Salman Rushdie to attend Jaipur Lit Fest Jan 20-22
1/3/2012 10:12:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Breaking a minor jinx in India which began with last September'a failed Harud Festival in Kashmir, celebrated writer Salman Rushdie will attend the DSC Jaipur Literature Festival Jan 20-24, the organisers said Tuesday. |
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Tagore reinterpreted at NSD's Bharat Rang Mahotsav
1/3/2012 7:56:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) A panorama of 17 contemporary plays interpreting Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore's literature will turn the spotlight on the poet's legacy on his 150th birth anniversary during the 14th Bharat Rang Mahotsav -- the annual festival of the National School of Drama Jan 8-22. |
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Austrian composer Mozart's music to get rainbow cast in Delhi
1/2/2012 9:12:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart will get an Indian makeover in a concert of fusion music in the capital Jan 6-8. |
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India, African connect through traditional crafts
1/2/2012 7:24:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS)The flavour of Africa lives in its colourful arts, crafts, people and exotic landscape. Eighteen African craftspeople from five countries -- Kenya, Ethiopia, South Africa, Uganda and Rwanda - are in the capital with a showcase of their |
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From palaces to people: Urdu mushaira reaches out
1/1/2012 3:08:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Dispelling fears of its demise, the 'mushaira' (Urdu poetry recital) has made a comeback in Delhi, symbolically completing a journey from the durbars of the rich and famous to the public places. |
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Lukewarm response to renovated Ghalib's haveli
12/29/2011 8:15:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib's 'haveli', which was recently renovated by the government, seems to have failed to please both the visitors and locals, who say the restoration of the heritage building is a half-hearted attempt. |
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Mike Brearley, Ted Dexter, Ian Chappell for Pataudi Memorial Lecture
12/28/2011 4:57:00 PM |
| Bhopal, Dec 28 (IANS) Sharmila Tagore, the wife of former Indian Cricket captain late Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, is excited about the plan of the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) to hold a Pataudi Memorial Lecture and has a few names in her mind from the cricket fraternity. |
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India's national anthem completes a century
12/27/2011 8:00:00 PM |
| Kolkata, Dec 27 (IANS) 'Jana Gana Mana...', India's lilting national anthem, completed 100 years Tuesday. |
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Permanent Ghalib showcase opened on poet's birth anniversary
12/27/2011 7:23:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) The legacy of Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib got a permanent niche in the capital with the inauguration of a showcase of memorabilia connected to the poet and his work at his house in old Delhi to coincide with his 214thbirth anniversary Tuesday. |
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National anthem becomes disabled-friendly
12/27/2011 6:59:00 PM |
| Mumbai, Dec 27 (IANS) Exactly a century after it was first sung, India's national anthem has now become accessible to the hearing impared. |
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Indian national anthem completes 100 years
12/27/2011 4:59:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) Indian national anthem 'Jana Gana Mana...' completed 100 years Tuesday. |
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Gujjar group appeals for restoration of Gurjar-era monuments
12/25/2011 9:40:00 PM |
| Jammu, Dec 25 (IANS) A frontal organisation of Gujjars in Jammu and Kashmir Sunday expressed shock over deteriorating condition of monuments built by Gurjar-Pratihara kings in various parts of the country between 6th to 11th centuries and called for their preservation and restoration. |
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India rejoices in Christmas revelry with carols, feasts
12/25/2011 8:09:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) Homes decked up with lights and stars, midnight masses, church services, gifts, carols and feasts -- India, where Christians constitute 2.3 percent of the population, Sunday celebrated Christmas in its joyful spirit. |
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Special Christmas prayers for peace in northeast
12/25/2011 7:22:00 PM |
| Guwahati, Dec 25 (IANS) Hundreds of thousands of Christians in India's northeast held special prayers on Christmas Sunday in churches across the region for peace and wellbeing of the human race. |
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Christmas celebrated in Kolkata
12/25/2011 6:48:00 PM |
| Kolkata, Dec 25 (IANS) Cakes, cookies, wine and midnight masses at churches amid tight security marked Christmas celebrations across West Bengal. St. Paul's Cathedral in Kolkata and other churches across the state were crowded by people cutting across religious lines to celebrate the birthday of Jesus Christ Sunday. |
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Christmas celebrated in Punjab, Chandigarh
12/25/2011 5:20:00 PM |
| Chandigarh, Dec 25 (IANS) Singing of carols and offering prayers at various churches marked the Christmas celebrations across Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh Sunday. |
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Christmas celebrated with fervour in Tamil Nadu
12/25/2011 4:38:00 PM |
| Chennai, Dec 25 (IANS) Visits to churches, exchange of gifts and greetings marked Christmas celebrations in Tamil Nadu Sunday. |
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Satyadev Dubey's theatre brought fierce Indianness to stage (Obituary)
12/25/2011 3:55:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) He was controversial, candid and had a healthy disregard for anything colonial in theatre. The death of Satyadev Dubey has brought the curtain down on an era of fierce Indianness on stage. |
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Friends, fans mourn death of 'revolutionary' Dubey
12/25/2011 3:37:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) A controversial figure, one of the founders of contemporary Indian theatre, vibrant, extremely talented, revolutionary in his approach -- that's how friends and fans remembered playwright and director Satyadev Dubey who passed away Sunday. |
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Kashmiri poetess Naseem Shafaie to get Sahitya Akademi award
12/21/2011 9:57:00 PM |
| Srinagar, Dec 21 (IANS) Noted Kashmiri poetess Naseem Shafaie has been chosen for this year's Sahitya Akademi Award for her poetic collection, becoming the first Kashmiri woman to get the prestigious literary award. |
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