Nainital, Oct 5 (IANS) Nestled in the Himalayas, Nainital in Uttarakhand is hosting the third edition of Kumaon literature and arts festival — “Himalayan Echoes” — that kicked off on Friday and will continue till…
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Santa Monica, known for its year-round events and concerts, has come up with a concert with an Indian touch to it. Twilight on the Pier!, an outdoor music festival in…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) International bestselling author of crime fiction Sophie Hannah, published in 49 languages and over 50 countries, is out with “The Mystery of Three Quarters”. A die-hard fan…
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Revisit the 20th century’s greatest act of treason; flick through fresh, untamed stories aided and abetted by a nice storyteller; read two mystical stories — one about a woman who…
Kolkata, Oct 4 (IANS) Terming music as a perfect tool for “building bridges between different nations and cultures and people” Austrian Ambassador to India, Brigitte Oppinger-Walchshofer on Thursday said there were plans to bring more…
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) The 46th edition of Cervantino International Festival, to be held in Mexico, will see India participating as a guest of honour, with an elaborate programme of performing arts, Indian Council…
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) The National School of Drama (NSD) has appointed senior theatre practitioner Mohan Maharishi as its Ebrahim Alkazi Chair, and invited thespian B. Jayashree for its three-month artist-in-residence program, a statement…
Mumbai, Oct 4 (IANS) In a welcome announcement for music lovers, the National Centre of Performing Arts (NCPA) will launch its own jazz collective here on Friday to popularise the genre in India. The jazz…
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) The government’s former Chief Economic Advisor (CEA), Arvind Subramanian, will open up about his tenure, which saw the controversial demonetisation of high-value currency notes and the introduction of the Goods…
Mumbai, Oct 4 (IANS) Veteran Indian classical vocalist Rajabhau Deo is the sculptor of her musical upbringing, his daughter and disciple Alka Deo Marulkar said here ahead of her ‘khayal vocal recital here on Thursday,…
By Kushagra Dixit Book: The Rise and Fall of the Emerald Tigers: Ten Years of Research in Panna National Park; Author: Raghu Chundawat; Pages:356; Price: Rs.899 In a world of self-styled tiger experts, lack of…
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) The way to abstraction in sculpting is a long journey, and requires a sculptor’s practice of art to pass through multiple stages, Udaipur-based senior sculptor Gyan Singh said on Wednesday….
Mumbai, Oct 3 (IANS) Two noted Indian music bands — Euphoria and Rakesh and Friends — will perform at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) here on Friday and Saturday. The performances will…
Mumbai, Oct 3 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress parliamentarian Shashi Tharoor and former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Raghuram Rajan have been shortlisted in the popular category for the 16th edition of the…
By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) As a high-pitched melancholic music shrieks through a Macbeth set here, the three witches of the 17th-century Shakespearean play appear on the stage crawling, setting the tone…
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) Veteran writers, including Nayantara Sahgal, Kiran Nagarkar and Jeet Thayil have been overlooked by the jury of the inaugural edition of the Rs 25 lakh JCB Prize for Literature, whose…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) Even in the face of “extraordinary pressure to assimilate with the host populations”, Tibetans living in exile in India have been extremely successful in retaining their ancestral…
Srinagar, Oct 2 (IANS) The restoration work at the historic Jamia Masjid began here on Tuesday after a gap of 250 years. Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, who heads the Anjuman-e-Auqaf or mosque management, tweeted that to…
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched a medley version of Bapu’s favourite bhajan ‘Vaishnav jan to tene kahiye’ sung by artists from over 40 countries, during the closing ceremony…
By Natalia Ningthoujam New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) Popular vocalist Kavita Krishnamurti, who has sung in multiple Indian languages over four decades, will soon make her debut as a composer. “I have composed bhajans. One…