HRD ministry to preserve Kashmir’s manuscripts, paintings
July 21st, 2012 - 11:56 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 21 (IANS) Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Saturday said that his ministry has decided to take up preservation of Kashmir's rich manuscript wealth under the national ... Read more...
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Mario Miranda, Bhupen Hazarika in Padma honours list (Roundup)
January 25th, 2012 - 5:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) India's highest civilian awards, the Padma awards, would be conferred on 110 eminent people, including the late Bhupen Hazarika and cartoonist Mario Miranda, showbiz ... Read more...
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Writer to move court against ‘Satanic Verses’ ban
January 23rd, 2012 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 23 (IANS) Editor and writer Nilanjana Roy plans to move court against the ban on Salman Rushdie's "The Satanic Verses", said a source in the committee that petitioned ... Read more...
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Writers seek revoking ban on ‘The Satanic Verses’
January 22nd, 2012 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 22 (IANS) A group of independent writers and artists Sunday presented a petition supporting the right of all artists and writers to freedom of expression and revoking of ... Read more...
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Jatin Das, Dom Moraes capture Sweden’s summer of ‘88
June 23rd, 2011 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) Word compositions by one of India's top poets, Dom Moraes, and lyrical lines by Jatin Das have come together to showcase "a summer in Sweden" ... Read more...
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Maoist posters surface in south Kolkata
December 12th, 2010 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 12 (IANS) Several Maoist posters demanding the release of their leaders and urging the people to protest against corruption were Sunday found pasted on the walls in a bustling south ... Read more...
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M.F. Husain’s poem in his own hand on sale (With Image)
September 24th, 2010 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) A rare handwritten Hindi poem by artist M.F. Husain, "Mere Dil ki Dhadkan...(The beat of my heart)", is one of the prized pieces at an exhibition of ... Read more...
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I hate exhibitions, they’re for sale: Jatin Das (Interview)
May 16th, 2009 - 9:54 am ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Leading artist Jatin Das, who is exhibiting solo in the capital after nine years, hates exhibitions as he says they represent the indiscriminate commodification of ... Read more...
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Back to basics: Masters show importance of lines and strokes (Rainbow Palette - Weekly Art Column, With Images)
April 10th, 2009 - 10:32 am ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) In this age of digitisation of art, lines, drawing, figures and manual artistic skill have taken a backseat. To highlight the importance of these basics, ... Read more...
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Sonia inaugurates new wing of art gallery
January 19th, 2009 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi Monday inaugurated the new wing of the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) here, making it one of the largest of its kind ... Read more...
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West Bengal celebrates Independence Day
August 15th, 2008 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 15 (IANS) West Bengal celebrated India's Independence Day Friday with great enthusiasm, with Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee hoisting the tricolour here. He also garlanded the statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra ... Read more...
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