Old Stavanger, Norway has a glimpse of rural Uttarakhand, Himachal
byStavanger (Norway) : While the Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock) and the Kejarag, a large stone wedged between two mountains about 1000 metres above the fjord,…
Culture
Pakistanis seeks friendship with India: Fahmida Riaz
byNew Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Leading Urdu poet, progressive writer and women’s activist from Pakistan Fahmida Riaz has said that all three major political…
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,…
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…