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- My childhood has crept into my book: PM's daughter
New Delhi, Aug 16: Daman Singh, the novelist daughter of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, says her new book is about lost innocence and how childhood as an experience has changed over the years. ....
- ICCR to spread northeast India's culture worldwide
Agartala, July 23: The Indian Council for Cultural Relations ((ICCR) will conduct more cultural exchange programmes with other countries to spread the traditional and ethnic culture of India....
- Tagore women brought high fashion to early 20th century Bengal
New Delhi, July 20: The high priestesses of fashion and modern lifestyle in early 20th century Bengal were none other than the women of the Tagore household who lived in a sprawling 18th centur....
- Tagore art works fetch 1.6 bn pounds at Sotheby's auction
London, June 15: A dozen works of art by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore fetched a record 1.6 billion pounds at an auction by Sotheby's today, even as the Indian government failed to sto....
- Chinese throng to see Indian classical dances
Shanghai, May 31: "I have never seen such crowds!" said an excited Delhi-based choreographer as the Chinese poured in for the Indian classical dance performances her team put up for vis....
- Now, Portugal to have chair in Hindi, Indian culture
Panaji, May 28: The Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) has created a chair in Hindi and Indian Contemporary culture to be established at Lisbon in Portugal, state NRI Affairs Commissio....
- 32 South Asian artists showcase power of art in Delhi
New Delhi, May 9: Thirty-two artists from eight SAARC countries and Myanmar showcased the soft power of art at a day-long exhibition titled "Puducherry Blues" here on Saturday.
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- Making style statement with Tagore kitsch
New Delhi, May 7: T-shirts, coffee mugs and posters carrying lines from Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore's writings or prints of his paintings are popular picks for Bengali youngsters acr....
- Matrimony, love breathe life into sounds of silence
New Delhi, May 2: Wanted: A suitable match for silent lovers.
Matrimonial forums, both online and offline, are offering challenged youngsters a lifetime of nuptial bliss to help them ....
- Workshops, community projects help art push new frontiers
New Delhi, April 24: Aesthetic exchanges at interactive workshops that give a sense of purpose, involvement of the community and new populist idioms have helped art reach out to the widest cros....
- Nearly 100-year-old India photos unearthed
London: Photographs clicked by a World War I soldier, who was posted in India and Mesopotamia, show troops having a whale of a time - swimming, riding and visiting the Taj Mahal, a media report....
- Captain Gopinath chronicles Air Deccan journey
New Delhi: Captain Gopinath, the founder of low-cost carrier Air Deccan which revolutionised India's aviation sector, today launched his book titled "Simply Fly" which talks about h....
- Raza's 'bindu' art inspired by punishment in school
New Delhi: Eminent artist Syed Haider Raza, who turned 88 today and says he would love to come back home after 60 years in Paris, recalls how the 'bindu' or dot that is the focal point ....
- Making an art of everyday types and signs
New Delhi: The humble arrow evolved from being a weapon of war to being part of everyday signage integral to life in the 21st century. It is in focus at a show here on typographic media, popula....
- India's ancient tribal art adapts to a modern market
New Delhi: Ethnic art from the tribal heartland of India is trying to strike a balance between modernism and tradition and experimenting with contemporary issues to adapt to a growing market an....
- Spanish Padma awardee loves India's culture, constitution and curry
New Delhi: He is a rare Spaniard to be honoured with a Padma Shri, but the name Rafael Iruzubieta Fernandez is only too well known to Indian students and academics who visit Spain. A noted lawy....
- MAG organises Short Story Competition, invites writers
New Delhi: Every man, someone said, has a story inside him. Many are able to get that story written, but for the rest of us, writing that story becomes a dream - an unfulfilled dream. In the pr....
- A tribute to Mughal era through fashion, food, music
New Delhi: It was a journey to the bygone era which had everything --starting from sufiana music to qawwalis, from mushaira to a fashion show topped with a large spread of delicacies like rista....
- Indian art mart churned - and moved on
New Delhi: Art has always been an enduring bet. The Rs.2,000-crore (Rs.20-billion) Indian art market managed to hold its own despite a 30 percent drop in prices in the first and second quarter ....
- Grand French festival in Bangalore to enthral art lovers
Bangalore: Bangalore is all set to have a rendezvous with the best of French art, cinema, music and culture from Dec 5.
The festival is being organised by the Embassy of France, New ....
- We're similar, yet a little different, say Pakistani exhibitors
New Delhi: Intricate carpets, ornate wall hangings, handprinted textiles...all in a melange of colours. Pakistani exhibitors are rolling out their best at an annual trade fair here and Indians ....
- Madhubani paintings attract attention from Mauritius
Patna: Mauritius has invited two experts of the famous Madhubani paintings of Bihar to train its artists and art teachers at a workshop beginning Nov 4, an official said here today.
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- Inside Julia's vanity van: Simple and ethnic Indian
Pataudi (Haryana): Hollywood actress Julia Roberts' love for simplicity and appreciation of Indian craft were more than evident inside her personal vanity van as she shot here for the movie....
- Aspiring authors learn art of story weaving
New Delhi Telling a story so as to captivate the readers is an art and to hone the skill a workshop was organised in the capital today to give valuable tips to young authors.
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- 'Artisan haats' to come up in Punjab
Chandigarh: The Punjab government is all set to establish "artisan haat (marketplace) centres" to showcase the state's cultural heritage as well as to benefit the Scheduled Castes (....
- Young Pakistani author Ali Sethi making literary waves
New Delhi: The world is growing more interested in literature from Pakistan and Afghanistan because it wants to understand certain events that have taken place in the two countries, says Pakist....
- Changing colours of art from India's northeast
New Delhi: Once an extension of Southeast Asian art because of the cultural intermingling down the centuries, art from India's northeast is now using photorealism, cartoon and comic techniq....
- Ranchi prisoners paint their way to salvation
Ranchi: It is a painting of a man behind bars, regretting his deeds. The artist did not have to stretch his imagination to paint the picture -- he just had to look within.
The creator....
- Indians pay scant attention to translated literary works
New Delhi: Writer-editor-translator Ira Pande, a familiar face in the capital's literary circuit, feels Indian readers do not pay much attention to "translated literary works".
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- Prestigious British literary imprint comes to India
New Delhi: Adding another gem to its kitty of Indian imprints, Penguin Books-India on Monday launched its classic Hamish Hamilton imprint in the country with a collection of political essays, &....
- A new art magazine in the circuit
New Delhi: Are you an avid art collector or an investor? Do you have a passion for art? Well, here is something new to look forward to.
A new quarterly art magazine Art Etc launched b....
- India to have year-long festival in Canada
Toronto: India is all set to hold a year-long 'Festival of India in Canada' in 2011, showcasing the country's rich cultural heritage, said Indian High Commissioner to Canada S.M. Ga....
- Art auction markets become competitive after correction
New Delhi: The price band in the online art auction market is gradually moving up and becoming more competitive - defying the downturn.
The total lower and higher price estimates at I....
- Oriyas in America ready for 40th convention
Bhubaneswar: Art, dance, theatre and other facets of Oriya culture will be in full play at the 40th convention of the Orissa Society of the Americas (OSA) to be held in the state of New Jersey ....
- Old boys reunion in South Block!
New Delhi: A pleasant surprise awaited Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor as he stepped inside his office in South Block this morning.
As the new minister, dapperly....
- Loyalists welcome re-opening of Bangalore's Coffee House
Bangalore: "Old habits die hard," with these words septuagenarian Ramesh Shankar and his friends raised their 'special' coffee cups, welcoming the re-opening of popular Indian C....
- Indian artists are highlights of Sotheby's sale
New Delhi: A 1979 work by the master of modern Indian art Jogen Chowdhury - painted on paper in ink and pastel colours, and titled "Day Dreaming" - will be the highlight of the annual s....
- Bilinguals pick up foreign language faster
Washington: Bilingual people are more adept in picking up a foreign language than their monolingual counterparts, according to the latest research.
Their bilingual advantage persists....
- Christie's art storage facility to benefit Indian collectors
New Delhi: Indian art collectors, who source their works from Christie's sales of South Asian art in Singapore and Hong Kong, will soon have a special facility to store their consignment in....
- Why Jeffrey Archer wants to be India's transport minister
Gurgaon: Fit as a man half his age and with a ringing command in his voice, 69-year-old acclaimed author Jeffrey Archer tickled his fans' funny bone here on Friday by saying that he wants t....
- An eye for Delhi
New Delhi: Eleven-year-old Shreya has become a photographer. She now clicks with the ease of a pro, thanks to online gallery Fuschia Tree, which took her around old Delhi early this month for a....
- Thrillers make comeback in Indian fiction market
New Delhi: Remember Feluda, the suave Bengali sleuth from Kolkata? Since legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray created the detective for millions of his fans in the 1960s, the thriller genre has su....
- Poet Keki N. Daruwalla weaves words around history
New Delhi: History has its own magic. Novels that build themselves on a historical canvas, especially woven around events during the end of the 15th century and the 16th century, are more compe....
- Spotlight on young artists
New Delhi: Works by young Indian artists Jitish Kallat and Anirban Mitra will be the highlight of global auction house Christie's day and evening sale of Asian contemporary art May 24 and 2....
- Global colours in Indian art
New Delhi: Indian art has gone global in the past decades. Opening out to the world brings new influences, opportunities, audiences, forms of circulation and means of production.
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- Modern art tools of drawing
New Delhi: Artist-designer Puneet Kaushik portrays life's most essential aspect, growth, in his mammoth installations.
His exhibition, "Symbiosis - Installations and Drawings&....
- Delhi flavours traced through photography
New Delhi: The capital will the be the subject of a six-month photo-journalistic chronicle, which will begin today and trace Delhi's genesis and growth as one of India's most eclectic m....
- 'Reading books' disappearing in India: Javed Akhtar
London: In the middle of a bustling Indian book bazaar at the London Book Fair, India's most famous film lyricist said the culture of reading books is disappearing in India.
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- Play on M F Husain's life to be staged in Chandigarh
Chandigarh: A play on painter M F Husain's memoir 'Pencil Sey Brush Tak', showcasing various stages of his life, will be staged today, the play's director said. Tom Alter will play the role of ....
- Kannada and Telugu are now classical languages: Ambika Soni
New Delhi: Kannada and Telugu are two new languages to join Sanskrit and Tamil as Indian classical languages. This announcement was made on Friday by Culture Minister Ambika Soni. The Indian go....
- 'India is next big thing in global rock music'
New Delhi: India is the next big thing on the global rock music map with international bands culling heavily from this country, say Indian and international rock musicians. Many of them are per....
- Dubai to host charity auction of Indian art
Dubai: A charity auction of Indian art will be held next month, proceeds from which will be utilised in the areas of health, education and empowerment. 'Art With a Smile: India on Canvas', unde....
- Durga Puja losing its essence!
Kolkata: With Durga Puja festivities peaking on Wednesday, many eminent Bengalis feel that its essence is being lost in the rush for commercialization and media publicity but nevertheless assoc....
- Shane Bond loves Dandiya, says 'its awesome'
New Delhi: Meet the new hero of the Indian Dandiya raas - Shane Bond. When not practicing for the coming Indian Cricket League (ICL) season, the strapping New Zealand bowler is dancing to dandi....
- Kashmir Pashmina gets Geographical Indication
New Delhi: Kashmiri artisans, who perfected the art of making handmade Pashmina for years, will now have exclusive rights over the Kashmir Pashmina brand, with the central government declaring ....
- New interpretation of cinema - through a painting
Kolkata: A writer-cum-painter Kurchi Dasgupta portrays in a different way her reactions to the films she watches and loves. This 34-year-old painter's interpretations of 16 of the world's great....
- 'The Arena' of Akash Choyal's imagination
New Delhi: Art is a way of giving a smooth flow to the mental and emotional outbursts of human beings and Akash Choyal, an artist from Rajasthan, has chosen the same path that he inherited from....
- Supreme Court refuses to try Husain for 'obscene' paintings
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea to prosecute well known painter M F Husain for his allegedly obscene paintings of Hindu goddesses and hurting religious sentiments. A ben....
- Delhi gets its first art bookstore
New Delhi: The capital added another first to its list of art initiatives by throwing open the first art bookstore-cum-reading room on Friday. Set up by the Vadehra Gallery, the store in Defenc....
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