New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) English author Jeffrey Archer’s “Cometh The Hour” and “This Was A Man” have been listed among the five bestsellers while Indian Chetan Bhagat’s “One Indian Girl” tops the ‘most borrowed’…
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Group dances and solo performances by artistes and acrobats were highlights of a cultural show held here as part of the Chinese New Year 2017 celebrations. The Chinese Embassy here…
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) An exhibition can be engaging, fun and intellectually satisfying. But when several galleries join to present their artists on one single platform, it leads to a series of conversations between…
Mumbai, Jan 19 (IANS) Israeli musical duo Echo & Tito will perform in Indian cities like Hyderabad, Guwahati, Varanasi and Mumbai in January and February. The Embassy of Israel in India on Thursday announced that…
Chennai/New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) The ongoing massive protests in support of Jallikattu in Tamil Nadu looks set to intensify with Prime Minister Narendra Modi remaining silent on the demand to promulgate an ordinance enabling…
By Saket Suman Jaipur, Jan 19 (IANS) As US president-elect Donald Trump prepares for his swearing-in on Friday, celebrated American poet Anne Waldman has said that she finds solace and happiness amid the power-packed literary…
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Renowned artist Akhilesh is celebrating his 60th birthday or Shasti Poorti, with a collection of paintings, drawings and sculptures executed between 1974 1nd 2015. “The Past Was Yesterday” exhibition is…
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Dedicating an evening to the contemporary Indian classical music, the HCL Concerts musical event will be held here on Friday. The evening is set to witness artiste Ujwal Nagar perform…
Jodhpur, Jan 19 (IANS) The World Sacred Spirit Festival (WSSF) will be back here with its 10th edition in February. The three-day fest will start from February 17 and will be held at three different…
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Amid massive protests in support of Jallikattu in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam on Thursday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and urged him to promulgate an ordinance enabling the…
By Natalia Ningthoujam New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) “The Crew”, a dubbed version of the hit Russian film “Ekipazh”, will be the first film in that language to hit Indian screens. Promising a movie that…
By M.R. Narayan Swamy Title: I am a Troll: Inside the Secret World of BJP’s Digital Army; Author: Swati Chaturvedi; Publisher: Juggernaut; Pages: 171; Price: Rs 250 “Why does the PM of India alone among…
London, Jan 19 (IANS) An extremely rare jewelled flask given to Clive of India after the Battle of Plassey in 1757, now has a temporary export bar placed on it by the British government. Culture…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Author Anand Suspi says filmmaker R. Balki wanted to work on a project with megastar Amitabh Bachchan and his daughter-in-law Aishwarya after reading the manuscript of his book “Half Pants,…
By Saket Suman Jaipur, Jan 18 (IANS) With just hours to go for the Jaipur Literature Festival to kick-off as legendary lyricist Gulzar, American poet Anne Waldman, mystic Sadhguru and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje…
Beijing, Jan 18 (IANS) Chinese Nobel laureate Mo Yan has said that he is working on a new novel. Without giving too much away, Mo, who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2012, told…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its nod to an MoU on youth exchange programmes with Russia to help promote exchange of ideas, values and culture between the two countries,…
Kolkata, Jan 18 (IANS) Acclaimed Indian novelist Anita Nair, who has brought to the fore tales from Quran for children, says it is necessary for children to know that Islam is not a “terrifying religion”…
Mumbai, Jan 18 (IANS) Around 100 musicians playing veenas, gatams, mrudangams, violins and other instruments, besides singers, rendered the ‘Panchratna Kritis’ (Five Gems), composed by the legendary Carnatic music exponent Saint Tyagaraja to mark his…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor, who is known for his outspoken nature, says he has always tried to maintain a gap between him and his son, actor Ranbir Kapoor when it…