By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Jan 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) “It has been a blessed ride. Through the contrasting landscapes of experiences, I have learnt to see others better, to respect their otherness as we co-travel through…
BY VISHAL GULATI Shimla, Jan 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Himalayan range of Himachal Pradesh supports a good population of the wide-roaming snow leopard with a bulk of its occurrence is reported outside protected areas, indicating a…
By Archana Sharma Jaipur, Jan 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) Meet artist Chandraprakash Gupta who is paying rich tributes to Army martyrs differently since the Kargil War of 1999. He has been making oil paintings of the war…
By Sukant Deepak New Delhi, Jan 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) “Excited, elated and humbled” is how writer Khushwant Singh defines his feelings on hearing that his book ‘Turbaned Tornado’ is being made into a film by Omung…
By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, Jan 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) The first batch of 15 excited, wide-eyed tourists entered the hallowed portals of the iconic BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) building – the headquarters of Asia’s richest civic body…
New Delhi, Jan 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) An ex-bandit fights the silence of prison life with her notebook and pen; a family remembers the night their younger son was arrested for rape and murder; a woman finds…
New Delhi, Jan 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) In early 2020, our lives were upended by a new virus that caused the most severe pandemic in over a century. In the span of a few weeks, even visiting…
Jaipur, Jan 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) PETA India representatives, in an in-person meeting with Rajasthan Chief secretary Niranjan Arya, submitted a design of electric royal chariot for replacing elephants at the Amer Fort. The unique design, which…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Jan 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) As the new decade begins, India stands at the crossroads of several simultaneous disruptions, writes Gautam Chikermane, an author who tracks the world of money, power and…
By Soudhriti Bhabani Kolkata, Jan 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Countrys largest reclining Buddha statue which will be 100-feet long is being made in Kolkata. It is expected to be installed on the occasion of Buddha Purnima this…
By Sukant Deepak New Delhi, Jan 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Twenty five years back, a tea-garden worker in a village in West Bengal lost his mother because he could not afford to hire an ambulance to take…
New Delhi, Jan 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) ‘Forgotten Kashmir’ examines the evolution of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) over the past seven decades. It includes major milestones like the tribal invasion in 1947–48, the Sudhan revolt in the 1950s,…
By Hitesh Tikoo Jammu, Jan 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) A youth leader from north Kashmir’s Handwara has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Jammu & Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, asking for the development of the…
New Delhi, Jan 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) A satire on the workings of the Indian civil service, Achala Moulik’s “Rogues Among the Ruins” (Niyogi Books) employs irony, humour and sarcasm to unveil the reality of powerful men…
New Delhi, Jan 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Former Vice President M. Hamid Ansari has stoutly denied that he was in the running for President to succeed Pratibha Patil, depreciating the “Byzantine” process that dragged his name into…
Kolkata, Jan 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Kolkata Young Readers’ Boat Library, the first such here to give access to children across age groups and segments to pick and read their favourite book while floating on the…
New Delhi, Jan 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) M. Hamid Ansari, after a long and distinguished career during which he served as India’s envoy to five countries and as the Permanent Representative at the UN, served two terms…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Jan 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Her first collection of poems, “Boundless”, captured her search for her own identity in her twenties as she built her career and moved from India to London…
By Sukant Deepak New Delhi, Jan 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Delhi-NCR region is all set to get a major new cultural centre for the arts, a space that will encourage experimentation, research, education, residences, and performances…
By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, Jan 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) This year, India’s tallest natural growing, 55-year-old and 69-foot-tall Christmas tree has become a ‘shining beacon of hope’ for humanity facing the horrors of the coronavirus pandemic, in…