By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, May 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) To understand Muthuvel Karunanidhi (1924-2018), the President of the DMK who never lost a single election he fought, one has to understand the Dravidian movement, writes noted…
New Delhi, May 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) As Irrfan Khan’s career in Hollywood was picking up, he was identified to play India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru during the final days of the British Empire and the…
New Delhi, May 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Kochi Biennale Foundation (KBF) has appointed UAE-based businessman Adeeb Ahamed as a trustee in its board, seven months ahead of the fifth edition of India’s biggest contemporary art festival….
Bengaluru, May 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Eminent Kannada poet and writer K.S. Nissar Ahmed passed away here after prolonged illness, an official said on Sunday. He was 84. “Ahmed died at his residence in the city’s south-west…
Rome, May 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Most of Italy’s nearly 4,000 museums are set to reopen this month, several weeks after they closed at the start of the national coronavirus lockdown on March 10. But for most…
By Sukant Deepak New Delhi, May 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) It was raining when the old woman’s son left for the US. She says the house wept too. She is sitting in the courtyard, alone. Maybe because…
New Delhi, May 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Ramanand Sagars popular TV serial ‘Ramayan’ which is re-airing on Doordarshan became the world’s most-watched show on April 16 with 7.7 crore viewers, DD India posted on its official Twitter…
New Delhi, April 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Veteran author, historian and the chronicler of Delhi, R.V. Smith, passed away Thursday morning in the national capital. Ronald Vivian Smith, who authored many books on Delhi’s history and heritage…
New Delhi, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Twenty-five budding authors have made the cut for an anthology, ‘You Are All I Need’ to be published by Penguin Random House India from among the 1,500 entries received for…
New Delhi, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Recognising the sterling efforts of “the doctors, nurses, carers, porters, cleaners and everyone currently working in hospitals” to combat the corovirus pandemic, Bloomsbury on Monday launched award-winning author Katherine Rundells…
By Sukant Deepak New Delhi, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) He says that being an outsider gives him a unique perspective. That he can look at things not only objectively but also with a certain degree of…
New Delhi, April 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Urdu poet, Mir Taqi Mir wrote: “There was a city famed throughout the world, Where dwelt the chosen spirits of the age; Delhi its name, fairest amongst the fair;…
By Sunil Gangopadhyay Tapan has spent decades running away from the trauma of his childhood — his fathers murder at the hands of a British colonial official. He finds success in the United States as…
New Delhi, April 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) This truly is a litterateur’s delight, as Gulzar, one of India’s leading poets, as also a highly respected script writer and film director, serves up a treasure trove of 365…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, April 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Even as tourism, mining, and real estate take cemtre-stage in the coronavirus-triggered lockdown in Goa, a scholarly new book sheds light on the rapid spread of Pentecostal-Charismatic…
Toronto, April 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Researchers have revealed the minerals that block heart valves in men are totally different, as compared to women. This discovery could impact how heart disease is diagnosed and treated for different…
London, April 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) A famous artwork by Banksy, the acclaimed anonymous British street artist, has been given a coronavirus-themed make-over amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the media reported. “The Girl With A Pierced Eardrum” now…
New Delhi, April 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) HarperCollins India will be celebrating a ‘World Book Day Jam’ on their Instagram page – @HarperCollinsIN – on April 23, which will have a series of live author sessions, making…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, April 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) In the midst of the gloom caused by the coronavirus pandemic and the countrywide lockdown, there is at least one bright sport, the administrators of Indias top…
Panaji, April 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a hunt on in Goa, for the next Mario Miranda. With the entire population quarantined, the celebrated deceased cartoonist’s sons Raul and…