Can we ever move on from the past?
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…
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Art Galleries come together to launch ‘In Touch’
New Delhi, April 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Several art galleries have partnered to launch ‘In Touch’, a digital exhibition platform, to present online exhibitions. Ten galleries from India and Dubai have collaborated in the effort, including Chemould…
Till date, IAF transported 600 tonnes of medical equipment, support material
New Delhi, April 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Indian Air Force (IAF) has stepped up its efforts to meet all the emerging requirements during the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic by airlifting medicine and ration along with medical…
War against virus: Mumbai Mayor dons role of Miss Nightingale
Mumbai, April 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Noted for her eye-catching saris, Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar on Monday turned heads for a different reason – when she donned the sparkling white uniform of a caring nurse with a…
Say no to domestic violence: Shikhar Dhawan amid lockdown
New Delhi, April 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) India opener Shikhar Dhawan and wife Ayesha on Monday put out a video on social media to send an important message regarding domestic violence. With people staying at home amid…
PGI-Chandigarh’s youngest Covid-19 patient cured
Chandigarh, April 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) With the discharge of a 11-month-old girl, the youngest Covid-19 patient of Chandigarh, and her mother, here on Sunday, the number of patients declared cured and discharged from the Postgraduate Institute…
12-year-old recites Quran on social media, wins accolades
Lucknow, April 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) With the Islamic Centre of India holding recitations from the holy Quran every day during the month of Ramzan, it is a 12-year-old boy who is stealing the show. Abdul Hai…
Writers in the time of Pandemic
By Sukant Deepak New Delhi, April 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) She says human beings have a notoriously short collective memory, and are especially good at scrubbing minds of whatever they find inconvenient or unpleasant. “I happen to…
Stuck in Ajmer for over a month, 34-member Ludhiana family longing to go home
By Archana Sharma Jaipur, April 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Thirty-four members of a Ludhiana-based family, who are stranded in Ajmer since the last one month following the clamping of the nationwide lockdown to fight the Covid-19 pandemic,…
M’rashtra cotton coterie covets crores in corona crises
By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, April 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) With nearly 25 per cent of the annual cotton production still lying unsold with farmers, a prominent farm activist has accused traders linked with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)…
Hyd cop wins hearts by lending voice to NRI’s lockdown wish
Hyderabad, April 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) The month-long coronavirus induced lockdown has seen policemen donning different roles while serving on the frontline to combat the pandemic. They are not only strictly enforcing the lockdown norms to check…
This prisoner is painting jail walls with corona messages
Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh), April 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) A prisoner in the Pilibhit district jail is painting the jail red — quite literally. According to the jail authorities, an inmate Anupam Trivedi has made two paintings on…
‘Shameless’ on Kindle
New Delhi, April 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Taslima Nasreens latest offering, ‘Shameless, the sequel to her bestselling ‘Lajja, is now out on Kindle. Published by HarperCollins India, the book follows Suranjan, the principal character of ‘Lajja’, who…
Creatively, I am a very restless soul: Lillete Dubey
By Sukant Deepak New Delhi, April 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) She has always loved his aesthetics, the way sound was used in his cinema, how he looked at human relationships through a completely different lens. More importantly,…
An agenda for growth, this Labour Day
New Delhi, April 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) This World Labour Day, Penguin will release ‘Reviving Jobs: An Agenda for Growth, edited by Santosh Mehrotra. The third volume of the ambitious 14-volume project brings together India’s foremost intellectuals,…
Quarantined migrant workers give new look school building in Raj
Jaipur, April 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) A total of 54 migrant workers from Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar redefined quarantine by opting to change the look of their dilapidated quarantine centre, a government school building, by painting…
Lesser adjutant stork multiplying in fields: Ornithologist
BY VISHAL GULATI Chandigarh, April 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a first-of-its kind study in Asia, researchers have found the lesser adjutant stork that was thought to avoid human-modified areas like agricultural landscapes is multiplying there. The…
Hyd’s abandoned Sports Tower transforms into Covid hospital
By Mohammed Shafeeq Hyderabad, April 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) An abandoned multi-storeyed Sports Tower, which was constructed for 2007 World Military Games here, has been transformed into a makeshift hospital for Covid-19 patients in less than a…
Major art grant announced
New Delhi, April 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) Serendipity Arts Foundation and Les Rencontres dArles have announced a major photography, video and new media grant supported by the Embassy of France in India. Named the ‘Serendipity Arles Grant’…
My post-lockdown music will reflect memories of this period: Shujaat Khan
By Sukant Deepak New Delhi, April 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) While he may be at home during this lockdown and doing the same things he used to — riyaz, exercising, spending time with family and watching Netflix,…