Kolkata exhibition celebrates Gopal Ghose
byKolkata, May 19 (IANS) The centenary of legendry artist Gopal Ghose, famed for ingenious handling of watercolours is now being celebrated with an exhibition…
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Chinese musician seeks enduring India-China ties
byNew Delhi, May 19 (IANS) She started liking the poetry of India’s poet laureate Rabindranath Tagore while in school, and now China’s noted dulcimer…
Host of celebrities to be get Bengal government awards Monday
byKolkata, May 17 (IANS) A host of sports celebrities including former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly, and country’s soccer legends P.K. Banerjee, Chuni Goswami…
Paintings return to England for first time in 230 years
byLondon, May 17 (IANS) A world-class collection of oil paintings returning from Russia to England is like the treasures of the Forbidden City returning…
Amar Chitra Katha launches collection of all 300 titles
byMumbai, May 17 (IANS) Amar Chitra Katha, which has depicted India’s rich culture for generations of Indians through its comics, has launched a complete…
First edition of `The Great Gatsby’ auctioned
byLondon, May 17 (IANS/EFE) A first edition of legendary American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” sold for 1,875 pounds ($2,872), or nearly…
Amber Room, looted by Nazis during WWII, to be recreated
byKaliningrad, May 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The legendary Amber Room, a Tsarist-era antiquity which was looted by Nazi German forces at the end of World…
SPIC-MACAY’s first globalal convention begins May 20 in Kolkata
byKolkata, May 15 (IANS) Over 1,800 delegates will participate in the first SPIC-MACAY international convention on promoting Indian classical music and culture that begins…
China gifts Tagore gallery on 152nd birth anniversary
byKolkata, May 15 (IANS) A gallery on Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore and China was opened Wednesday at Tagore’s ancestral residence in North Kolkata’s Jorasanko,…
Smithsonian to showcase visual history of yoga
byWashington, May 15 (IANS) Smithsonian, the world’s largest museum and research complex here, is launching a major crowdfunding campaign May 29 to support what…