Chennai (IANS) The Tamil lullaby “Kanney Kanmaniaye.. Aararo, Aararo” sung by her, perhaps has robbed Carnatic music vocalist Bombay Jayashri Ramnath of her sleep, what with the excitement of being nominated for the Oscar. More importantly, it has reinforced her faith in the reach of Indian classical music. Written, composed and [...]

New Delhi (IANS) Oscar nominations for “Lincoln” and “Life Of Pi” have raised hopes of India again triumphing at the Academy Awards gala. Film historian S.M.M. Ausaja says their wins would be good for the country, while globally acclaimed filmmaker Shekhar Kapur feels it’s high time original work from India is [...]

Dharamshala: Governor Urmila Singh here today inaugurated a two day long  Kangra painting exhibition put up jointly by Kangra Art Promotion Society and  Art, Language and Culture, Department. Lauding the efforts of the organisers she said that efforts should be made to preserve and promote the unique Kangra School of [...]

Lucknow: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is likely to attend the Kumbh Mela starting in the Sangam city of Allahabad Jan 14, officials said today. Office bearers of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) told that the Dalai Lama was invited by Pravin Bhai Togadia, the international officiating president of the [...]

New Delhi (IANS) Erstwhile royal families have closely guarded culinary secrets of their kitchens like treasures down the ages. But the struggle to keep the estates sustainable is forcing the descendents to open up. Nearly six decades after independence, the hosts of the royal palace resorts are opening their recipe books [...]

New Delhi: Veteran Bollywood actor Kulbhushan Kharbanda marked his return to the Delhi stage after 20 years at the inauguration of the 15th edition of Bharat Rangmahotsav, the National School of Drama’s annual theatre fest that opened Jan 5. Forging a new connect with a younger audience was not easy [...]

Mayong (Assam): An eerie silence envelopes Assam’s Mayong village, well known for its magic and sorcery, as one drives towards it from the nearby city of Guwahati. With a history that is bound to scare the daylights out of believers and make others gape in wonder, the peaceful ambience somehow looks [...]

Lucknow (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh State Roadways Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) will mobilize around 6,000 additional buses to facilitate hassle-free travel of pilgrims to the Kumbh Mela that begins at Allahabad Jan 14, officials said today. Transport officials said the 55-day congregation is likely to witness around four crore people arriving in [...]

Beijing: Archaeologists have excavated about 3,500 kg of ancient coins in China’s Inner Mongolia Region, Xinhua reported today. Most of these coins were in prevalence during the Han Dynasty (202 BC – 220 AD). According to Lian Jilin, a researcher with the regional Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, the coins [...]

Mexico City: Researchers have discovered 4,000-year-old spearheads and other artifacts at a site in the northwestern state of Sinaloa, Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History said. The find “will change the chronologies of the antiquity of human settlement in the northwest of the country”, archaeologist Joel Santos Ramirez said. The [...]