Fatwas outrageous, laugh for sanity: Iranian writer (Interview)
1/23/2012 12:22:00 PM |
| Jaipur, Jan 23 (IANS) A thousand jokes go around in Iran every day mocking President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the pretensions of the powerful, says Iranian writer Kamin Mohammadi, outraged that Salman Rushdie was forced to cancel his visit to the Jaipur Literature Festival here. |
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Book to expose Britney Spears 'orgies' and 'make out' sessions
1/18/2012 6:07:00 PM |
London, Jan 18 (ANI): Britney Spears' former bodyguard is all set to reveal he kinky secrets of the star's sex life in a tell-all book. |
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Hasina promises to make S.D. Burman's ancestral house a museum
1/17/2012 11:57:00 AM |
| Agartala, Jan 17 (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has promised to convert the ancestral house of legendary music maestro Sachin Dev Burman in Bangladesh into a folk cultural institute-cum-museum, writers and scholars said here Tuesday. |
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New York-based Indian artist talks of farm distress
1/15/2012 3:30:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Kiran Chandra, a Kolkata-born New York-based artist, uses her multi-media interactive art to speak of imbalances in the pattern of land use in India and the plight of marginal farmers. |
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Ansari concerned over Urdu's declining popularity
1/14/2012 10:12:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) Vice President Hamid Ansari Saturday expressed concern over the declining popularity of Urdu in the country, saying that it is less associated with people's daily life. |
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Rare portraits of Gandhi to be auctioned in England
1/13/2012 4:28:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) A set of three portraits drawn from the life of Mahatma Gandhi by artist Clare Winsten will be auctioned in England on Jan 24 at the Mullocks Auction House. |
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'Descendents' unfolds slowly and beautifully: Clooney
1/12/2012 3:54:00 PM |
| Los Angeles, Jan 12 (IANS) Actor George Clooney, who will be seen in 'The Descendents', says that the beauty of his new film lies in the script. |
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Youth Festival kicks off in Mangalore Thursday
1/11/2012 4:06:00 PM |
| Mangalore, Jan 11 (IANS) Hundreds of youth from across India have descended on this Karnataka coastal town along the Arabian Sea for 'Celebrating Diversity in Unity' at the National Youth Festival starting Thursday. |
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Pranab launches web-based Tagore bibliography
1/9/2012 7:19:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) A web-based bibliography of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore's works was launched by Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the capital Monday to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of the poet. |
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Selja opens Britain-aided museum staff training programme
1/9/2012 5:46:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Museums have played an important role in our society by bringing people closer to their roots, Union Culture Minister Kumari Selja said Monday, inaugurating a training programme for museum professionals. |
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Don't allow Rushdie in India: Deoband vice chancellor
1/9/2012 5:45:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) India's top Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband Monday opposed Salman Rushdie's visit to India and asked the government not to allow him to travel for a literary festival as the author had hurt the sentiments of Muslims the world over. |
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IIT-B's annual techfest to kick off Friday
1/5/2012 6:39:00 PM |
| Mumbai, Jan 5 (IANS) The 15th edition of Techfest by Indian Institute of Technology - Bombay (IIT-B), kicks off Friday with over 150 events spread across three days. The fest will include competitions, lecture series, exhibitions, workshops and others initiatives, an official said. |
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Tagore reinterpreted at NSD's Bharat Rang Mahotsav
1/3/2012 7:56:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) A panorama of 17 contemporary plays interpreting Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore's literature will turn the spotlight on the poet's legacy on his 150th birth anniversary during the 14th Bharat Rang Mahotsav -- the annual festival of the National School of Drama Jan 8-22. |
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Austrian composer Mozart's music to get rainbow cast in Delhi
1/2/2012 9:12:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart will get an Indian makeover in a concert of fusion music in the capital Jan 6-8. |
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India, African connect through traditional crafts
1/2/2012 7:24:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS)The flavour of Africa lives in its colourful arts, crafts, people and exotic landscape. Eighteen African craftspeople from five countries -- Kenya, Ethiopia, South Africa, Uganda and Rwanda - are in the capital with a showcase of their |
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Lukewarm response to renovated Ghalib's haveli
12/29/2011 8:15:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib's 'haveli', which was recently renovated by the government, seems to have failed to please both the visitors and locals, who say the restoration of the heritage building is a half-hearted attempt. |
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Mike Brearley, Ted Dexter, Ian Chappell for Pataudi Memorial Lecture
12/28/2011 4:57:00 PM |
| Bhopal, Dec 28 (IANS) Sharmila Tagore, the wife of former Indian Cricket captain late Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, is excited about the plan of the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) to hold a Pataudi Memorial Lecture and has a few names in her mind from the cricket fraternity. |
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Special Christmas prayers for peace in northeast
12/25/2011 7:22:00 PM |
| Guwahati, Dec 25 (IANS) Hundreds of thousands of Christians in India's northeast held special prayers on Christmas Sunday in churches across the region for peace and wellbeing of the human race. |
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Christmas celebrated with fervour in Tamil Nadu
12/25/2011 4:38:00 PM |
| Chennai, Dec 25 (IANS) Visits to churches, exchange of gifts and greetings marked Christmas celebrations in Tamil Nadu Sunday. |
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Satyadev Dubey's theatre brought fierce Indianness to stage (Obituary)
12/25/2011 3:55:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) He was controversial, candid and had a healthy disregard for anything colonial in theatre. The death of Satyadev Dubey has brought the curtain down on an era of fierce Indianness on stage. |
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