New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) A new book by a seasoned journalist attempts to analyse the three years of the NDA government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Titled “Marching With A Billion” (Penguin/Rs 499/234 pages),…
London, June 15 (IANS) Israeli author David Grossman won the prestigious 2017 Man Booker International prize in London for his latest novel “A Horse Walks into a Bar”. Grossman on Wednesday night beat his compatriot…
By Natalia Ningthoujam New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) Manipuri folk singer Mangka has joined hands with Portuguese group Cla for a song, proceeds from which are being donated to a foundation that helps carry out…
By Vikas Datta Title: Home – A Very Short Introduction; Author: Michael Allen Fox; Publisher: Oxford University Press; Pages: 144; Price: Rs 225 “How does it feel, how does it feel?/To be without a home/Like…
New York, June 14 (IANS) Activities such as colouring, doodling and drawing can lead to significant bloodflow in the section of the brain related to feeling rewarded, says a study by an Indian-origin art therapist….
Kolkata, June 14 (IANS) Concepts such as ‘environment-friendly’, ‘sustainable’ and ‘socially relevant’ which are buzzwords in architecture today were discussed by British-born Indian architect Laurie Baker in the 1950s, says Baker’s grandson Vineet Radhakrishnan, who…
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) After enthralling readers for 60 long years with over a hundred novellas, short story collections, non-fiction and poetry, author Ruskin Bond now gifts his fans an autobiography — the longest…
By Vikas Datta Title: We are all Revolutionaries Here – Militarism, Political Islam and Gender in Pakistan; Author: Aneela Zeb Babar; Publisher: Sage Publications India; Pages: 196; Price: Rs 695 For every Malala Yousufzai or…
Hyderabad, June 13 (IANS) The statue of legendary Telugu poet, writer and lyricist C. Narayana Reddy, who died here on Monday, will be installed on Tank Bund on the banks of the Hussain Sagar lake…
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) Literary stalwarts from across the world are set to share their unique perspectives on globally relevant issues such as environmental conservation, natural history and spirituality at the eighth edition of…
By Francis Kokutse Accra (Ghana), June 13 IANS) India has no intention of using yoga “to culturally colonise the world”, Indian High Commissioner in Accra Birender Singh Yadav has said, stressing that the message behind…
Kathmandu, June 13 (IANS) Nepal and China have reaffirmed cooperation in the fields of literature, arts and culture under the Belt and Road Initiative to promote bilateral ties, a top official said here on Tuesday….
By Vikas Datta Title: The Art of Losing Control; Author: Jules Evans; Publisher: Canongate; Pages: 294; Price: Rs 699 Even in our hi-tech, increasingly self-obsessed and anxiety-beset world, there are times when we move beyond…
Yangon, June 13 (IANS) Myanmar is striving to enlist Bagan, a famous ancient city with thousands of religious edifices and pagodas, as a World Cultural Heritage site. Amid efforts for listing the Bagan Archaeological Zone…
Aizawl, June 12 (IANS) Hundreds of people on Monday took part in a beef party here to coincide with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s visit as a mark of protest against new rules restricting the…
Hyderabad, June 12 (IANS) Eminent Telugu poet, writer and lyricist C. Narayana Reddy died here on Monday, following prolonged illness, family sources said. He was 85. Famous as ‘Cinare’ in literary circle, the Jnanpith awardee…
La Paz, June 12 (IANS) Retired Bolivian Gen. Gary Prado Salmon, who in 1967 captured Ernesto “Che” Guevara, said the Cuban Communist party sent the iconic Argentine-Cuban guerrilla leader “to die in Bolivia” because they…
By Vikas Datta Title: Blitzed – Drugs in Nazi Germany; Author: Norman Ohler (translated by Shaun Whiteside); Publisher: Penguin Books; Pages: 368; Price: Rs 499 His vegetarianism, teetotalism, non-smoking and concern for animals (his regime…
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) Indian writer Munshi Premchand’s “Binni” as well as Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky’s works “The Dream of a Ridiculous Man” and “White Dreams”, have inspired an independent film set in Uttar…
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, June 11 (IANS) Nearly 1,000 people on Sunday took part in a yoga event in Zhenjiang in east China in the run up to the 3rd International Yoga Day. The event…