Culture Minister Chandresh Kumari takes over
byNew Delhi: Chandresh Kumari Katoch took over as the new minister of culture Monday following the recent cabinet reshuffle. Sixty-eight-year-old Katoch, a scion of…
Culture
Clean Ganga campaign – Other religious bodies learn from Dera Sacha Sauda
byDehradun: The lakhs of volunteers belonging to the Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda of Sant Guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh may have shocked residents of…
Gulzar conferred Indira Gandhi award
byNew Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi Wednesday awarded the Indira Gandhi National Integration Award to well-known poet, lyricist and film director Gulzar. The award…
Ganga gets dirty right from Haridwar
byDehradun : A lot of hue and cry has been made on keeping the Ganga clean. Despite spending an estimates Rs 2000 crores under…
India’s rainbow colours draw foreign artists
byNew Delhi: Foreign artists are finding India a viable destination for long-haul art residencies, drawn to the rainbow colours and traditions that paint everyday…
Weeklong 2012 Kullu Dussehra gets to a colorful start
byKullu: Rolling out the Lord Raghunath ‘Rath Yatra’ at Dhalpur Maidan (ground) here marked the start of the week long world famous Kullu Dusshera…
Ramlila: Helping amateurs satisfy their creativity
byNew Delhi: Ramanand Bajpai is a doctor in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh. Asked to play the Ravana in one of Delhi’s oldest Ramlilas, he quickly…
Of reviving Kerala culture and integrating Gulf Malayalis
byDubai: He quit India’s space agency many years ago to spur a revival of India’s cultural traditions across the world. Today, Nataraja ‘Soorya’ Krishnamoorthy…
Italy, India renew historical ties
byNew Delhi: Italy is renewing its historical ties with India by commemorating the legacy of one of its iconic Oriental scholars and Indophiles Luigi…
Printmaking finding new scope to live, re-invent
byNew Delhi: The decline in the art market in the aftermath of the economic meltdown has given the 15th century artistic tradition of printmaking…