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Sufi musicians from five countries will be in the capital Feb 6-8 for an International Sufi Festival to promote greater cultural contacts and soft diplomacy. The participating countries are Denamrk, Hungary, Egypt, Morocco and India. The festival is being organised by the Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR). Sondorgo of Hungary, one of the Europe’s most versatile bands, will present [...]
A special edition of “Gitanjali”, the Nobel Prize-winning anthology of Rabindranath Tagore’s poems, was Saturday launched by union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee as part of the bard’s 150th birth anniversary celebrations. “I am honored to release this special edition – the first draft manuscript of Tagore’s work which is a part of the Rothenstein Collection that is preserved in the [...]
A short film on veteran singer K.J.Yesudas’ achievements will be made by television channel Kairali TV, former education minister M.A.Baby said here Saturday. Announcing that a musical will be held Feb 12 to honour the veteran singer on his completing a golden jubilee as a singer, Baby told a press conference that the short film on Yesudas would be jointly [...]
Unwind this weekend with a pile of meaningful books. Browse with IANS. 1. “Bollywood’s Top 20: Superstars of Indian Cinema”; Edited by Bhaichand Patel; Published by Penguin India; Priced at Rs.599 Cinema has been mainstay of popular entertainment for almost a century now. Visually arresting, Bollywood has enthralled moviegoers over the decades with its melodious music, colourful drama and lively [...]
Bihar is a goldmine of drama. A ruthless ‘thakur’, a landowner with vendetta in his blood and an unarmed man with a fortune to his name are chasing a rare diamond — each for different reasons. Bihar has perhaps spun its first homegrown thriller, a Western style potboiler, by son-of-the soil writer Hemant Kumar. A former journalist and corporate honcho, [...]
Bihar is a goldmine of drama. A ruthless ‘thakur’, a landowner with vendetta in his blood and an unarmed man with a fortune to his name are chasing a rare diamond — each for different reasons. Bihar has perhaps spun its first homegrown thriller, a Western style potboiler, by son-of-the soil writer Hemant Kumar. A former journalist and corporate honcho, [...]
Bihar is a goldmine of drama. A ruthless ‘thakur’, a landowner with vendetta in his blood and an unarmed man with a fortune to his name are chasing a rare diamond — each for different reasons. Bihar has perhaps spun its first homegrown thriller, a Western style potboiler, by son-of-the soil writer Hemant Kumar. A former journalist and corporate honcho, [...]
India and France will broaden their cultural cooperation in the coming weeks with a two-year bilateral cultural exchange programme from 2012-2014, the culture ministry said Tuesday. The MoU for the programme will be signed between the cultural ministries of India and France, the ministry said in a statement. The two countries last week inked an arts understanding relating to expertise [...]
Kolkata Book Fair authorities Tuesday said they had apologised to former Pakistani cricketer and politician Imran Khan for switching off power supply during a talk by him a day earlier as the event had crossed the scheduled time. “We are ashamed for yesterday’s incident. What happened was shameful. We had also apologised to Imran Khan. He had said that it [...]
Shaolin Temple, the cradle of Chinese martial art kungfu, faces losing its top rating after it was found littered with garbage and the scene of traffic congestion. The site may lose its 5A class due to poor management, the China Daily reported. The findings came to light during an undercover investigation by the National Tourism Administration. The local administration has [...]
The recent political turmoil in Egypt is scripting a new culture of fusion and hope, the country’s envoy said at the opening of the Egyptian Cultural Week in India. “Now that we have put a government in place and working on a new Constitution, we have crossed the major hurdle. There is a new cultural language of the younger generation [...]
Former Pakistani cricket captain Imran Khan Monday said Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar should have retired after India won the cricket World Cup last year. “We all want to go with a big bang but you always don’t get it right. For Sachin the ultimate time to go was after that World Cup win. He had such a great World Cup. [...]
The market for antiquities – old miniature art – is emerging as a strong force in the country, Neville Tuli, founder and chairman of the Mumbai-based auction house Osian’s has said. His auction “Creative India Series 2″, featuring Delhi and Punjab miniatures and Indian contemporary art in the capital Jan 27 fetched Rs.14.14 crore, signalling an upswing in the fortunes [...]
St. Petersburg officials have denied re-registration to the city’s branch of the world-renowned Dante Alighieri Society, insisting its members must seek permission from the poet himself, Fontanka.ru news website reported Monday. The society’s members filed documents necessary for re-registration, a standard bureaucratic procedure in Russia, in late 2011. The official response was straight out of Dante’s Divine Comedy itself. “They [...]
A surge of interest in icon M.F. Husain’s art, curiosity about new media work, price consciousness and the realisation that European modern classics can be a viable investment were the dominant trends at the fourth edition of the India Art Fair 2012. The marginal slowdown in business compared to previous years was made up by the visitors’ enthusiasm at the [...]
The Indian art scene has taken yet another global leap with the Kochi-Muziris Biennale — the country’s first official art biennale – to begin Dec 12. The prophetic date (12.12.12), throwing doomsday predictions to the wind, was announced by the Kochi Biennale Foundation – a private non-profit organisation – here late Saturday. The art gala will continue for three months. [...]
Over 1,000 pieces of art by Pablo Picasso have been stolen or gone missing, more than any other artist in the world. The Spanish artist has 1,147 paintings registered as stolen, missing or disputed, the Daily Mail reported Sunday. His 1939 work “Woman’s Head” was recently stolen from the National Art Gallery in Athens. The Art Loss Register, an international [...]
Days after Salman Rushdie was not allowed to speak at the Jaipur Literature Festival, the issue continues to touch a raw nerve among Muslim clerics and intellectuals even as liberals excoriate the brazen violation of a writer’s freedom of creative expression. “It was the right thing not to let him speak. And it’s a good thing he did not come,” [...]
The Indian Air Force (IAF) contingent that was led by a woman officer for the first time ever was Saturday adjudged the best marching team among the three armed forces, while the Border Security Force bagged the honour among the paramilitary forces. History was made Thursday when Flight Lt. Sneha Shekhawat, a woman Indian Air Force (IAF) transport pilot officer, [...]
Secret love letters written by Charlotte Bronte to a married Belgian professor have been found after they were preserved by his wife. The letters written to Professor Constantin Heger in 1844 by a 28-year-old Bronte were torn up by the man, who was married and had children. But they were later found by his wife in a rubbish bin and [...]
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