New Delhi, Dec 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Congress MP Manish Tewari’s book “10 Flashpoints: 20 years – National Security Situations That Impacted India”, in which he stirred up a row by stating that the then UPA government…
New Delhi, Dec 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The sixth edition of the Kerala Literature Festival (KLF 2022) will be held at the beaches of Calicut (Kozhikode) from January 20 to January 23. Over 400 speakers including Jeffrey…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Dec 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) When Shormistha Mukherjee, whose Linkedin profile describes her as a storyteller, creative strategist, problem solver, connection maker, team builder and entrepreneur, was diagnosed with cancer, she kept…
Kohima, Dec 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Showcasing traditional life and culture, the 10-day-long 22nd edition of Hornbill Festival began at the Naga Heritage Village Kisama on Wednesday. The Hornbill Festival, named after a colourful forest bird, coincides…
By Sukant Deepak New Delhi, Dec 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Veteran theatre director, MK Raina has finished a film script on his familys forced exodus from Kashmir when militancy erupted in the valley in the 1980s. “It…
By Sujit Chakraborty Kohima, Nov 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Hornbill Festival ‘fever’ has gripped the entire northeastern region with the event’s epicentre – the Naga Heritage Village Kisama in southern Nagaland – in excited mood on…
Hyderabad, Nov 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Well-known theatre personality Mohammad Ali Baig has received the ‘Pride of Telangana’ award of Round Table India. Baig was honoured for his contribution not just to theatre in the country but…
Jerusalem, Nov 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Israeli archaeologists have unearthed the relics of a Hellenistic (Greek culture) farm in the heart of the coastal city of Tel Aviv, dated to about 2,150 years ago, the Israel Antiquities…
Varanasi, Nov 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) After two days of celebrating Kabir and his teachings through a wide range of performances, the Mahindra Kabira Festival 2021 ended late Sunday evening. The concluding day explored the glorious simplicity…
New Delhi, Nov 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Confluence of Saraswaths Worldwide event is being organised in Mangalore on Sunday where Saraswaths from across the world will participate. It has been organised by the Vishwa Saraswath Federation…
New Delhi, Nov 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) While at Wharton, Jason Kothari scraped together money from family and friends to save his childhood favourite comic book company, Valiant Entertainment, from bankruptcy and bring it back to life….
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Nov 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Growing up in Sikkim, he had never learned to read Gurumukhi as a young man. The coming of age happened when he was pursuing graduate studies in…
Harare, Nov 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa called for the restitution and repatriation of African artifacts that were expropriated from Africa during the colonial era and are currently displayed in Western museums. Mnangagwa made…
New Delhi/Kolkata, Nov 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) Two Indians – Deepa Anappara and Geetanjali Shree – are among five nominees for this years 5,000 euro Emile Guimet Prize for Asian Literature for works translated into French, an…
Mumbai, Nov 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pankaj Dubey is excited as he has not one but two reasons to smile as his book ‘One String Attached’ is getting a good response and his recent stint as director…
New Delhi, Nov 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) ‘1232 KM: Corona Kaal Mein Ek Asambhav Safar’ by author Vinod Kapri, published by Sarthak Prakashan (an imprint of Rajkamal Prakashan Samuh) was launched at India Habitat Centre. Those in…
New Delhi, Nov 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Tata Literature Live! Literary Awards for 2021 were announced at the finale of the festival which was held online from November 18 to 21. The First Book Award –…
New Delhi, Nov 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) State-of-the-art Centre for Nanotechnology (CNT) and Indian Center for Knowledge Systems (CIKS) were inaugurated on Sunday at IIT, Guwahati. At the Nano technology centre, research will be carried out in…
Mumbai, Nov 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) In less than a week, the nation will observe the 13th anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, which paralysed the nation’s commercial capital for three days in 2008. These pictures…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Nov 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Academia has negatively impacted contemporary Hindi literature, as there is no longer a discourse on universal and timeless issues such as empathy, moral dilemma, metaphysics, poetic merits,…