Souza’s ‘Red Road’ highlight Of Sotheby’s May sale
By IANS,
London : Francis Newton Souza's "The Red Road", estimated at 250,000-350,000 pounds (approx. $495,000-$695,000), is one of the key highlights of Sotheby's Indian sale to be held May 2 here.
The sale will present 120 lots of exceptional quality tracing the course of Indian art over the last century. It will encompass important works by key figures of the Modern Indian Art movement like Souza and Akbar Padamsee through to contemporary names like Subodh Gupta, Bharti Kher and Jitish Kallat.
Fingers pointed at ASI as stone slab falls at Taj
By IANS,
Agra : Conservationists here have reacted sharply after a seven-foot-long slab of red sandstone fell off at the Taj Mahal this week. Is the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) - responsible for the upkeep of historical monuments - doing its job, they are asking.
Luckily, "there was no one around, otherwise there would have been a grim tragedy," said Surendra Sharma, president of the Braj Mandal Heritage Conservation Society.
Renowned Urdu poet from Patna Dr. Kalim Ahmed Ajiz is no more
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Patna: Renowned Urdu poet and the recipient of Padma Shri, Dr. Kalim Ajiz passed away on Sunday in Hazaribagh, Jharkhan. He was 90 years old.
He was currently serving as the Chairman of the Urdu Advisory Committee, Government of Bihar. The author of several books on poetry Dr. Ajiz was a retired professor of Patna University.
Indian historians, social scientists living abroad express concern over damage to ‘traditions of tolerance’
By TCN News
A group of about 190 historians and academicians of India working overseas addressed an open letter to the Indian authorities, including...
Swastika daubed on Berlin’s Holocaust Memorial
By DPA
Berlin : A swastika and other symbols associated with German rightwing extremism have been daubed on the Holocaust Memorial in the centre of Berlin, police said Saturday.
A member of the staff that watches over the sea of 2,711 concrete stelae that make up the memorial near the Brandenburg Gate had discovered the vandalism midday Friday, the police said.
No country has shown the kind of emergence as has India: Big B
Mumbai: On the occasion of the World Population Day on Saturday, megastar Amitabh Bachchan has "thanked" the world for addressing the world's second largest...
Chandigarh slum kids sing, dance and act to educate all
By Alkesh Sharma, IANS,
Chandigarh : Children living in slums in and around this city have unleashed the power of street theatre to teach everyone about two big dangers - plastic use and drug addiction.
Coordinated by the government's North Zone Cultural Centre based here and local NGO Theatre Age, the children have prepared two dance dramas to create awareness about these serious hazards.
Karbala: The true symbol of non-violent resistance
By Rupa Abdi, TwoCircles.net
Black was the colour of pathos, and I was submerged in it. Women dressed in black sarees and salwar kameez were beating their chests to the chant of ‘Ya Hussain’. The chorus rose to a fevered pitch followed by a sudden silence. In that momentary silence was crystallized generations of mourning. The place – a Shia Muslim neighbourhood in Lucknow; the time – the tenth of Moharrum. If grief has different shades, on can see it during Moharrum.
Chennai heritage building to be torn down for assembly
By IANS,
Chennai : A 100-year-old heritage building here will be demolished to make space for Tamil Nadu's new assembly building that is to come up by 2010.
Tamil Nadu's budget will be presented in the new assembly house. The new building, to be built at a cost of Rs.2 billion, will have a seating capacity for 300 lawmakers, said state Minister for Public Works Durai Murugan.
The new assembly complex will come up in the Omandurar Estate, which is a government guest house campus in the Chepauk area. The guest house, over 100 years old, will be demolished.
Orissa town remembers Bankim Chandra on death anniversary
By IANS
Jajpur : Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, renowned Bengali novelist and the composer of national song "Vande Mataram", was remembered in an Orissa town where he had served as deputy magistrate, on his 114th death anniversary Tuesday.
Dozens of officials offered floral tributes to his portrait in the office of the sub-collector at Jajpur town in the coastal district of Jajpur, some 120 km from here. Chatterjee had worked as deputy magistrate here from 1882 to 1884.
Amitav Ghosh’s ‘Sea of Poppies’ tops bestseller list
By IANS,
New Delhi : Indian origin author Amitav Ghosh's 19th century saga "Sea of Poppies" tops the fiction list while Newsweek editor Fareed Zakaria's "The Post-American World" dominates non-fiction among the bestsellers this week.
The top 10 in the non-fiction and fiction categories are:
Non-fiction:
1. "The Post-American World"
Author: Fareed Zakaria
Publisher: Penguin Viking
Price: Rs.499.00
2. "A Case of Exploding Mangoes"
Author: Mohammed Hanif
Publisher: Random House
Price: Rs.395.00
3. "Smoke and Mirrors: An Experience of China"
Author: Pallavi Aiyar
Tamil Nadu lawyers protest heritage building demolition
By IANS,
Salem (Tamil Nadu) : Two lawyers Wednesday said they would move the Madras High Court to prosecute the Tamil Nadu government for alleged contempt of court following partial demolition of a heritage building.
State government officials demolished part of the 140-year-old collectorate here violating a stay order granted by a division bench of the high court comprising justices A.K. Ganguly and Ibrahim Khalifullah against the demolition, lawyers D. Damayanthi and N. Hari Babu told reporters here.
Darjeeling boy in Indian Idol becomes new Nepali icon
By IANS
Kathmandu : A 22-year-old policeman from Darjeeling, who is one of the contestants in the popular "Indian Idol" show hosted by Sony television channel, has become the new icon for the Nepalese diaspora with Indian viewers of Nepalese origin whipping up a campaign to boost his chances.
A festival to make Bangalore a top startup capital
By IANS,
Bangalore: A private-government initiative to make Bangalore, a known outsource hub, an attractive destination for startups kicks off March 7 here.
New Yorkers sample Indian song and dance – and cricket cheer too
By Parveen Chopra
New York, Sep 25 (IANS) Spoilt for choice, New Yorkers are getting their fill of India's culture, fashion and food at multiple city venues thanks to the Incredible India@60 festival.
Bryant Park in the heart of Manhattan is now a convenient arena to begin experiencing India.
It's Monday, day two of the five-day event. The programme opens with a performance by Langa and Maniar folk singers from Rajasthan at noon. Among the 200 onlookers were Kamraj and Jayanti, a young couple from Puducherry, who happen to just walk in.
निदा फाज़ली उर्फ़ ‘मुझे मालूम था तुम मर नही सकते’
By सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
वाराणसी: निदा फाज़ली नहीं रहे. वही निदा जिन्होंने 'होश वालों को ख़बर क्या बेख़ुदी क्या चीज़ है' और 'तू इस तरह...
Been offered Pakistan visa, now don’t have dates: Anupam Kher
Mumbai: A day after Anupam Kher claimed he was denied a visa to visit Pakistan for the Karachi Literature Festival, he said on Thursday...
Bollywood’s not making a mark globally: Ronnie Screwvala
By Prithwish Ganguly
IANSNew Delhi : Ronnie Screwvala, CEO of India's top production company UTV, feels Bollywood is failing to attract global audience due to its mammoth runtime, technological drawbacks and scripts that lack sensibility.
Building brands through art and culture
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
New Delhi: Liquor bottles with commissioned drawings, art themed around a ketchup brand, music projects sponsored by leading beverage
Poetry, music from Pakistan this New Year’s Day
By IANS
New Delhi : The dawn of 2008 will see a gathering of Pakistani artistes, poets and writers among those who will observe the death anniversary of well-known Indian theatre artiste Safdar Hashmi here. It is a ritual observed every year, but it will be held on a bigger scale this time.
Pune Festival kicks off Sep 21
By IANS
Pune : The four-day Pune Festival, considered to be the mother all arts and culture festivals in Maharashtra, will start Sep 21 with a series of events and performances from eminent artists, including Pandit Jasraj, Hema Malini and Mallika Sarabhai.
"This year the festival will be inaugurated by Union Power Minister Sushil kumar Shinde," Sabina Sanghvi, vice-chairperson of the festival committee, said at a press conference here Friday.
British twitter on if a twat is the same as a twit
By IANS,
London : Britons are far from being prudes when it comes to salacious writing. They have the entire Victorian era to swear by. Using a questionable vowel in a four-letter word normally does not cause panic, unless it appears in a book for children.
Jacqueline Wilson has arrived at this literary truth the hard way.
One of Britain's best selling authors has been made to look foolish after a woman decided she will not have her grand-niece read Wilson's "My Sister Jodie" when she found that the four-letter word, twit, appears later in the text as twat.
Kerala expects Rs.2 bn liquor sales during Onam season
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram : Liquor shops in Kerala are well-stocked for the ongoing Onam season and alcohol sales are expected to touch Rs.2 billion (Rs.200 crore) during the 10-day festival.
The Kerala State Beverages Corporation (KSBC), the sole wholesalers of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) and beer in the state, said there has already been an increase in liquor sales since Sunday.
Indian cine buffs to savour Israeli movies
By IANS
New Delhi : Indian moviegoers will have an opportunity to enjoy eight top Israeli films during a four-day Israeli film festival, which begins in the Indian capital Monday.
Subodh Gupta to top Saffronart autumn online auction
By Uma Nair, IANS,
Mumbai : Two works by leading contemporary artist Subodh Gupta have been set at the highest estimates at Saffronart's autumn online auction, scheduled to take place Sep 3-4. However, it is not Gupta's work that gets the treasured cover - it is T.V. Santosh's enigmatically entitled "When your Target Cries for Mercy".
In a queer coincidence, Santosh's show "A Room To Pray" just opened at Avanthay Contemporary, Zurich and perhaps Saffronart is willing to ride the crest of that wave of international gleanings.
No proposal for TV fee: minister
By IANS
New Delhi : Ahead of a crucial meeting to bail out cash-strapped public broadcaster Prasar Bharati, the government Thursday denied media reports about plans to impose an annual licence fee on TV sets.
Salman Khan’s ‘Sultan’ to release on Eid 2016
Mumbai: Salman Khan's fans have another reason to rejoice as the Bollywood superstar's upcoming film “Sultan” has booked Eid 2016 as its release date.
Produced...
Selja inaugurates British photography exhibition
By IANS,
New Delhi : Culture Minister Kumari Selja Thursday inaugurated an exhibition of contemporary British photography at the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) here.
Indian artistes don’t get enough chances in Malaysian TV, radio: Minister
By IANS,
Kuala Lumpur : Opportunities that ethnic Indian artistes get on Malaysia's television and radio network are inadequate, says the deputy minister in the Prime Minister's Department.
The minister, T. Murugiah, was speaking after releasing the music album of "Shakti", a Tamil tele-film produced by an ethnic Indian, a media report said Thursday.
Murugiah said more opportunities should be given to Malaysian Indian artistes on television and radio channels, Tamil language daily Makkal Osai reported.
Over a million attend Taj cultural fest, but many unhappy
By IANS,
Agra : More than a million people attended the 10-day cultural extravaganza Taj Mahotsava that ended here Friday, but many were unhappy as it did not showcase traditional culture or have sessions on conservation of heritage buildings.
The extravaganza at Shilpgram, 500 metres from the Taj Mahal, set a new record in the number of tickets sold, a tourist official said.
Noida girl wins art award
Gurgaon: A series of geometrics and line patterns, guided by the urban metroscape, fetched Noida-based-artist Chetnaa Verma a prestigious art award here Saturday.
Verma won...
New York’s tryst with a sand Taj
By IANS
New York : A giant sand sculpture of the Taj Mahal in midtown Manhattan has been attracting large crowds.
Created by well-known sand sculptor Sudarsan Pattnaik, this yellow Taj model stands 10 feet tall on a 15 feet square base at the busy Port Authority Bus Station near Time Square.
"It is beautiful and the scale is right," said Bradley Rubenstein, a Port Authority official who has seen the original marble marvel in Agra.
His companion, Gayatri Devi, a Bharatanatyam dancer, found the attention to detail in the sculpture very impressive.
And lo! Potter casts his last spell on India
By Azera Rahman and bureau reports, IANS
New Delhi : Potter fans queuing up at five in the morning, bookshops opening at six, early morning breakfast parties...the Potter phenomenon has gripped India - like elsewhere in the world - with the release of the seventh and possibly last edition in the series by J.K. Rowling.
Oxford Bookstore, one of the popular bookstores in the capital, opened its doors to excited muggles (human beings in Potter lingo) to lay their hands on "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", the seventh edition of the series.
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Film on Mahatma opposed by Gandhians in Bihar
By IANS
Patna : A new film on Mahatma Gandhi, focusing on his strained relationship with his eldest son, has drawn protests from Gandhians in Bihar.
Environment film festival to travel to eight cities
By IANS,
Agartala : The environment and forest ministry in collaboration with an NGO will hold a travelling film festival in eight Indian cities to spread awareness on environment and wildlife issues, officials said here Saturday.
The ministry in association with the New Delhi-based Centre for Media Studies (CMS) will hold the third environment and wildlife travelling film festival in Bhopal from Aug 29, followed by Agartala, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Pune, Ranchi and Leh.
30,000 ‘follow’ Kamal Haasan within 24 hours on Twitter
Chennai: As many as 30,000 people have "followed" actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan on Twitter within 24 hours of him joining the micro-blogging site.
Haasan joined Twitter...
Third edition of Jaipur Literature Festival to host 116 authors
By IANS,
Jaipur : The third edition of the DSC Jaipur Literature Festival, which will get off to a gala start Wednesday, will host 116 authors and 30 artistes, including Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, in a unique blend of performing arts and literature.
The festival will celebrate the great diversity of writing and writers as well as music and musicians from the US, Britain, Australia, South Africa, Malaysia, Mali, Sierre Leone, Algeria, China, Pakistan and Bangladesh, a communiqué issue by the organisers said Monday.
Make Hindi a strong internet language: Manmohan Singh
By Parveen Chopra, IANS
New York : Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday called for making Hindi a strong internet language and the development of better Hindi software and search engines.
He also said books by non-resident Indian (NRI) authors should be included in the syllabi of educational institutions in India as the 8th World Hindi Conference began here Friday.
The prime minister's message was delivered by video to the conference.
Harry Potter casts his spell – now in Nepali
By Sudeshna Sarkar, IANS,
Kathmandu : Three years after the end of the armed Maoist uprising and with the beginning of an uneasy peace that set back development and even literacy in the Nepali countryside, five women are trying to re-kindle the dying skill of reading and writing in its interior villages - with the magic of Harry Potter.
"Unlike in India or Bangladesh, there are very few books for children in Nepal," Helen Sherpa, one of the five women who formed the Sunbird Publishing House a decade ago to fill that void, told IANS.
Rushdie, wife may divorce: friends
By IANS
London : Celebrated India-born author Sir Salman Rushdie and his wife Padma Lakshmi are divorcing after three years of marriage, friends have revealed.
Period jewellery returns as collectors’ delights in art bazaar
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
New Delhi : Kingships may have long gone but the shine of royal jewels endure. With the business of art logging an upswing over the last five years, period jewellery is now back in popular reckoning, especially in India, dubbed the cradle of traditional jewellery.
Go for exotic flowers this V-Day
By Shweta Thakur and Radhika Bhirani, IANS
New Delhi : Rose may rule the roost on Valentine's Day, but if you want to make a statement this time or drop a romantic hint, pick up something more exotic - may be heliconia or anthurium or even an oriental lily.
Cymbidium orchid, heliconia, hydrangea, anthurium, bird of paradise, oriental and Asiatic lilies are some of the choicest tropical varieties one can splurge on to pamper the beloved Feb 14.
Collective effort needed to preserve heritage: PM
By IANS
New Delhi : Calling on civil society groups and citizens to take part in the protection and preservation of India's heritage and monuments, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday said conservation should not be seen as an "elitist preoccupation".
In the same breath, Prime Minister Singh reminded scientists, archaeologists and anthropologists to look beyond the government to protect historical monuments, pointing out that a change in the mindset was important to care for heritage.
Agra’s monuments victims of ASI’s callous neglect
(April 18 is World Heritage Day)
By Brij Khandelwal,
Agra : It's becoming increasingly clear that only professional managers can preserve this Taj city's heritage, experts say.
The parliamentary committee on environment, headed by former union minister Ashwini Kumar (Congress), after spot visits and interactions with stakeholders last week, expressed concern over the poor state of maintenance of even the Taj Mahal. In particular the committee pointed out the dark pockmarks on the white marble surface of the structure which urgently called for treatment. The committee members also lamented that the Taj Mahal was yellowing.
Poetry to illumine world of terror
By IANS
New Delhi: Through her latest book "Terrorist at my Table", acclaimed poet and documentary filmmaker Imtiaz Dharker seeks to convey the message that "in this world of terror, light is still possible".
At the launch of the book in New Delhi Friday evening, Dharker said: "The book is an attempt to negotiate the territory of terror. How do we live in this kind of world, which is full of terrors? How do we live with nuances, subtlety?"
Russian tsar’s family jewels glitter at Delhi exhibition
By IANS,
New Delhi : These are Easter eggs with a difference. A collection of enamel eggs encrusted with precious stones, which belonged to the tsars of Russia, is drawing crowds at the National Museum in the capital.
The eggs are in India for the first time as part of an exhibition called "Faberge - The Priceless Jewellery of Russian Empire" that was inaugurated Friday.
Widespread protest against British plan to honour 1857 dead
By IANS
Lucknow : In an unusual development, Hindus, Muslims and even ideologically divergent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) seem to be joining hands to oppose the arrival of a British delegation to pay homage to their ancestors who were killed during India's first war of independence in 1857, described as the mutiny by the British.
Mohan Khan set to pay tribute to Mehdi Hassan
By IANS,
Mumbai: Ustad Mohan Khan, a disciple of late Pakistani ghazal singer Mehdi Hassan, is organising a concert here Saturday as a tribute to his mentor.
Father’s Day: B-Town wishes their ‘hero’ of life
Mumbai: “Wonderful”, “hero”, “best man”, “prince” are some of the tags that Bollywood stars like Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Sonakshi Sinha have...
Bengal pays tribute to Swami Vivekananda
Kolkata : Ceremonial processions and exhibitions on the life and work of Swami Vivekananda were held across West Bengal to mark the monk's 153rd...
Saudi Arabia participates in New Delhi Book Show
By SPA
New Delhi : The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is participating in 18th New Delhi Book Show, organized by the Indian Book Commission, which is in progress in the Indian capital.
More than 40 countries are participating in the four-day show.
The Kingdom is represented at the show by the ministries of higher education; Islamic affairs, endowments, call and guidance; culture and information; King Abdulaziz Library, King Saud University and King Fahd Holy Quran Printing Complex.
Rajasthan folk festival will come alive with gypsy, flamenco music
By IANS,
New Delhi : The sprawling Mehrangarh fort in Jodhpur will come alive with the sounds of European gypsy music, flamenco, urban folk music and the traditional music of Rajasthan sung by the minstrels of Langa and Mangania communities Oct 1-5 at the Rajasthan International Music Festival (RIFF).
Pakistani singers distressed over vegetarian food in Mumbai
By Subhash K. Jha
IANSMumbai : Five Pakistani contestants taking part in India's music talent-hunt show "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007" are fed up with the vegetarian food being served to them at their temporary residence in Mumbai. Culinary setbacks notwithstanding, the Pakistanis are having a blast in India.
विधायक इरफान सोलंकी ने मांगा विधानसभा में नमाज के लिए अलग कमरा
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Lahiri’s new book joins Advani’s memoirs in bestselling list
By IANS,
New Delhi : First Jeffrey Archer, now Jhumpa Lahiri. BJP leader L.K. Advani continues to hobnob with celebrity authors in the bestselling lists. His autobiography is once again number one on the non-fiction list while Lahiri's latest "Unaccustomed Earth" is the predictable fiction favourite.
The top 10 in the non-fiction and fiction lists are:
Non-Fiction
1. "My Country, My Life"
Author : L.K. Advani
Publisher : Rupa & Co.
Price : Rs.595.00
2. "The Secret"
Author : Rhonda Byrne
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Price : Rs.550.00
Siddharth Shanghvi, Kaveri Nambisan on Man Asian literary prize short list
By IANS,
New Delhi : Books by two Indian authors - “The Lost Flamingoes of Bombay” by Siddharth Dhanvant Sanghvi and “The Story That Must Not Be Told” by Kaveri Nambisan - are on the shortlist for the 2008 Man Asian Literary Prize, it was announced in Hong Kong Wednesday.
Other shortlisted books, chosen from a long list of 21, include “Brothers” by Yu Hua, “Ilustrado” by Miguel Syjuco, and “The Music Child” by Alfred A. Yuson, a communiqué issued by Penguin India said.
A time to elope among Bhil tribals
By Sanjay Sharma, IANS,
Bhopal : Elopement is not frowned upon at this time of the year among the Bhil tribals of Madhya Pradesh. The colourful seven-day Bhagoria festival that precedes Holi is a celebration of romance during which young people are encouraged to elope with their soul mates.
This is the time when in village after village of West Nimar and Jhabua regions of Madhya Pradesh, young men and women gather in large numbers. They take part in the festivities, during which they decide if there is someone they want to elope with.
On PM’s behalf, Naqvi offers ‘chaadar’ at Ajmer Sharif Dargah
Ajmer (Rajasthan), (IANS): Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday offered a "chaadar" on behalf of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the "dargah" of...
Birmingham to showcase best of Asian talent
By IANS
London : Come September, and Birmingham will showcase the best of Asian talent in performing arts.
A cultural festival, 'Decibel Performing Arts Showcase', to be held Sep 3-7 is being organised by the Arts Council, to promote ethnic artistes to national and international promoters, decision makers, directors, agents, venue managers and producers.
"It is a must-attend event for any arts professional looking to put on the freshest and most challenging new work in the performing arts," said Samenua Sesher, director of Decibel.
Byrne, Lahiri are bestselling authors again
By IANS,
New Delhi : Australian author Rhonda Byrne's motivational book "The Secret" remains popular among readers in the non-fiction list, while Jhumpa Lahiri's "Unaccustomed Earth" continues to occupy the number one slot in the fiction category this week.
The top 10 in the non-fiction and fiction lists are:
Non-Fiction
1. "The Secret"
Author : Rhonda Byrne
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Price : Rs.550.00
2. "My Country My Life"
Author : L.K. Advani
Publisher : Rupa & Co.
Price : Rs.595.00
3. "The Kalam Effect: The Years with the President"
Author : P.M. Nair
Chronicling India’s tiger crisis in film
By IANS,
New Delhi : Filmmaker Krishnendu Bose has painted a grim picture of India's tiger crisis and the dwindling number of the majestic animals in a film called "Tiger: The Death Chronicles", which is being screened in the capital Thursday.
The 63-minute English film that is presented, written and directed by Bose, a conservationist, will premiere at the India International Centre here.
From Adversity to Prosperity: How Shakeela’s Rug Weaving Initiative Transformed Rural Women’s Lives in...
Pavan Kumar Maurya, TwoCircles.net
Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh): Shakeela Bano’s journey from a housewife to an entrepreneurial inspiration in her village, Katsil in Sakaldiha Tehsil, is...
Women’s blood inspires rebel art in Nepal
By Sudeshna Sarkar, IANS,
Kathmandu : As a young girl brought up in a conservative household in the Nepal capital, Ashmina Ranjit remembers how her mother used to scold her for touching things during menstruation. "I used to hate that," the artist says adding her anger inspired her to create and "celebrate womanhood and the feminine force".
"In South Asian countries, a natural feminine phenomenon is regarded as an impure thing," says the 43-year-old maverick artist, known for her multimedia presentations on war, human rights violations and discrimination against women.
Music industry shocked by ‘Voice of India’ Ishmeet Singh’s death
By IANS,
New Delhi : Remembering "Voice of India" contest winner Ishmeet Singh as a "wonderful", "down-to-earth" and "sincere" person, members of the Indian music industry said they were shocked by the drowning of the "dynamic singer" in the Maldives.
The 19-year-old, from a middle-class family in Ludhiana, Punjab, had gone to the Maldives for a promotional event with the music company with which he had a contract.
The singer left Mumbai Tuesday morning for the Maldives, where he was to perform Aug 1. However, he drowned Tuesday in a swimming pool at a beach resort.
When past and present merged for communist veterans
Liz Mathew
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) It was a step back in time for India's communist veterans. The heyday of the Left revolution was relived and leaders who made it possible flickered on the screen as the present day apparatchiks watched a film on the life and times of legendary left leader A.K. Gopalan Nambiar.
There was nostalgia and more as the entire top leadership of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) gathered at the Mavlankar Auditorium here Wednesday evening to watch "AKG", a docu-fiction on one of the leading lights of the Indian communist movement.
Gulzar gets lifetime award at 11th Osian’s
By IANS,
New Delhi: The 11th edition of the annual Osian's-Cinefan Film Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema commenced here Saturday evening with legendary lyricist Gulzar getting the 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award.
"I really want to thank Osian's and all people for this honour bestowed upon me. The journey (cinematic and poetic) that I have gone through has been really beautiful. A person needs these kind of acknowledgements because they give creative satisfaction to an artist," said Gulzar.
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Odisha’s applique artisans are struggling to conserve this 12th century traditional artform
Once known as the hub of applique works in Odisha, a market in Chandua has lost its shine with most of the shops selling...
A wave of change in Indian contemporary art
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS
New Delhi : Meet India's first artist duo of Jiten Thukral and Sumir Tagra, aged 30 and 28 respectively. The communication designers with black spectacles, nerdish faces and little goatees paint the angst and aspirations of Punjabi youth hooked to fake designer labels and a passage to "Amreeca".
In November, T&T, as they are monikered, converted a gallery in New Delhi into a "departmental store selling fake goods" for their art exhibition.
Can rock and roll save the planet?
By Andy Goldberg, DPA
San Francisco : Ever since rock music emerged as a popular art form in the 1960s its visionaries have dreamed about it changing the world. Now comes its chance to save the planet.
Over 200 exhibitors participate in Airport Show 2010
By IANS/WAM,
Dubai : Over 200 exhibitors from 34 countries are participating in the Airport Show 2010 that opened here Sunday, an official said.
The three-day exhibition showcases latest technologies and advances in the airport industry from around the world, and hosts industry professionals who will share their expertise and insights on enhancing the operational efficiencies of airports.
Nawab Sikandar Begum’s Hajj memoir
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
Hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam and for over fourteen hundred years a journey of a lifetime for millions of Muslims living in different corners of the world. These hajis returned to their homelands to tell a tale of physical and spiritual journey of extraordinary proportions. Hajj is obligatory for every Muslim man and woman who are able to undertake this journey. A large number of Muslim women from India made this pious trip but one of the first to write an account of her hajj journey was Nawab Sikandar Begum of Bhopal.
Book Review: People having no record of Patriotism make Muslims ‘Perpetual Others and Losers’
By Afshan Khan for TwoCircles.net
Book title: Of Saffron Flags and Skullcaps: Hindutva, Muslim Identity and the Idea of India
Author: Ziya Us Salam
Publisher: Sage
Pages:...
Mian Biwi aur Wagah, Dubai’s famous original Urdu play on tradition of letter-writing, to...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Dubai: Following a successful run at its home base in Dubai, “Mian, Biwi aur Wagah”- an original Urdu play based on...
Waste, ecology and art – expression beyond mindless frill
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
Remembering Muzaffarnagar
By Abul Kalam Azad,
"History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce" - Karl Marx
Trumpets blaring, announcing the ending of a prolonged beginning! Delirious...
Kashmiri art, antiques travel to New York
By IANS
New Delhi : Several Kashmiri antiques, including Buddhist, Hindu and Islamic art works, will be on display at a three-month-long exhibition being organised in New York from October to showcase the artistic contributions of the culturally rich region.
The event is being held by the New York based Asia Society, a pan-Asian organisation that works towards strengthening relationships and promote understanding among the people of the US and Asia.
Legendary singer Mukesh’s wife passes away
By IANS
Mumbai : The legendary singer Mukesh's wife Saral is dead.
Saral, who had married Mukesh on July 22, 1946, passed away here Monday, thereby drawing to a close a golden period in the history of Hindi film music.
Neil Mukesh Mathur, who debuted in last year's crime thriller "Johnny Gaddaar", was very close to his grandmother Saral and was inconsolable.
"I spent a lot of time with my grandmother who lived in the same building as my parents and I did," he said.
Damien Hirst thirst rakes in £70m at Sotheby’s auction
By Venkata Vemuri, IANS,
London : Monday saw global investment giant Lehmann Brothers file for bankruptcy, but by night there wasn't even a whiff of the credit crunch at Sotheby's in London where a staggering £70-odd million was spent in a matter of minutes to snap up the works of artist Damien Hirst whose works were recently exhibited in New Delhi to mixed reviews.
A son remembers: Salman Akhtar throws light on his father, Jan Nisar Akhtar’s Poetry
By Bushra Alvi,
New Delhi: Speaking to a packed audience of Delhi’s Urdu loving junta, noted physician, psychoanalyst, writer and poet, Salman Akhtar peeled layer upon layer of Jan Nisar Akhtar’s oeuvre to bring to light many facets of the writing of one of the greatest poets of the Progressive Writers Movement.
Zakir Hussain, Shillong Chamber Choir to jam together
By IANS,
New Delhi : Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain and Shillong Chamber Choir are set to share the stage together at a fund-raiser, organised by actor Rahul Bose's NGO The Foundation.
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Green activists slam Kolkata book fair venue
By IANS
Kolkata : The West Bengal government's choice of Park Circus Maidan as the venue of 33rd Kolkata Book Fair has raised concerns among green activists who fear the annual cultural jamboree of such magnitude in a thickly-populated area would lead to environmental hazards.
"The place is not at all suitable for hosting such a big event like book fair. There are several problems like pollution, space crunch, lack of parking space and traffic congestion etc. Moreover, the Maidan is located in a thickly-populated area," city's green activist Subhas Dutta told IANS.
Anish Kapoor sculpture attracts $3.87 mn at Sotheby’s sale
By IANS,
London : An untitled 2003 sculpture by Anish Kapoor sold for 1,945,250 pounds ($3.87 million) after being hotly contested by three bidders on the telephone at Sotheby's auction of contemporary art here. This price represents a new auction record for the Mumbai-born artist.
New Zealand army denies damaging Afghanistan Buddha statues
By DPA,
Wellington : The New Zealand army denied Sunday damaging the ruins of one of Afghanistan's famous Bamian Buddha statues while detonating an unexploded rocket in the area.
Najibullah Harar, head of the information and culture department in Bamian province, was reported as saying a controlled explosion by New Zealand army bomb disposal experts had damaged one of the remaining Buddha statues.
Trade threatens Mahabharat ‘site’ in Nepal
By Sudeshna Sarkar, IANS
Kathmandu : A historic site that could throw light on the adventures of the five legendary Pandava brothers, whose exploits are sung in the Mahabharat, one of Asia's most famous epics, faces demolition with Nepal's government mulling building a dry port in the area.
Buddhanagar village in eastern Nepal's Biratnagar town, lying close to the Indian border, is regarded by the villagers as having been the capital of mythical king Birat, where the five brothers took shelter after losing their kingdom in a dice game to their cousins, the Kauravas.
‘Sexists’ vs ‘blondes’ in Sweden’s murder mystery war
By DPA
Stockholm : A war of words of extraordinary nastiness has erupted among Sweden's internationally successful crime writers just as the summer holidays are getting into full swing.
While innumerable bookworms on beaches, in hammocks or hotel beds are leafing through the new and virtually always weighty murder mysteries by Henning Mankell, Liza Marklund or Ake Edvardsson, the authors of the Scandinavian bestsellers are accusing each other of either not knowing how to write or of being miserable dogs in the manger.
Now, a literature festival in Taj city
By IANS
Agra: On the lines of the Jaipur Literature Festival, Agra is set to host a Taj City Literary Festival in February.
Uttar Pradesh artist prepares 60-foot New Year card
By IANS,
Allahabad : An Uttar Pradesh artist has prepared a 60-foot-long greeting card to welcome the new year and bid farewell to 2009.
Titled Memories 2009: Lost and Found, the card carries portraits of personalities who received honours for their achievements and those who breathed their last in 2009.
The work of the 25-year-old artist, R.K. Chitera, 25, is being displayed at the Chandra Shekhar Azad Park here.
"With the 60-foot-long greeting card, I have tried to collect painful and joyful memories of 2009," Chitera told IANS.
‘City of Love’ author blends 16th century spice and spirituality
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
New Delhi : The year is 1510, half-a-century after Vasco da Gama made his first landfall in India. Bengal is under the rule of the benevolent sultan Hussain Shah. Four people set out on individual journeys in the quest of enlightenment and bags of gold. One travels to the end of the world, another meddles with the fates of kings, the third loses all he had and the fourth finds the city of love.
Channel 4 to telecast rare Diana crash images
By IANS
London : Britain's Channel 4 is embroiled in a row over it's plans to screen graphic images of the car crash that killed Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1997.
Photography exhibition at AMU
By TCN News,
Aligarh: A five day Exhibition of Digital Art and Photography by Mr. Mohd. Danish is being held from 1 May 2014 at Moinuddin Ahmad Art Gallery, Aligarh. The Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, Lt. Gen. Zameer Uddin Shah inaugurated the show on the first day.
Classical dance festival in Delhi from Monday
By IANS,
New Delhi : A Delhi-based cultural organisation will host a five-day classical dance festival here from Oct 19, an official said Friday.
My father was too versatile to establish poetic identity: Javed Akhtar
By Subhash K. Jha,
Mumbai : Hindi film industry's renonned lyricist Javed Akhtar remembers his father and poet Jan Nisar Akhtar on Father's Day Sunday...
Disney gets new India chief
By IANS
Mumbai : Walt Disney Television India has got a new chief in Antoine Villeneuve who has been named senior vice president and managing director.
Sahitya Akademi flays killing, asks writers to take back awards
New Delhi : The Sahitya Akademi for the first time on Friday said it was "deeply pained" by the murder of noted writer M.M....
How a Young Kashmiri Girl is Reviving the Koshur Through a Reading Club
Sidra Fatima, TwoCircles.net
“Haye kasher zev, me che cheeni drieh, cze myeen khabar, cze myeev nzar, cze myeen shaoor’ich sonzil zich, cze myeeni zameer’ich mecx’sang.”
(O...
Listen to the echo of tin drum in Gdansk
By Andreas Heimann, DPA
Gdansk (Poland) : When German author Guenther Grass was born in a suburb of this historic city on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea 80 years ago, it was known to most of the world as Danzig.
The port now goes under the Polish name of Gdansk and the district of Langfuhr, where Grass first saw the light of day, has changed its name to Wreszcz.
A great deal has happened in the meantime including a war unleashed by the Germans, which killed 50 million people and destroyed the free city of Danzig. The Old Town was reduced to rubble.
Sahitya Akademi plans to develop languages of northeast
By IANS,
Agartala : The Sahitya Akademi has undertaken an ambitious programme to provide allout support to uplift 20 languages of ethnic minorities in the northeastern India, a top Akademi official said here Wednesday.
"We have enlisted 20 languages of ethnic minorities in the region. The literary works in the these languages would be translated into other Indian languages," said Ramkumar Mukhopadhyay, regional secretary of the Sahitya Akademi. Other support would also be given to these languages for their development, he added.
Malaysia, India once lifted trade ban for a dance
By IANS,
Kuala Lumpur : Memories of the time when the Malaysian and Indian governments lifted a ban on trade of peacock feathers, just for 24 hours, to facilitate a dance performance still brings a smile to the face of legendary dancer Vatsala.
As she and her late husband prepared for the 'peacock dance', they felt a need to replace the old feathers. It was however illegal to take them out of India, peacock being the country's national bird.
Muslims in Kerala observe Ramadan fast
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram: Muslims in Kerala began their Ramadan fast after prayers early Saturday morning.
Agra’s teenaged guitarist plays for Guinness record
By IANS,
Agra : A 14-year-old Agra boy, Akash Gupta Sunday began strumming his guitar before hundreds of music lovers at 162-year-old St. Peter's College in the city of Taj. And he plans to stop only after he has created a new Guinness world record for longest playing the instrument at a live show.
Cultural events planned during Commonwealth Games
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Delhi government, apparently drawing inspiration from the colourful ceremonies at the Beijing Olympics 2008, is making plans for a series of cultural events during the Commonwealth Games 2010.
“The government is chalking out a plan to organise cultural evenings during the Commonwealth Games,” said Chief minister Sheila Dikshit after a meeting of officials Thursday.
Karnataka artists rally for Chaplin statue
By IANS,
Bangalore : Film and theatre personalities in Karnataka are coming together to support filmmaker Hemanth Hegde's plans to erect a statue of Charlie Chaplin for a movie -- a move opposed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers on grounds that the master comedian was a Christian.
The artists plan to stage a sit-in outside the town hall here Tuesday, following reports that BJP workers led by Suresh Bantadi had stopped Hegde from installing a 62-ft statue of Chaplin in Maravanthe beach, about 400 km from here, for his film "House Full".
New pyramid discovered in Egypt
By DPA,
Cairo : A previously unknown pyramid estimated to be 4,300 years old was discovered in Egypt's Saqqara desert, Secretary General of Antiques Zahi Hawass announced Tuesday.
According to Hawass, the pyramid is five metres high with a square base of 22 metres on each side, and is believed to belong to Queen Seshseshet, mother of King Teti, the first king of ancient Egypt's Sixth Dynasty.
It is the 118th discovered pyramid, said Hawass in a press conference.
Reference book on Sree Narayana Guru is ready
By IANS
Thiruvananthapuram : Billed as the most exhaustive reference work on great social reformer Sree Narayana Guru, Kerala's leading media house Kerala Kaumudi is releasing Kerala Kaumudi Sree Narayana Directory next week.
Musical protest at Vrindavan to save Yamuna
By Brij Khandelwal, IANS,
Vrindavan : The banks of the polluted Yamuna river came alive to the soul-stirring strains of a unique musical protest that bemoaned nature's bountiful beauty turning into a sewage drain and hoped for better sense that would one day revive its "divine glory".
The musical initiative of Acharya Jaimini Thursday evening drew cheers and support from activists, who have been alarmed by the construction frenzy, high level of industrial effluents and toxic waste finding way into the river.
Appeals, warnings against pruning, cutting green trees for Holi-eve bonfires ignored in Bihar
By Imran Khan,
Patna : Ignoring appeal and warnings against pruning or cutting down green trees to collect firewood for bonfires on Holi eve, hundreds...
Promote Hindi through easy, simple words: Soni
By IANS
New Delhi : Simple and commonly used Hindi words should be used for communication in order to promote the national language in the country, Culture Minister Ambika Soni said Friday.
Addressing a eeting of Hindi Salahakar Samiti, Soni, who also holds the portfolio of tourism, said her ministry plans to discuss the possibility of organising a Hindi seminar on Jan 10, 2009 on the occasion of World Hindi Divas.
She said the matter would be discussed with the Human Resource Development Ministry and the External Affairs Ministry.
Ghulam Ali to perform in two cities of Kerala
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter,
Kozhikode: In what could be termed as a clear message to the Sangh fold from Kerala against growing intolerance, the state...
No Oscar, but Pookutty still had a blast at awards
By Subhash K. Jha, IANS,
Mumbai: He wasn't nominated for the Oscars this time, but Academy Award winner Resul Pookutty struck a deal for his second major international film after "Slumdog Millionnaire" and met one of his idols, Quentin Tarantino, while he was in the US to attended the awards ceremony.
Impossible to not miss home during Ramadan, say NRI Muslims
By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net
Kozhikode: For most Indian Muslim expatriates, Ramadan is the time they most wish they could be home, so that the most...
Delhi based organisation to organize one day workshop on understanding Sufi literature and Qawwali
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi : A one day workshop on ‘Understanding Sufi Literature and Qawwali’ is being organised by...
Remember Asma Mohammed Rafi from Oman? She’s back
By Kavita Bajeli-Datt, IANS,
Muscat : Until a few months ago she could barely string together a sentence in Hindi. Now Omani girl Asma Mohammed Rafi, who won many Indian hearts on a music reality show on TV and rubbed shoulders with top Bollywood faces, is back for a second stint.
The beautiful 18-year-old, whose faltering, funny sounding Hindi made her a rage on the "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge" last year, is on a two-year contract with Zee TV which produces the show.
Delhi boy Prashant smiles his way to small screen fame
By Arpana, IANS
New Delhi : Once a charted accountant and now a television actor, Delhi boy Prashant Chawla is one happy guy with his role in Zee TV's "Teen Bahuraaniyan" gaining huge popularity.
‘New York’ on 9/11 repercussions to break dry spell
By IANS
New Delhi: Kabir Khan's second directorial venture "New York", about the repercussions of 9/11, is expected to end the prolonged dry spell at the box office when it hits the screens Friday.
Industry insiders suggest good initial takings courtesy the big names - John Abraham and Katrina Kaif - associated with it.
Produced and distributed by Yash Raj Films, "New York" also stars Neil Nitin Mukesh and Irrfan Khan in pivotal roles.
The lively adventures of an Indian diplomat
By Shubha Singh, IANS
Book: "Words, Words, Words - Adventures in Diplomacy"; Author: T.P. Sreenivasan; Publisher: Pearson Longman; Price: Rs.600.
These days, when the Indian government is in the midst of exacting negotiations with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to draft a new safeguards agreement with the country, it is worthwhile to recall that an eminent Indian played a major role in shaping the nuclear watchdog at the time of its establishment.
Olympics visitors thrilled by China’s ancient printing technique
By Xinhua,
Hangzhou (China) : Dongyuan, a mountainous small village in eastern China's Zhejiang province, could never have expected the Beijing Olympics to bring so much for it.
During the 17-day Beijing Games, tourists flocked to Dongyuan to see the age-old wooden movable-type printing technique since this village is the only one in China where people have been using the 800-year old technology.
Now a museum for domestic appliances
By Gerd Korinthenberg, DPA
Ghent : They come from flea markets across Europe and the US, from Internet auctions or dusty lofts - the vacuum cleaners and hot irons, toasters and pans from the avantgarde of modern design, which French collector Jean-Bernard Hebey has picked up over decades.
Around 375 of these extraordinary domestic appliances from the 1920s to the 1970s are on display at the design museum in the Flanders' metropolis of Ghent, northern Belgium, in an exhibition entitled 'Esthetique Domestique' (Domestic Aesthetics) open to the public until Sep 30.
Jodhpur to host international folk festival
By Anil Sharma, IANS
Jodhpur : About 250 artistes from India and across the world will gather in this desert city for a five-day Rajasthan International Folk Festival Oct 25-29.
"The audiences will be able to watch them face to face through various interactive educational events, stage performances and late night jam sessions, with the unparalleled beauty of the Mehrangarh Fort forming the backdrop," Mahaveer Sharma, trustee of the Jaipur Virasat Foundation, told IANS.
Painting illusions to blur the real and the surreal
By Azera Rahman, IANS,
New Delhi : Ten steps away from the wall, a woman looks straight at you, her hands resting on a block of wood. Move closer and what seemed so real turns out to be a painting using a technique called trompe l'oeil - a trick of the eye and artist Partha Bhattacharjee's signature style.
Mubarak Manzil: Agra’s 17th-Century Monument Demolished
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The demolition of Agra's ancient Mubarak Manzil, a 17th-century Mughal heritage site, has sparked criticism and claims of complicity between officials and a...
Single organisation favoured for Malayalam film industry
By IANS
Thiruvananthapuram : Thespian Malayalam actor Thilakan favours one common organisation for all the people associated with the Malayalam film industry to end its problems.
Sand replica of Shah Jahan’s dagger on Puri beach
By IANS,
Puri : Sand artist Sudarsan Patnaik has created a 10-foot long replica of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan's dagger at Orissa's Puri beach.
The original dagger, which dates back to 1629-30, was once carried by Shah Jahan and has fine gold inscriptions and decorations. It was sold earlier this month at a London auction for an astounding 1.7 million pounds ($3 million).
Patnaik used about 10 tonnes of sand to create the sculpture of the dagger along with those of Shah Jahan and his wife Mumtaz Mahal on the beach of his hometown of Puri, about 56 km from state capital Bhubaneswar.
From royal patronage to AIDS – it’s Tamasha on downslide
By Prashant K. Nanda, IANS
Ahmednagar (Maharashtra) : Female artistes performing in Tamasha, a theatre form popular in Maharashtra and once patronised by rulers, were earlier seen as icons of beauty. Today they have difficulty making ends meet and many of them are falling prey to AIDS.
"People like us on stage, but consider us as prostitutes away from it. The art form is going down day by day," said Sangita Andhare, a Tamasha artiste in Ahmednagar, about 300 km from Mumbai.
Her mission: to take classical music to the young
By Azera Rahman, IANS
New Delhi : Vivacious and young, Meeta Pandit is quite a contrast to the typical image of an Indian classical singer. This scion of the Gwalior gharana knows what she wants to do - take classical music to the young generation.
"There have been times when I have been told to wear make-up and look older in order to fit into the image of a classical singer. This so-called typical image of a classical singer is precisely what I have been trying to break in order to reach out to the youth," Meeta told IANS during a chat at her south Delhi home.
Police cover sought for Ghulam Ali during Mumbai visit
Mumbai: The makers of Bollywood film "Ghar Vapsi" have demanded police protection for Pakistani ghazal maestro Ghulam Ali, who will arrive here on Thursday...
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Indian Americans honour US Congressman Keith Ellison with human rights award
By TCN News
The Indian American Muslim Council , an advocacy group dedicated to safeguarding India's pluralist and tolerant ethos, honoured Congressman Keith Ellision...
Story of ‘Spy Princess’ hits bookstores in paperback version
By IANS
New Delhi : Indian history abounds in lores of brave women who sacrificed themselves to protect the honour of the country, clan, family and personal dignity. But rarely has a woman of Indian origin defended a foreign country and allowed herself to be tortured and shot to death by enemy forces - not out of compulsion, but out of choice.
Rahman’s ‘Sivaji’ tops the charts
By Aparna Nath
Chennai, May 1 (IANS) A.R. Rahman's "Sivaji", composed with Rajnikanth in mind, is creating records, though it may not be the music wizard at his best.
No muzzling of freedom of expression: Minister
New Delhi: There will be no restrictions on the freedom of expression on writers and intellectuals, said Delhi Culture Minister Kapil Mishra while inaugurating...
Britain, India working to conserve culture: British Museum director
By IANS,
New Delhi : India's culture ministry and the British Museum are working closely to conserve Indian art, architecture and traditional textiles, says director of the museum Neil MacGregor.
He is part of the British cultural delegation touring India with Prime Minister David Cameron.
Art show depicts Pakistan’s contemporary realities
By IANS,
Gurgaon : An exhibition of innovative art from Pakistan speaks of contemporary issues in the country like equality of gender, freedom, filial ties, human suffering and politics.
The exhibition by 45 young artists is curated by leading Lahore-based contemporary artist Rashid Rana from the Lekha and Anupam Poddar collection at the Devi Art Foundation in Gurgaon.