By Paulo Coelho (Attn Editors: Drawing on the rich experience of his own life, bestselling author Paulo Coelho’s “Hippie”, dedicated to Kabir, Rumi and Tagore, among others, will hit the bookstores in India on Thursday….
Pune, Sep 26 (IANS) An art and music extravaganza ‘Guru Vandana’, featuring exponents Shiv Kumar Sharma and Hariprasad Chaurasia in a special jugalbandi of the santoor and the flute, will mark spiritual guru Paramhansa Yogananda’s…
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) A line-up of 15 theatrical performances, set to be staged over nine days from October 20, will explore socio-political themes. To be held at the India Habitat Centre (IHC) here,…
Paris, Sep 26 (IANS) First-edition rare texts and drawings from a number of 19th century French literary and artistic geniuses, including a melancholic letter from poet Arthur Rimbaud essaying his last weeks, will be on…
Pune, Sep 26 (IANS) PEN International and VIDA: Women in Literary Arts, a non-profit feminist organisation, announced a new collaboration on Wednesday to monitor gender disparities in literature through PEN Centres across the globe. The…
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) What lies inside of houses in three cities with completely disparate climates was what German photographer Andre Lutzen enquired with his photography collection “Living Climate”, some of which are currently…
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Indo-Canadian actress Lisa Ray says penning her life story for a memoir, which will be out in the summer of 2019, has transported her to myriad experiences and the emotions…
Mumbai, Sep 26 (IANS) Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu will honour 50 young and promising musicians from all across India to mark the 102nd birth anniversary of the legendary carnatic music singer, Bharat Ratna M.S….
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) An authorised biography of Nouf Marwaai, the first certified Yogacharini in Saudi Arabia, written by well-known film historian and writer Gautam Chintamani, has been acquired by Westland publications. The announcement…
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) An exhibition dedicated to the upcoming state visit of Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to India was inaugurated at National Museum here on Tuesday. Titled “India – Uzbekistan: Dialogue of Cultures”,…
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 25 (IANS) Popular cartoonist Pran Kumar Sharma’s creation and hugely popular Indian comic book “Chacha Chaudhary” will be recreated as an animated series, Technopark-headquartered Toonz Media announced on Tuesday. P. Jayakumar, CEO of…
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) A solo show of photographic works by one of the most dynamic names from the Bangladeshi art scene opened for public viewing at the Akar Prakar gallery here. In his…
By Mohammed Shafeeq Book: Shahryar: A Life in Poetry; Author: Rakhshanda Jalil; Publisher: HarperCollins; Price: Rs 599; Pages: 226 Shahryar (1936-2012) was arguably one of the best Urdu poets in the post-Independence era. Emerging as…
Canberra, Sep 25 (IANS) Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Tuesday proposed establishing a national day to celebrate the country’s indigenous history. Morrison raised the proposal amid renewed calls for the date of Australia Day…
Panaji, Sep 24 (IANS) Goa will celebrate its tryst with its former coloniser, Portugal, with an extravaganza involving wine, food, music, photography and films over a several month-long extravaganza, which kicks off later this month…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) Amidst the raging controversy surrounding the Nehru Memorial Museum Library (NMML), the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund, chaired by Sonia Gandhi and housed in the Teen Murti Estate…
By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) A new anthology on Saadat Hasan Manto, penned by the maverick’s friends, foes and family, inspects “Manto Saheb” beyond the usual, capturing the psychology of the much…
Mumbai, Sep 24 (IANS) Goa’s annual Serendipity Arts Festival will be staging two days of events here this week to mark the curtain raiser for its third edition. Scheduled to take place on Thursday and…
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar Book: Eating Wasps; Author: Anita Nair; Publisher: Context; Pages: 256; Price: Rs 599 Anita Nair’s “Eating Wasps” has the ability to unsettle you, in just the same way eating a wasp for…
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) The Minority Affairs Ministry will organise ‘mushairas’ (social gatherings at which Urdu poetry is read) across the country as part of the 150th birth anniversary celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi, the…