Lizards out of reach, goats may salvage Goa’s ghumat
byPanaji, April 7 (IANS) Stringent wildlife laws are hammering long, legal nails into the coffin of one of Goa’s very few indigenous musical instruments,…
Culture
Russian art museum honours its cat guards
bySt. Petersburg, April 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Reminding of a less-known side to the struggle for fine arts, Russia’s most visited art museum has honoured…
President to inaugurate ‘Mother Language Festival’ May 19
byAgartala, April 6 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate the ‘Mother Language Festival’ in New Delhi May 19 to commemorate the 11 language martyrs…
Urdu, Sanskrit are India’s culture, says Katju
byHyderabad, April 6 (IANS) Press Council of India (PCI) chairman Markandey Katju Saturday said Urdu and Sanskrit are India’s culture, which unite the country,…
Kashmiri folk theatre makes its way to modern stage
byNew Delhi: The ancient tradition of Bhand Pather, a folk performance genre from Kashmir, is trying to find a slot in mainstream theatre, taking…
Popular music reconnects to traditional genres in subcontinent
byNew Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Popular music in Pakistan and India flourishing outside moviedom has reconnected to folk, classical and Sufi traditions to reach…
Lorca’s manuscript returns to Big Apple
byNew York, April 6 (IANS/EFE) Full of crossings-out, marginal notes and erasures, the original manuscript of “Poet in New York” went on display for…
EU approves merger of Penguin, Random House
byBrussels, April 6 (IANS/EFE) The European Commission gave the go-ahead to the merger of Penguin and Random House to create the world’s No. 1…
President gives away Padma awards
byNew Delhi, April 5 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee gave away 54 Padma awards at a function in the Darbar hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan here…
Lost in New Delhi at 98? Khushwant Singh muses (Book Review)
byBook: “Khushwantnama: The Lessons of My Life”, Author: Khushwant Singh, Publisher: Penguin Viking, Pages: 188, Price: Rs 399 The New Delhi that writer-columnist Khushwant…