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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…