By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) As part of South Korea-India cultural exchange, an exhibition marking 100 years of the first display of Korean anti-colonial resistance will open in Delhi, and a show…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) He once famously said that “the only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves”. He has been compared to Joseph Conrad, widely…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 9 (IANS) It was an award that never actually came for seven-time Kerala State Film Award winning cinematographer, M.J. Radhakrishnan. When the national film awards were announced on Friday, his name figured, but…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 9 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs from Odisha have requested Union Tourism Minister Prahlad Singh Patel to include the Jagannath temple in Puri and Sun Temple in Konark in the list…
By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Originally set in New York with a drama critic and his family which loves to kill, American playwright Joseph Kesselring’s 1939 play “Arsenic and Old Lace” has…
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Go beyond defining mountains only by their height, though the summit of a peak is nothing more than the point where it gives way to clouds and the sky; next,…
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Acclaimed for his ability to capture unique perspectives of Indian history, best-selling author Manu S. Pillai will look into India’s extraordinary past and the startling colonial connections that have shaped…
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) At about 450 living languages, India’s rich linguistic heritage is one to be proud of and be conserved. On Friday, as the world celebrates International Day of Indigenous Languages (IYIL)…
Kolkata, Aug 8 (IANS) People of West Bengal on Thursday organised special prayers and cultural activities to pay homage to Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore on his 78th death anniversary. The day — 22 Shrabon in…
Mumbai, Aug 8 (IANS) A two-day conference examining the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act, 1972, enacted to prevent smuggling and fraudulent dealings in Indian antiquities, will be opened here on Friday. The conference titled “Art…
New York, Aug 8 (IANS) Starting Saturday, the Metropolitan Museum of Art here will display a selection of 30 paintings depicting Ramayana, painted during 17-19th century for the Rajput and Pahari courts of north India….
Panaji, Aug 8 (IANS) The Goa government’s Directorate of Archives and Archaeology will be conducting a structural audit of all protected monuments in the state, including a study of their vulnerability to fire, Deputy Chief…
Mumbai, Aug 8 (IANS) Lillette Dubey is set to direct a play titled “Devika Rani”, based on the life of Devika Rani, widely regarded as the First Lady of Indian Cinema. Devika Rani is known…
By Binita Das Kolkata, Aug 8 (IANS) The world’s first museum dedicated to the life and teachings of 16th-century saint and social reformer, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is ready to be inaugurated at the city’s Baghbazar Gaudiya…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The geography of Maharashtra’s innermost villages, full of earthy colours and rocky landscapes, has inspired a Mumbai-based artist to make multi-hued, abstract paintings. Born in one such small town of…
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Celebrating the women who have inspired them throughout their lives, a new book by former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her daughter Chelsea Clinton will feature portraits of…
New York, Aug 7 (IANS) Marking its 25th year of presence in India, Christie’s will auction 20 donated artworks to support the Library of Bengali Literature, an open-ended bilingual collection of 1000 years of the…
Bengaluru, Aug 6 (IANS) A music band, which complained on the social media that 2-3 artists were assaulted by a couple of drunken fans at a city mall on August 2 for not playing Kannada…
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) Take a malicious man with a dangerous agenda, add an assassin on a diabolical mission, follow a courageous politician on a treacherous trail and you have all the makings of…