Indian art collectors' space getting new look
1/29/2012 3:35:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) Art collection in India has seen some exponential change in the last 15 years. The fledgling culture of private archives to free art from the clutches of government institutions has led to diversity in buying with a generations of artists and their mediums finding a market. |
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Damien Hirst logs on to India with affordable prints
1/28/2012 2:03:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) British contemporary artist Damien Hirst, a cult name in new art, has jumped the price barrier to reach out to the masses with prints of his work at the India Art Fair here. |
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Rahul Gandhi, Alexander and adventure on bookshelf (IANS Books This Week)
1/28/2012 12:12:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) The bookcart this week is full of innocent surprises. |
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Steve Jobs' bio bestseller again (IANS Books)
1/28/2012 8:53:00 AM |
| New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) Late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs' biography continued to lead the non-fiction section of the bestseller list while Amish Tripathi's 'The Secret of the Nagas' was back at the top spot in the fiction charts. |
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Himachal artist gets Padma Shri
1/25/2012 11:21:00 PM |
| Shimla, Jan 25 (IANS) Vijay Sharma, a Himachal Pradesh artist known for his Kangra miniature paintings, was Wednesday named for the Padma Shri award, the fourth highest civilian honour. |
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Congress defends Rajasthan on calling off Rushdie address
1/24/2012 10:24:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) The Congress Tuesday sought to play down the decision of the party-led Rajasthan government against allowing Salman Rushdie to address the Jaipur Literature Festival via a video link and said the organisers had no other choice in view of protests at the venue. |
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Rushdie & god: Jaipur Lit Fest ends on sombre note
1/24/2012 9:41:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) God came to the rescue of the DSC Jaipur Literature Festival Tuesday evening. The spirits were marginally lifting during a lively debate about man and god at the close of the festival after a day of high drama that saw the cancellation of a video address by Salman Rushdie, the writer of 'The Satanic Verses'. |
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Jaipur delegates slam Rushdie 'gag'
1/24/2012 8:41:00 PM |
| Jaipur, Jan 24 (IANS) The intellectuals fraternity at the Jaipur Literature Festival responded with outrage to the new 'fatwa' on author Salman Rushdie, who was stopped from addressing the audience via video link Tuesday after some Muslim groups threatened violence. |
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Shocking, says Salman Rushdie
1/24/2012 8:30:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) Author Salman Rushdie Tuesday said he was shocked at the situation that even screening of his video image was unacceptable at the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF). |
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Kolkata litterateurs to protest 'persecution' of 'Satanic Verses' readers
1/24/2012 8:24:00 PM |
| Kolkata, Jan 24 (IANS) Describing as 'shameful' the cases filed against writers who had read excerpts of banned book 'The Satanic Verses' by Salman Rushdie at the Jaipur Literature Festival, litterateurs in the city are mulling a protest against the move. |
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American novelist Lionel Shriver still loves her Kevin
1/24/2012 7:42:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) American writer Lionel Shriver, the author of 'We Need to Talk About Kevin', is still moved by the novel she wrote in 2003 about a disturbed mother and son, but says its screen adaptation misinterprets the book. |
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12-day Kolkata Book Fair kicks off
1/24/2012 7:42:00 PM |
| Kolkata, Jan 24 (IANS) The 36th Kolkata Book Fair, considered one of the world's largest in terms of footfalls, was inaugurated by renowned Italian author Beppe Severgni Tuesday. Literary majors like Vikram Seth, Ruskin Bond and Chetan Bhagat are slated to attend the 12-day event, as well as a host of authors from abroad. |
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Muslim groups stifled free speech: Rushdie
1/24/2012 7:34:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) Calling the scrapping of his video conferencing at the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) as 'awful', writer Salman Rushdie Tuesday said a threat of violence by Muslim groups stifled free speech. |
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Writers flay Rushdie fiasco
1/24/2012 7:23:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) Expressing unhappiness over Salman Rushdie's thwarted address via video link at the Jaipur Literature Festival, several writers Tuesday said it was a 'sad day for India' and blamed the central and Rajasthan governments for not coming clean on the issue. |
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Rushdie shut out of Jaipur, even via videolink
1/24/2012 6:43:00 PM |
| Jaipur, Jan 24 (IANS) Twenty-four years after his book 'The Satanic Verses' was banned, India-born Salman Rushdie was again under attack Tuesday and forced to cancel his address via videolink to the Jaipur Literature Festival, triggering outrage among organisers, writers and visitors who called it an assault on the freedom of expression. |
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Rushdie's address called off amid security threat
1/24/2012 5:07:00 PM |
| Jaipur, Jan 24 (IANS) Hours of suspense climaxed Tuesday when a much awaited video address by author Salman Rushdie at the Jaipur Literature Festival was called off following protests by some Muslim groups. The decision caused deep disappointment among writers, organisers and visitors alike who called it a slap on the freedom of expression. |
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Delhiites ignored traffic advisories and suffered: Police
1/24/2012 4:55:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) A day after the full dress-rehearsal of the Republic Day Parade caused massive jams in the national capital, Delhi Police Tuesday said that Delhiites suffered because they neither planned their trips nor paid attention to advisories. |
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Forget religion, get 21st century morals: Richard Dawkins
1/24/2012 4:47:00 PM |
| Jaipur, Jan 24 (IANS) Salman Rushdie may not be here, but the shadow of god looms large over the Jaipur Literature Festival, with philosopher and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins dismissing god as a 'computer virus' and asserting that we are what we are because of genes and evolutionary history. |
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Rushdie address called off as Muslims threaten trouble
1/24/2012 4:15:00 PM |
| Jaipur, Jan 24 (IANS) The video address by 'The Satanic Verses' author Salman Rushdie at the DSC Jaipur Literary Festival was called off Tuesday as some of the dozens of Muslims gathered outside the venue threatened trouble and even bloodshed if the address by a 'criminal writer' went ahead. |
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Rushdie's address at Jaipur LitFest cancelled
1/24/2012 4:01:00 PM |
| Jaipur, Jan 24 (IANS) The video address by 'The Satanic Verses' author Salman Rushdie at the DSC Jaipur Literary Festival Tuesday has been cancelled, a police official said. |
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