By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, July 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) An interesting visual travelogue showcasing the histories and cultures of various lands, has come alive as an online exhibition by the India International Centre (IIC), featuring the…
New Delhi, July 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Central government on Thursday issued a slew of directions for reopening of monuments and museums, protected by the Archaeological Survey of India, from July 6. Only those monuments and…
Cairo, July 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Cairos Baron Palace, which has the shape of a Hindu temple and a luxurious interior, has opened to the public as a museum after decades of inexplicable neglect. The restoration of…
New Delhi, July 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Susan Abulhawa was born to refugees of the Six Day War of 1967, when her family’s land was seized and Israel captured what remained of Palestine, including Jerusalem. Now, this…
Hyderabad, June 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Window of historic Chowmahalla Palace’s clock tower collapsed following Saturday’s heavy rains. The clock tower served as the main gate to the splendid palace, the royal seat of the Asaf Jah…
By Sukant Deepak New Delhi, June 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) From Portraiture to painting images of undernourished daily labourers. From the ‘Ape’ series representing the deep socio-political divide in the country to shifting his gaze inwards in…
By Siddhi Jain New York, June 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) American singer and songwriter Halsey on Thursday announced her debut poetry book “I Would Leave Me If I Could”. To be published by Simon & Schuster, her…
By Sukant Deepak New Delhi, June 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Stressing that at the moment, contemporary art seems to have become a source of entertainment for a select few, the founder of Museum of Goa (MOG) in…
New Delhi, June 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Singapore-born and now a naturalised American, Keven Kwans “Crazy Rich Asians” was a number one New York Times bestseller, a major motion picture, and has been translated into more than…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, June 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) A music school in Mumbai, building on the 154-year-old legacy of its parent, has touched the lives of over 75,000 students across the country in the last…
Bengaluru, June 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) For the first time in six years since the International Day of Yoga began on June 21, 2015, India’s tech city is readying to celebrate it on Sunday at home with…
New Delhi, June 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) Remember the goosebumps you got when Indira Gandhi drove down Rajpath on Republic Day to the haunting strains of “Ai Mere Watan Ke Logon”? Or this homily from the late…
New Delhi, June 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) British author Neil Gaiman, a master of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre, and films, will be in conversation with author and journalist Nilanjana S. Roy in…
New Delhi, June 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) The apparent suicide of rising Bollywood star Sushant Singh Rajput has once again focused on two glaring lacunae: that while mental health issues are estimated to affect 150 million Indians,…
By Sukant Deepak New Delhi, June 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Assuring that he is equally at peace doing the most expensive series on earth, ‘Star Trek -Discovery’ and starring in a Khasi film that does not have…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, June 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Reconstruction Period (1865-77) that followed the conclusion of the American Civil War gave rise to the pejorative term Carpetbaggers to describe politicians and financial adventurers from…
New Delhi, June 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prominent Urdu poet Anand Mohan Zutshi Gulzar Dehlvi (93) died of a heart attack at his residence in Noida on Friday, less than a week after recovering from coronavirus. On…
Hyderabad, June 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) ‘Bonalu’, the state festival of Telangana, will be a low-key affair this time as the state government has appealed to people to celebrate it at their homes in view of Covid-19…
New Delhi, June 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Recognising the complexities that come with understanding the coronavirus disease to the younger generation, a Danish publisher and the Indian arm of an MNC have come together to develop an…
By Vivek Tripathi Lucknow, June 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Skilled workers who earn their livelihood through pottery will benefit from the initiative of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, according to which a Micro Mati Kala Common…