Gujarati writer Raghuveer Chaudhary wins Jnanpith Award
NEW DELHI-- Noted Gujarati writer Raghuveer Chaudhary has been selected for the 51st Jnanpith award for his contribution to Indian literature, it was announced...
Mirza Ghalib still homeless in his birth place
AGRA-- Though Mirza Ghalib's contribution to 'Urdu Adab' is considered as significant as Shakespeare's to English, the mansion in Agra where he was born...
Indian art, photos, textiles on display at Philadelphia museum
NEW YORK--The Philadelphia Museum of Art has put on display masterful drawings from Indian royal courts, works of contemporary photographers and woven textiles of...
Ninth edition of annual EDM festival Sunburn kicks-off in Goa
PANAJI-- Sunburn Goa 2015, the ninth edition of the annual Electronic Dance Music (EDM) festival, witnessed a gush of Indian and foreign tourists in...
Imagine South Asia at Peabody Essex Museum Feb. 6-7
SALEM, MA--Artist Anila Quayyum Agha’s (Pakistan, U.S.) life and work embodies the idea of intersection, transcending the boundaries of race, religion, gender and geography....
Star-studded premiere for ‘Star Wars’ in India’
MUMBAI-- Hollywood film “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”, which is breaking multiple records globally, received a grand welcome in India during its premiere, which...
Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain on fusion and digital music
NEW DELHI--Since the 1970s, he has collaborated with musicians as diverse as John McLaughlin, Mickey Hart and Bill Laswell on a plethora of genre-defying...
Mumbai double murder: Artist’s husband sent to police custody
MUMBAI-- A magistrate's court here on Tuesday sent artist Chintan Upadhyay - arrested in connection with the murder of his estranged wife
and her lawyer...
Adele quit smoking due to fear of death
LONDON--British singer Adele, who is scheduled to perform at Boston's TD Garden on Sept. 14-15, 2016, has revealed that she finally quit smoking, fearing...
Cyrus Mistry, Ramdarash Mishra among Sahitya Akademi award winners
New Delhi--Novelist Cyrus Mistry and poet Ramdarash Mishra were among the winners of Sahitya Akademi award announced here on Thursday.
Six books of short stories,...
