Art & Architecture

You Find More Freedom For Writers In India: Ruskin Bond

New Delhi: Ruskin Bond feels lucky to live in India. The celebrated author says there is more freedom for writers in India despite various conflicts and occasional turmoil. "If you think of th...

2018-10-31 15:59:37.0

Kuwaiti Singer Mubarak Al-Rashid Mesmerises Sushma Swaraj With 'Vaishnav Jan To'

Kuwait City: Kuwait-based singer Mubarak Al-Rashid on Tuesday created a soulful atmosphere and won the hearts of the audience, including External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, when he sang a few lin...

2018-10-31 15:48:23.0

Bharatanatyam With A Flight Of Imagination And Confluence Of Mediums

New Delhi: "Antariksha Sanchar" is a unique fantasy production with six classical Bharatanatyam performers, led by veteran danseuse Jayalakshmi Eshwar, dancing to the beat of electronic music. It's a...

2018-10-31 15:38:07.0

Jodhpur RIFF 2018: Haunting Music A Precursor Of More To Come

Jodhpur: Just a decade old, the Rajasthan Folk Festival (RIFF) has certainly set the bar quite high with the powerful music that echoes from the city's Mehrangarh Fort for five days every year. ...

2018-10-26 15:41:48.0

Marginalised adolescent girls must have safe access to education

Almost half of India's 1.25 billion people are aged under 25, making it the youngest nation in the world. This can be India's biggest asset if the energies of the youth are channelised in the right di...

2018-08-18 05:03:49.0

When Vajpayee Asked For Pajamas

Lucknow: At election meetings, politicians usually just ask for votes. But at a public meeting here in 2006, Atal Bihari Vajpayee perplexed the audience when he also asked for some pajamas. &n...

2018-08-17 17:13:52.0

Delhi University approaches Delhi HC against extra law classes order

New Delhi: The Delhi University on Monday approached the high court here challenging a single judge's order asking the law faculty members to conduct at least 139 hours of extra classes/tutorials for ...

2018-08-14 04:03:57.0

PM Modi urges teachers for ways to improve learning

Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday pitched for improving the quality of education in institutions like IITs and invited suggestions from teachers and intellectuals in this regard. He als...

2018-08-12 04:06:00.0

CBSE Faces Madras HC Ire for Not Implementing Order on Banning Homework

Chennai: The Madras High Court on Friday pulled up the CBSE for not issuing a circular to all affiliated schools to implement the court's recent order banning homework for students of Classes 1 and 2....

2018-08-11 04:27:07.0

6-day Vedic Ceremony to Begin at Lord Balaji Temple in Tirupati Today

Tirupati: The famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara near here is all set for a six-day ritual, held once in 12 years, beginning on Saturday during which only 30,000 devotees would be allowed per day...

2018-08-11 02:22:17.0

Persistence Paid Off, And How, For Birju Maharaj's Daughter Mamta

New Delhi: Women in the family of Kathak legend Birju Maharaj did learn the dance form and performed within the household but never took it up professionally. But his third daughter Mamta's persistenc...

2018-08-10 16:47:38.0

Indian-origin Akshay Venkatesh gets Fields medal, 'Nobel Prize' for mathematics

New Delhi: Akshay Venkatesh, a renowned Indian-Australian mathematician, is one of four winners of mathematics' prestigious Fields medal, known as the Nobel prize for math. The Fields medals a...

2018-08-02 04:13:10.0

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