. Naresh Chandra Saxena, a topper of the 1984 Civil Services Examination and who retired as Secretary, Planning Commission (Niti Aayog in…
Aligarh, Sep 28 (IANS) A prominent novelist, poet and author Ghazanfar Ali, a former faculty of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and alumnus has been awarded the prestigious literary award “Iqbal Samman” for 2018. The award,…
Mysuru, Sep 28 (IANS) Karnataka’s cultural capital Mysuru has decked up to celebrate its world famous 10-day Dasara festival from Sunday with pomp and piety, an official said on Saturday. “The 10-day Dasara festival begins…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) Translations are an important step towards the democratisation of literary culture as they break down elitist distinctions. Inter-lingual translations into regional languages need to be encouraged, even…
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) How did five entrepreneurs weather the dotcom bust around 18 years back to launch a successful e-grocery venture that is valued at $950 million today? You may read about it…
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) Perumal Murugan, Rajkamal Jha and Fatima Bhutto are among the 15 authors in the longlist of the $25,000 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2019, announced here on Thursday. The…
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The Washington Post has hired Indian journalist Rana Ayyub as its latest contributing writer to the Global Opinions section, the Jeff Bezos-owned company announced on Thursday. Mumbai-based Ayyub will write…
Rome, Sep 26 (IANS) More than 5,000 peace drawings by children from 128 countries, including India, are on display encircling the Colosseum in Rome from September 20-29. Titled ‘Colours of Peace’, it is the world’s…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) There was much hope when the Paris Agreement on Climate Change was adopted in December 2015 to keep the increase in global average temperatures well below 2…
Agra, Sep 25 (IANS) Several rounds of heavy showers since Wednesday morning have hit the grand preparations for the annual Ram Lila Barat procession due to start later on Wednesday from the Agra Fort area…
By Vishnu Makhijani Noida, Sep 24 (IANS) It traces its origin to 12th century Japan and spread to countries like Taiwan, South Korea, the Philippines and the US state of Hawaii. The bento box is…