Artists condemn move to remove Gujarat riots video from China show
July 26th, 2012 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) A section of artists and intellectuals Thursday expressed their shock over the government asking organisers of an exhibition in China to remove an artwork depicting ... Read more...
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Legendary Bengal famine photographer dies at 96 (With Image)
June 23rd, 2012 - 5:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) Legendary progressive photographer Sunil Janah, who documented the Bengal famine of the 1940s with his black-and-white camera and shot to instant fame, has died in ... Read more...
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M.F. Husain to be remembered on death anniversary (With Image)
June 2nd, 2012 - 9:56 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) Close friends, fans and fellow artists will remember Maqbool Fida Husain, one of India's greatest contemporary artists, on his first death anniversary June 9 with ... Read more...
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Tagore’s texts made into pictorial editions (With Images)
May 29th, 2012 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Three children's texts written by Rabindranath Tagore have been produced in pictorial editions in Hindi, English and Bengali by the traditional "pata chitra" painters of ... Read more...
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Zohra Sehgal celebrates her century with ‘official biography’ (With Image)
April 28th, 2012 - 2:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) "Abhi na jaana chhod kar... ki cake abhi kata nahin... ki pet abhi bhara nahin (Don't leave the party, the cake hasn't been cut ... Read more...
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Intellectuals protest Mamata regime’s ‘irrationality’
April 17th, 2012 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) More than 50 intellectuals have expressed "dismay over the spiralling descent into irrationality" of the West Bengal government following Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's directives ... Read more...
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‘Brothers in Political Theatre’ revisits India’s Socialist stage, culture
April 13th, 2012 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Noted cinema and stage personalities, brothers Balraj and Bhisham Sahni were committed to the art of change in the late 1930s and 1940s that tried ... Read more...
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Artists, thinkers outraged over crackdown on gay lensman’s work
March 28th, 2012 - 8:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) Progressive artists and members of the intelligentsia have expressed outrage over the forcible closure earlier this week of an exhibition of gay photographs by noted ... Read more...
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Northeast musical fest enthralls Jamia crowd
February 18th, 2012 - 6:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) An ensemble of amazing rock music, folk songs and dances from the northeast has enthralled the crowd at the Jamia Millia Islamia University here.Some 600 ... Read more...
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Sahmat sends open invitation to Rushdie
January 23rd, 2012 - 3:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) Drawing parallels with late painter M.F. Husain, artist-activist group Sahmat Monday extended an invitation to Salman Rushdie, author of "The Satanic Verses", who has had ... Read more...
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Progressive movement revisits its 75-year journey
October 14th, 2011 - 3:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) Arts, culture and literature in India have charted a progressive course for the last seven decades. An exhibition documenting the journey of the Progressive Writers' ... Read more...
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SAHMAT observes 75 years of Progressive Writers’ Association
October 12th, 2011 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) The Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust (SAHMAT) will organise a three-day seminar beginning Thursday on the 'legacy and relevance of the progressive cultural movement in India' ... Read more...
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Competitions, calendar release on Husain’s birth anniversary
September 16th, 2011 - 4:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) M.F. Husain's art and life were marked by a rare synthesis of cultures, colours, creative expression and controversies that sent him on an self-imposed exile, ... Read more...
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In exile, Husain wanted to destroy his paintings: Son
July 4th, 2011 - 2:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Forced to live away from India, M.F. Husain at one time wanted to destroy all his paintings, says his son Owais Husain who is hungering ... Read more...
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A mega tribute to M.F. Husain planned in capital (With Image)
June 25th, 2011 - 4:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) Artists, performers, art protagonists and culture volunteers from across the country will converge in the capital July 2 to celebrate the life and times of ... Read more...
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Intellectuals speak up for M.F. Husain, Arundhati Roy
January 1st, 2011 - 10:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) The pitch in support of M.F. Husain's return to India, and the opposition to the gag on writer Arundhati Roy and legal action against human rights activist ... Read more...
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Events in Delhi to mark poet Faiz’s birth centenary
December 28th, 2010 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) To commemorate the birth centenary of renowned Urdu poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz in 2011, the Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust (Sahmat) here has planned a series of cultural ... Read more...
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Protests over removal of Mistry’s novel from syllabus
October 19th, 2010 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) Expressing shock over the removal of author Rohinton Mistry's novel 'Such a Long Journey' from the syllabus of the University of Bombay, a group activists Tuesday ... Read more...
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Sahmat slams Ayodhya verdict, finds it ‘gravely disturbing’
October 1st, 2010 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) The Allahabad High Court judgment on Ayodhya is a "blow" to India's secular fabric, a group of over 50 eminent historians, artists and activists said Friday, raising ... Read more...
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Need to control Hindu terror groups: Yechury
July 28th, 2010 - 11:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) Warning against the growing network of Hindutva terror groups, Communist party of India-Marxist leader Sitaram Yechury Wednesday said the government and security agencies must take firm action ... Read more...
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Artists community expresses support for Shah Rukh Khan
February 4th, 2010 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) The artists' community Thursday extended strong support to Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan following the Shiv Sena's threats to stop the release of his latest film ... Read more...
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Historians urge PM to save ancient monuments from misuse
July 28th, 2009 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) A group of historians, writers and intellectuals, including Irfan Habib, Sohail Hashmi and Ram Rahman, Tuesday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to protect monuments that were ... Read more...
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Rights groups ask NDA allies not to nominate Varun
March 23rd, 2009 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Rights groups Monday wrote an open letter to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to ensure that Varun Gandhi does not get nominated as a Bharatiya Janata ... Read more...
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‘Mangalore attack is also a form of terrorism’
January 27th, 2009 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) Condemning the attack on women in a pub in Karnataka's Mangalore last week as also a manifestation of terrorism, the Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust (Sahmat) Tuesday said ... Read more...
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Artists express solidarity with Jamia varsity VC
September 25th, 2008 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) Leadings personalities from the world of arts and theatre Thursday congratulated Mushirul Hasan, the vice chancellor of Jamia Milia Islamia University, for his strong stand in support ... Read more...
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SAHMAT condemns Raj Thackeray’s campaign against Bachchans
September 12th, 2008 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 12(IANS) The Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust (SAHMAT) Friday condemned the campaign launched by Raj Thackeray and his party Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) against actor Amitabh Bachchan for statements made ... Read more...
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Sahmat exhibits vandalism of Husain works
August 25th, 2008 - 3:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Broken frames, dislodged pictures and photographs on the floor... that was the "as it is" scene Monday at an exhibition showcasing the works of the eminent painter ... Read more...
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Husain exhibition vandalized
August 24th, 2008 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) A protest exhibition organized in support of painter M.F. Husain, whose portrayal of Hindu goddesses has invited the wrath of Hindu activists, ran into rough weather here ... Read more...
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Culture ministry unhappy at Husain’s exclusion from art summit
August 22nd, 2008 - 1:23 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) In a late night development Thursday, the culture ministry objected to eminent painter M.F. Husain's works not being displayed at the India Art Summit here saying the ... Read more...
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SAHMAT protests India Art Summit’s Husain blackout
August 19th, 2008 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Expressing its displeasure over the India Art Summit's decision against showcasing M.F. Husain's work during the three-day event, the Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust (SAHMAT), in a gesture ... Read more...
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April 12 to be celebrated as National Street Theatre day
March 28th, 2008 - 7:20 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) A string of events, including exhibitions, processions and plays, will commemorate 20 years of the death anniversary of theatre artist Safdar Hashmi April 12. It will be ... Read more...
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