Namita Gokhale pens an ode to JLF
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Feb 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Whether or not the Jaipur Literature Festival continues at its iconic Diggi Palace venue from next year — in all probability it will have to look for…
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Noted Punjabi author Dalip Kaur Tiwana dead
Chandigarh, Jan 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) Eminent novelist and short storyteller Dalip Kaur Tiwana died in a private hospital near here on Friday, her family said. The 84-year-old Padma Shri recipient and Sahitya Akademi awardee was admitted…
India Art Fair: Galleries weigh in on relevance of an art marketplace
By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, Jan 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) Whether it is to get visible in an art ecosystem, or to showcase cutting-edge contemporary art that define the times we live in, India Art Fair is…
Of civilian control over military, madrasas at crossroads & transforming life
New Delhi, Jan 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) Read about how the pattern of civil-military relations in India has hampered its military effectiveness; learn about how madrasas should reorient to cope with the 21st century; and finally, soak…
Canadian artist exhibits Bollywood-inspired art at India Art Fair 2020
New Delhi, Jan 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) Inspired by the imagery of Indian movies of the 1960s, the paintings of Canada-born artist Marcel Dzama at the ongoing India Art Fair reference Indian culture and include details such…
Sonam Kapoor visits India Art Fair
New Delhi, Jan 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor visited the 12th edition of India Art Fair, a leading art event focussing on contemporary and modern art from South Asia. She visited the fair on…
12th India Art Fair launches in New Delhi
By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, Jan 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) With a host of modern and contemporary art exhibited by over 80 galleries around the world, the 12th edition of the four-day India Art Fair opened for…
King Charles I’s execution vest to be exhibited
London, Jan 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) A rare, pale blue silk vest said to have been worn by King Charles I at his execution which took place 371 years ago, will go on view at the Museum…
Noted activist Vidya Bal dies
Pune (Maharashtra), Jan 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Renowned feminist, rights activist, author and social worker Vidya Bal – who fought for women’s entry in temples – passed away here early on Thursday after a brief illness, family…
M.J. Akbar’s book throws up some intriguing questions on Jinnah, Partition
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Jan 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Was Muhammad Ali Jinnah a creation of the British to counter Mahatma Gandhi? Had the British reconciled themselves to the fact as far back as 1911 that…
French artist Gerard Garouste’s exhibition comes to Delhi
New Delhi, Jan 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Inspired by classical mythology and surrealistic imagery within the Christian and Jewish cultures, the paintings of veteran French contemporary artist Gerard Garouste are being exhibited in India for the first…
No real fear of Muslim takeover in India: Abhijit Banerjee
Kolkata, Jan 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) The talk from the “fringes of the ruling party” about the demographics of the Muslim population is just a way to ‘demonise’ a community, Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee said here, asserting…
‘Samvidhaan’ is Oxford Hindi Word of the Year for 2019
New Delhi, Jan 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) ‘Samvidhaan’, meaning “a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organisation is acknowledged to be governed” was on Tuesday announced as the Oxford…
‘Going Dark’ traces the secret social lives of extremists
New Delhi, Jan 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) By day, Julia Ebner works at a counter-extremism think-tank, monitoring radical groups from the outside. Two years ago, she began to feel that she was only seeing half the picture…
350 speakers to take part in Mathrubhumi Festival of Letters
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Around 350 speakers from India and abroad will take part in the upcoming third edition of the Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters 2020, to be held here over four days starting…
Karnataka gets 8 Padma awards this year
Bengaluru, Jan 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) The winners from Karnataka this year of one Padma Vibhushan (posthumous) and seven Padma Shri awards include leading lights in the fields of spiritualism, sports, medicine, trade and industry, social work,…
Sindhu, puppeteer among Padma awardees from Telugu states
Hyderabad, Jan 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Ace shuttler and Olympian P. V. Sindhu, an innovative farmer and a puppeteer were among five personalities from the Telugu states awarded this year’s Padma awards. Sindhu, who was born in…
Nadhaswaram couple elated with Padma Shri award
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, Jan 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) The phones at the nadhaswaram playing couple’s house in Srirangam have not stopped ringing since January 25. The callers — relatives, friends, fellow musicians and journalists — have…
85,000 museum artifacts in jeopardy after fire in New York
New York, Jan 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Some 85,000 artifacts from the Museum of Chinese in America are in jeopardy after a fire struck a Chinatown building in New York City (NYC). The fire on Thursday night…
Konark to be soon in iconic tourist sites list: Union Minister
Bhubaneswar, Jan 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) Union Tourism Minister Prahlad Singh Patel on Friday said the Sun Temple at Odisha’s Konark will soon be included in the list of iconic tourist sites. “The people of Odisha will…