Lataji defines beauty for me: Bhansali
September 28th, 2011 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 28 (IANS) Sanjay Leela Bhansali considers Lata Mangeshkar, who turned 82 Wednesday, as the most beautiful woman in the world."Oh by far!" he exults. "Lataji defines beauty for ... Read more...
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Helsinki to screen ‘world’s longest movie’ at arts festival
March 24th, 2011 - 1:58 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 24 (ANI): A film created by Danish artist group Superflex, which is being screened at a festival in the Finnish capital Helsinki, has been billed as the world's longest movie.The ... Read more...
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Heritage Indian instruments retrieved from obscurity
December 18th, 2010 - 6:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) The National Museum in Delhi has retrieved nearly 400 years of India's classical music legacy from the ravages of time by reopening a gallery that the country's ... Read more...
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Of identity, art and a blindfolded artist’s views
November 1st, 2010 - 11:54 am ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) Not too far from a leading art gallery here stands an 800-year-old arched gateway amid the ruins of the historical city of Tughlaqabad. Mumbai-based performance ... Read more...
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Salman Rushdie’s heritage house in Himachal crumbling (With Image)
September 20th, 2010 - 10:56 am ICT by IANS
By Vishal Gulati
Solan (Himachal Pradesh), Sep 20 (IANS) Salman Rushdie's ancestral home, where the acclaimed India-born British novelist spent many summer vacations as a child, is succumbing to the ravages of time ... Read more...
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Ancient Mayan Tomb Found In Forest Of Guatemala
July 24th, 2010 - 7:03 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
July 24, (THAINDIAN NEWS) In a recent development a team of researchers have come across a hitherto unknown tomb of a Mayan monarch in a forest in Guatemala. The tomb ... Read more...
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King Tut Wore Orthopedic Sandals?
April 8th, 2010 - 8:26 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Apr 8, (THAINDIAN NEWS) In recent times a probe carried on the footwear used by legendary Egyptian king Tutankhamun has made the researchers feel that the king probably used special ... Read more...
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TCM Aired “Lawrence Of Arabia” In TCM Essentials
March 21st, 2010 - 7:33 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
New York, Mar 21, (THAINDIAN NEWS) One of the favorite classics of all time, "Lawrence Of Arabia" was aired on TCM yesterday. The movie that happens to be one of ... Read more...
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Giotto Frescoes Reseen In Their Glory With UV Light
March 9th, 2010 - 8:55 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Florence, Mar 9, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Those who lament over paintings and frescoes in their possession losing color and detail owing to ravages of time need not lose their sleep anymore. ... Read more...
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France buys Casanova manuscript for record $9.5 mn
February 19th, 2010 - 12:52 am ICT by IANS
Paris/Frankfurt, Feb 18 (DPA) The French government bought the manuscript of the autobiography of the legendary Italian womaniser and adventurer Giacamo Casanova for a record price, art advisor Christoph Graf Douglas told ... Read more...
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Spider Fossil Found In China’s Daohugou Region
February 13th, 2010 - 8:49 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Feb 13, (THAINDIAN NEWS) It would be wrong to assume that only gigantic reptiles and dinosaurs ruled the earth millions of years ago when the ancestors of modern man were ... Read more...
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MJ’s ‘oxygen chamber’ found
August 11th, 2009 - 2:37 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 10 (ANI): The infamous oxygen chamber that Michael Jackson used to lie in has been found in a storage department in San Diego, California.As per rumours, the singer would ... Read more...
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