Jammu, June 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages (JKAACL) organised a ‘Meet-the-Author programme at its premises in Jammu on Wednesday. JKAACL said that it hosted Urdu ghazal writer and…
New Delhi, June 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bhutan Echoes, the literary festival in Bhutan has announced the return of Drukyul’s Literature Festival (DLF) for its 12th edition with the theme ‘Reconnecting and Reviving’. From August 4 to…
New Delhi, June 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Get set for a show of Bengal’s masters, ‘Bengal Beyond Boundaries’ — which will see works by both past and contemporary artists as Aakriti Art Gallery, between July 6 and…
New Delhi, June 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) The second edition of the Bihar Museum Biennale will be inaugurated on August 7 at the Bihar Museum in Patna. Organised by the state government’s Department of Arts, Culture and…
New Delhi, June 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Kasauli Club, established in 1880, is hosting the 101st Kasauli Week. The week-long celebrations that started on Monday were inaugurated by the Chairman of the club, Brig C.S. Pathania….
By Kavya Dubey India owes its victory in the Kargil War of 1999 to the brave soldiers of its Army as well as the fighter pilots of the Air Force and the barely-acknowledged Navy. And…
By Vikas Datta It was a zany tale, spun on a somnolent summer afternoon boat ride in 1862 to entertain three young girls, but went on to become an abiding literary and cultural landmark that…
By Sukant Deepak New Delhi, June 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) As a school-going boy, he would always stop seeing men making natural dyes and pigments in one of the bylanes of Bhiwani, Haryana. He remembers finding the…
Panaji, June 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The first edition of ‘Goa Environmental Film Festival’ (GEFF) kicked off on Saturday with the Oscar winning documentary ‘The Elephant Whisperers’. The three-day film festival which highlights global issues related to…
New Delhi, May 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) : ‘Kabir Granthawali’, edited by critic and Bhakti-Poetry expert Prof Purushottam Agrawal will be launched on June 4 at the India International Centre in the Capital. ‘Kabir Granthawali’ is the…
Varanasi (UP), May 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) Artisans of GI-tagged woodcraft and zardozi work here have made 15 3-D miniature models of the new Parliament building. Women artisans have also prepared an ‘angavastram’ (stole) in Banarasi zardozi…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, May 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) ‘Amar Chitra Katha’, which has a legacy of familiarising millions of children with Indian history and mythology through well-illustrated comics, recently launched two books under its ‘The…
Srinagar, May 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Suhail Salim (30) from downtown Srinagar has embarked on a noble endeavour to preserve and promote Urdu literature in the enchanting valley of Jammu and Kashmir. Through his literary magazine ‘Koh-e-Maran’,…
Mumbai, May 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Nikhil Chandwani has been celebrated as the most-read longform writer on Instagram globally, a truly stunning achievement. This title was officially given to him after he was named the Times Writer…
By Sukant Deepak New Delhi, May 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) He says it had to be a memoir of faith…Despite the fact that he was abducted by a Taliban-affiliated group and kept in captivity for five years…
Bengaluru, May 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) There is no question of compromising on the issue of protecting the harmony and secular heritage of Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Monday, asserting that hate politics will not be…
New Delhi, May 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) As the newly-inaugurated building of Parliament becomes the confluence of the country’s ancient legacy with the principles of democracy for New India, it is also a proud moment for the…
By Shambhu Nath Chaudhary Ranchi, May 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) President Droupadi Murmu, who visited Jharkhand from May 24-26, said Ranchi’s Raj Bhavan has once again mesmerised her. “I am feeling extremely happy after entering the premises…
By Vikas Datta After Amir Khusro, if anyone deserves the epithet of the Indian ‘Renaissance Man’, it was this 18th-century Urdu poet whose accomplishments spanned his language and literary form – fluency in several languages…
Panaji, May 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Goa Governor P.S. Sreedharan Pillai on Saturday bestowed the Jnanpith Award to noted writer from the coastal state, Damodar Mauzo, at a function in the Raj Bhavan here. The 57th Jnanpith…