New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) More than 50 intellectuals have expressed ''dismay over the spiralling descent into irrationality'' of the West Bengal government following Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee''s directives to libraries to subscribe to particular newspapers and the arrest of a Jadavpur University professor for posting her caricatures on internet.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 6:06:01 PM
Hyderabad, April 17 (IANS) K.G. Satyamurthy, a Maoist ideologue and one of the founders of the People''s War Group (PWG), died in Andhra Pradesh''s Krishna district Tuesday. He was 84.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 5:07:11 PM
Kolkata, April 17 (IANS) He regaled masses at the Kolkata film fest inauguration last year and will Wednesday blend Tagore with masters such as Bach before highly discerning listeners at Germany''s annual Munich Philharmonic Orchestra festival. But Indian conductor-violinist Abraham Mazumder sees little difference and believes ''the grammar of music is universal''.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 12:19:28 PM
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) India''s biggest export to the world has been stories, powerful narratives that have influenced literature throughout history, says Karachi-based Musharraf Ali Farooqi, who shot to literary limelight with his translations of ''Hoshruba'' and ''The Adventures of Amir Hamza'', ancient epics written in Persian and Urdu.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 10:03:17 AM
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) An India-Pakistan pact for exchange in music, dance, theatre and visual arts could become reality next year with the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) renewing a dialogue with the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), a top Pakistani official said Monday.
Monday, April 16, 2012 5:03:53 PM
Kolkata, April 14 (IANS) People greeted each other with a warm ''shubho nabo borsho'' and exchanged sweets or visited temples to pray for a good year as West Bengal Saturday celebrated the Bengali new year 1419 or ''Poila Baishak''.
Saturday, April 14, 2012 6:24:19 PM
Chandigarh, April 10 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi will Friday attend the inaugural of the silver jubilee celebrations of zonal cultural centres in India at Panchkula town in Haryana.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 7:43:05 PM
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) has officially moved to a new parallel address in cyberspace from where visitors can walk through its new-age portals and check out the permanent exhibits in a virtual tour powered by search engine Google.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 5:44:04 PM
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Twenty-one years after the fall of the East Bloc, Karl Marx is becoming relevant to students of politics, economics and modern history across the world who want to understand capitalism, says noted Pakistan born novelist, historian and political activist Tariq Ali.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 1:34:43 PM
Kolkata, April 10 (IANS) East will meet West at a music festival in Munich next week when a 10-member ensemble from Kolkata teams up with performers from Germany in a concert featuring Rabindra Sangeet.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 12:07:03 PM
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