Rajsekhar Mansur, Ajay Pohankar, Sabir Khan get music awards
byNew Delhi, May 28 (IANS) Vocalists Rajsekhar Mansur and Ajay Pohankar and tabla player Sabir Khan were among those presented the Sangeet Natak Akademi’s…
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Casa Indio, a graffiti artist’s gallery
byLos Angeles, May 28 (IANS/EFE) Benjie Escobar began as a graffiti artist hiding from the authorities, but today he shares his talent in a…
Mexican writer Jose Maria Perez Gay dies
byMexico City, May 27 (IANS/EFE) Jose Maria Perez Gay, a Mexican writer, academic, translator and diplomat, died early Sunday, said his brother, Rafael Perez…
Shimla kids to learn through film festival on disability
byShimla: Public welfare trust Umang Foundation will organise a film festival on disability, the first such programme in Himachal Pradesh, an organiser said here…
Old museum in Britain displays master drawings
byOxford, May 26 (IANS) The Ashmolean Museum, one of the world’s oldest public museums, has launched an exhibition of master drawings to mark its…
(VM) Nine Agra teenagers to collectively pen book
byAgra, May 25 (IANS) Nine teenagers – seven girls and two boys – are to collectively produce a volume of short stories before the…
Spanish art gets privileged space in New York museum
byNew York, May 25 (IANS/EFE) New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has reopened its European paintings galleries after a two-year renovation, giving a privileged…
Time to go back to Tagore’s beliefs: Mukherjee
byShimla: President Pranab Mukherjee today inaugurated a study centre-cum-museum dedicated to the life and works of Rabindranath Tagore at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study…
Indian Caribbean Museum in Nat Geo list of 500 sacred places
byPort-of-Spain, May 23 (IANS) The Indian Caribbean Museum, described as “a national treasure, a window to the past, and an opportunity to see history…
Lydia Davis bags Man Booker Prize
byLondon, May 23 (IANS) American short story writer Lydia Davis was declared the winner of the fifth 60,000 pounds Man Booker International Prize at…