Britain, India working to conserve culture: British Museum director
7/29/2010 5:08:00 PM |
| New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) India's culture ministry and the British Museum are working closely to conserve Indian art, architecture and traditional textiles, says director of the museum Neil MacGregor. |
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Ram Lila fairs: Police, organisers at odds
7/29/2010 5:03:00 PM |
| New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Ram Lila fairs, organised in various places in the city, are too close to the Commonwealth Games for comfort, says an overburdened Delhi Police, which want these rescheduled. But that may be easier said than done. |
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Indian gypsy cultures on show ahead of Games
7/29/2010 4:01:00 PM |
| New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) The nomadic culture of gypsy communities across India will be showcased here in the run up to the Commonwealth Games in October. |
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Cameron rules out return of Kohinoor
7/29/2010 2:20:00 PM |
| New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Visiting British Prime Minister David Cameron has clearly ruled out the return of the Kohinoor diamond to India, saying if such demands were agreed to, it would lead to empty rooms in British Museums. |
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Britain, India working to conserve culture: British Museum director
7/29/2010 10:51:00 AM |
| New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) India's culture ministry and the British Museum are working closely to conserve Indian art, architecture and traditional textiles, says director of the museum Neil MscGregor. |
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Take your pick from diverse book case this weekend (IANS Books This Week)
7/29/2010 10:21:00 AM |
| New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Dogs, widows, Kolkata, thrill and domestic drama - the weekend book cart is diverse, cute and emotional... Read on |
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'Before Memory Fades' is hot seller (IANS Books)
7/29/2010 8:53:00 AM |
| New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Fali S. Nariman's 'Before Memory Fades' has bounced back to the number one spot among non-fiction books this week while 'The Immortals of Meluha' by Amish Tripathi continues to dominate the fiction category in the bestseller list. |
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I'm a Bengali, says Tipu Sultan's descendant
7/27/2010 10:14:00 AM |
| Kolkata, July 27 (IANS) Bespectacled and grey hair brushed back, Husain Shah, 70, is the quintessential elderly Bengali man next door. But within him he carries a historic legacy, as a direct descendant of Tipu Sultan, the king of Mysore who valiantly fought the British. |
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Romancing the book in the time of rain (IANS Books)
7/27/2010 8:09:00 AM |
| New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) What better time to leaf through love stories than the monsoon. Take a man, a woman, an edgy locale - sprinkle passion, mystery, a whiff of history - and you are set for some perfect reading in the rains. |
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Jyoti Basu loved pasta, says grand-daughter and gourmet author
7/25/2010 1:14:00 PM |
| New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) He was West Bengal's chief minister for 23 years but he was no Bengali at heart when it came to his favourite food. Jyoti Basu was a European gourmet fan who loved 'light pastas, salads, soups...', says his grand-daughter Mallika Basu, the latest Indian cook-book author. |
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Historical fictions throw insight into our lives: Tharoor
7/24/2010 12:41:00 PM |
| New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) History makes for compelling books because they offer insights into our lives, says MP and writer Shashi Tharoor, who would love to write a historical fiction himself in future. |
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I like experimenters in religion: Sudhir Kakar (Interview)
7/24/2010 11:12:00 AM |
| New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Mughal prince Dara Shukoh, Mahatma Gandhi and spiritualist Ramakrishna Paramahansa shared a trait - they were religious secularists at heart, says psychoanalyst and writer Sudhir Kakar who loves to get into the lives of historical characters to find answers. |
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Asian and diaspora fiction not very different: Monica Ali (Interview)
7/22/2010 10:02:00 AM |
| New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) British novelist of Bangladeshi origin Monica Ali, who is a judge for the Man Asian Literary Prize 2010, says the English language is evolving in exciting new ways. She also believes diaspora fiction is not very different from Asian writing as in the end readers just want a good, well told story. |
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'The Immortals of Meluha' is top bestseller (IANS Books)
7/22/2010 8:39:00 AM |
| New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) 'Awakening Giants: Feet of Clay' by Pranab Bardhan tops the non-fiction section while Amish Tripathi's 'The Immortals of Meluha' is number one in the fiction category of bestsellers this week. |
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34 international galleries at third India Art Summit
7/20/2010 10:04:00 PM |
| New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The country's art fraternity will be treated to a visual feast of top modern and contemporary art from across the world in January 2011 with 34 leading international galleries offering their bouquets at the third edition of the India Art Summit here. |
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Kanshi Ram memorial to get silicon coat
7/19/2010 6:05:00 PM |
| Lucknow, July 19 (IANS) The barely one-year-old Rs.750 crore Kanshi Ram Memorial here is to be given a special silicon coat to provide a shield against seepage and discolouring of the pink Dholpur stone, an engineer said. |
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Artists from across India to pay homage to Tagore
7/18/2010 5:57:00 PM |
| Kolkata, July 18 (IANS) Be it a play in Punjabi, a puppet show or Western classical music, the works of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore will come alive in many hues as artists from across India converge here to pay homage to the poet. |
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Australian artist chronicles the Ganga's journey
7/16/2010 11:37:00 AM |
| New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) Contemporary Australian artist Kevin Pearsh has chronicled the 2,500-km journey of river Ganga from an icy cave in Gaumukh to the Ganga Sagar in West Bengal in a series of 21 large format canvases. |
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Special train to Dhaka for Tagore anniversary celebrations
7/15/2010 6:55:00 PM |
| New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) From renovating Tagore auditoria, establishing new ones in major cities, publishing a book on his paintings to running a special train to Dhaka, the government has drawn up several plans to perpetuate the legacy of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore to mark his 150th birth anniversary. |
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Government plans two IIITs in northeast
7/13/2010 10:52:00 PM |
| Guwahati, July 13 (IANS) The central government Tuesday said it is considering the setting up of two new Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) in the northeastern region. |
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