Pakistani writer recalls Indian heritage of storytelling
April 17th, 2012 - 11:37 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) India's biggest export to the world has been stories, powerful narratives that have influenced literature throughout history, says Karachi-based Musharraf Ali Farooqi, who shot to ... Read more...
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Himachal reviving Chamba art forms
October 30th, 2011 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Oct 30 (IANS) To protect and revive the decades old, globally acclaimed dying art forms of the erstwhile princely hill state of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh is training and improving ... Read more...
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Patrons to traders: Royal patronage to arts, crafts changing (Feature)
October 17th, 2011 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Art and craft in India have traditionally been patronised by the royalty, who spent the bulk of their wealth adding to the country's artistic heritage. ... Read more...
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Day one at IIJW ends in style with ‘Jewels of Falaknuma’
August 1st, 2011 - 2:22 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 1 (IANS) Jewellery brand Tanishq brought the curtains down on the first day of the India International Jewellery Week (IIJW) with an astounding collection called "Jewels of Falaknuma" ... Read more...
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Wills, Kate ask guests for charity donations instead of gifts
March 17th, 2011 - 2:08 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 17 (ANI): Prince William and Kate Middleton have asked guests to their wedding to donate to their own special charitable fund instead of giving them presents.St James' Palace ... Read more...
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Now buy Himachal handicrafts through e-shopping
January 18th, 2010 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Jan 18 (IANS) Now you can buy handicrafts of Himachal Pradesh simply sitting at home through e-shopping.
To attract the buyers, the state government Monday launched a website having more than 1,000 ... Read more...
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Christopher Columbus history
October 12th, 2009 - 7:56 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Oct 12 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Christopher Columbus is known as 'the man who discovered America', when he on the contrary trying to find a westward sea passage to the Orient ... Read more...
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Globalisation taking purity out of ghazals: top Pakistani singer
August 19th, 2009 - 11:38 am ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Tina Sani, one of Pakistan's most popular classical and semi-classical ghazal exponents, feels that globalisation, the widespread culture of pop and rock music and ... Read more...
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Himachal to get 50 rare miniature paintings
June 3rd, 2009 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, June 3 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh will get 50 "rare miniature paintings" from the Delhi-based National Museum, an official said here Wednesday.
"National Museum will provide 50 rare 'pahari' miniature paintings to us. ... Read more...
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Himachal to promote artefacts in foreign shores
December 20th, 2008 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Dec 20 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh will participate in international exhibitions to popularise its artefacts in foreign countries, officials said Saturday."To popularise the handicraft items and establish their market in foreign countries, ... Read more...
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Handkerchief art gets legal protection in Himachal Pradesh
November 13th, 2008 - 11:44 am ICT by IANS
Shimla, Nov 13 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh government has now provided legal protection to a dying art form - miniature embroidery on handkerchiefs on the lines of the globally famous Chamba school ... Read more...
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Past misdeeds return to haunt Nepal army
May 13th, 2008 - 1:31 pm ICT by admin
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, May 13 (IANS) With just a fortnight left for the ouster of Nepal's King Gyanendra, the army that had once been allowed to perpetrate gross human rights violations in ... Read more...
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From royal patronage to AIDS - it’s Tamasha on downslide
February 18th, 2008 - 1:16 pm ICT by admin
(Feature)
By Prashant K. Nanda
Ahmednagar (Maharashtra), Feb 18 (IANS) Female artistes performing in Tamasha, a theatre form popular in Maharashtra and once patronised by rulers, were earlier seen as icons of beauty. Today ... Read more...
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Libyan leader’s son to visit Thailand
December 10th, 2007 - 2:12 pm ICT by admin
10 December, 2007 (PRD), The second son of Libyan leader Mu'Ammar Gadhafi, and the president of the Gadhafi Development Foundation, Saif Al Islam, will pay a three-day visit to Thailand as a ... Read more...
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