Los Angeles, Nov 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Oscar-winning director James Marsh, who was last in the news for his Stephen Hawking biopic “The Theory of Everything”, will now helm “Dance First”, which recreates the life and times…
Mumbai, Nov 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) National Award-winning actress Divya Dutta, who is all set to release her second book ‘The Stars In My Sky’, recalls her first meeting with Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan. She also…
By Sukant Deepak New Delhi, Nov 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Think Bastar, and the images that come to mind are forests, tribals and of course, Maoists. But like many other conflict regions, where violence eclipses everything else…
By Sukant Deepak New Delhi, Nov 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) He goes back a few decades — a time when as a child he could not take his eyes off whenever his older sisters stitched diverse patterns…
Gandhinagar, Nov 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The tourists visiting the world’s tallest statue, “Statue of Unity” can now experience the rich cultural history of Gujarat at Kevadiya railway station itself with the Indian Railways setting up an…
New Delhi, Nov 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) C.V. Raju, a grassroots innovator from Andhra Pradesh, is preserving the traditional method of making ‘Etikoppaka’ toys, a proud heritage rooted in his village, by making vegetative dyes and developing…
New Delhi, Nov 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Deep in the frozen plains of Barbaricum, the Sarmatians face a terrible threat. The Romans are approaching in huge numbers to capture the Griffin, a sacred and terrifying beast, and…
Riyadh, Nov 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Saudi Arabia has announced the launch of an initiative to document the oral history of the Ardah, a folkloric group dance. The dance involves two rows of men opposite of one…
Gurugram, Oct 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) Gurugram will soon boast of a multispecialty library housing more than 2 lakh books, according to an official. The Haryana Advisory Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Board has started the search for…
Cairo, Oct 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) An archaeological mission from the Cairo University has discovered the interior of a tomb at the Saqqara necropolis near Giza Pyramids, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said in a…
By Radhika Tiwari New Delhi, Oct 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amrita Pritam, a name people from all spheres of life must have come across at some point in their life. The poetess, novelist and essayist, who wrote…
By Sukant Deepak Raipur, Oct 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Shuttling between the stage where people are worshipping their ancestors on drum beats and dance moves, to holding sessions with some of country’s top designers, art curators, civil…
New Delhi, Oct 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) “Coffee King” is the definitive biography of the late VG Siddhartha, the founder of the Cafe Coffee Day retail chain and several other businesses. Known to be an extremely savvy…
Raipur, Oct 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) In the National Tribal Dance Festival being held in Raipur, tribal artists portrayed their love for nature through Karma dance on the second day of the festival on Friday. A dance…
Chennai, Oct 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Friday visited the Keelavadi excavation site, near Madurai, and interacted with officials including of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). The state government is…
New Delhi, Oct 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Oxford Bookstore has announced the seventh edition of Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize with jury members Shashi Tharoor, Kunal Basu, Shobhaa De, Priti Paul and Alka Pande. Covers of…
By Sukant Deepak Raipur, Oct 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) A few years ago, when a friend visited Israel, she asked the guide if it was possible to see Palestine. The guide smiled, and replied politely, “but Palestine…
Chennai, Oct 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Paintings of transpersons from Tamil Nadu and Kerala will be showcased at the prestigious South Florida University. The paintings of these transpersons were selected for featuring in the art exhibition at…
Raipur, Oct 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Artisans at the tribal fest in Raipur have made a bicycle from bamboo called “Bambooka” which was invented by Asif Khan, founder of nature scape. The cost of the cycle is…
Raipur, Oct 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Chief Minister of Jharkhand Hemant Soren and Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Bhupesh Baghel inaugurated an event on tribal dance — the ‘National Tribal Festival’ in Raipur on Thursday in which more…