India bonds with Africa with culture bouquet, fusion (With image)
June 19th, 2012 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) A true cultural friendship has blossomed between India and Africa with the meeting of traditional African free-flowing performing arts and the structured grammar of Indian ... Read more...
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India to host Africa Festival (With Image)
June 6th, 2012 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) Artistes from as many as five African countries - the Seychelles, Zambia, Sudan, Ghana and Senegal - will bring to India their folklores, dances and ... Read more...
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Indo-Bangla celebrations to mark Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary
April 7th, 2012 - 6:37 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, April 7 (IANS) As a tribute to Rabindranath Tagore, artists of India and Bangladesh have begun jointly performing various cultural shows, including drama, on the themes penned by ... Read more...
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Unique performance explores man’s existence in Kaliyug
March 27th, 2012 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Norwegian black metal, Indian classical dance and classical music came together on one stage to captivate the audience in a performance titled 'Questionings'.The performance, held ... Read more...
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33 young artists honoured with Akademi award
March 7th, 2012 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Thirty-three young artists were honoured with the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar of the Sangeet Natak Akademi for the year 2010, the Ministry of Culture ... Read more...
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Celebrating Vivaha hopes for global recognition (With Image)
December 16th, 2011 - 2:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) The ninth edition of Celebrating Vivaha Exhibition starts Friday here and with this season organizers hope to target the global recognition.The three-day Vivaha extravanganza will ... Read more...
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National School of Drama’s annual theatre festival begins
January 8th, 2011 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) The 13th edition of the Bharat Rang Mahotsav, the annual theatre festival of the National School of Drama, began in the capital Friday evening with a production ... Read more...
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Entry passes to Commonwealth culture show in short supply
October 12th, 2010 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) Entry passes and tickets to the culture festival of the Commonwealth Games 2010 are in short supply -- much to the chagrin of enthusiasts in the capital. ... Read more...
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Africa to showcase its traditional performing arts in India (Lead)
May 13th, 2010 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Performers from South Africa, Rwanda, Tunisia, Malawi and Nigeria will showcase traditional African performing arts at a three-day festival in the capital next week.
The festival from May ... Read more...
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Africa to offer cultural bouquet in capital May 18-20
May 13th, 2010 - 12:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) In the first major showcase of African culture in the country,
reputed performers from South Africa, Rwanda, Tunisia, Malawi and Nigeria will showcase traditional African performing arts ... Read more...
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‘Karna’ weaves tragic spell at summer ballet fest
May 8th, 2010 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) 'Sutaputra Karna', the epitome of chivalry and sacrifice in the Hindu epic Mahabharata, struck an emotional chord with audiences here in an opera ballet in the Mayurbhanj ... Read more...
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Alexis Hutchinson A Mom Of Ten Month Refuses Deployment, She Might Be Imprisoned
January 18th, 2010 - 7:59 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Jan 18 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Alexis Hutchinson could face an imprisonment. The 21-year-old Army cook from California missed the Army airfield in Savannah, Georgia on November 5th. The single mom of ... Read more...
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Paris-based Indian dancer brings ballet, Bharatnatyam, Kathak together
December 13th, 2009 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) Paris-based Indian dancer Rukmini Chatterjee, who is bringing together European classical ballet, Bharatnatyam and Kathak for the Bonjour Festival here, says she is not in ... Read more...
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Alexis Hutchinson Denies Deployment To Afghanistan For Her Son
November 17th, 2009 - 7:30 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Savannah, GA., Nov.17, (THAINDIAN NEWS) 21 year old Specialist Alexis Hutchinson who is a cook of the US Army was recently arrested as she did not appear in deployment ... Read more...
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‘Carnatic music is finding young listeners’ (With Images)
August 24th, 2009 - 12:39 pm ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Carnatic classical music, which was losing out to contemporary music in the southern states, is making a comeback, with a spurt in the ... Read more...
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Phoenix Group Global expands brand Zuri
April 1st, 2009 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Phoenix Group Global, the owners and promoters of luxury resorts and business hotels, Wednesday announced that all its existing properties will be brought under the Zuri Hotels ... Read more...
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American mum gives birth to boy with 12 toes and 12 fingers
February 4th, 2009 - 2:23 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 4 (ANI): Californian doctors were left stunned by the birth of a boy with 24 fingers and toes.The digits on Kamani Hubbard were so perfectly formed that they do ... Read more...
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