For Artist Thomas Henriot, Paper Means Power And Poetry
On a muggy evening in Delhi earlier this month, French artist Thomas Henriot's works were put up for "one-night stand" (on 6 April) at the Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre. Visitors arrived at...
View ArticleThe 400-Year-Old Mystery Of William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare died on 23 April, 1616, 400 years to the day. The body of work of the most famous English language writer is familiar to millions of readers, whose imagination it has captured...
View ArticleAmarinder Singh Writes To Justin Trudeau Over Cancelled Public Meetings
CHICAGO -- Describing the Canadian government's move to disallow his interactions with NRIs in Toronto and Vancouver as a "gag order", Punjab Congress President Amarinder Singh yesterday wrote to...
View ArticleIndia Reportedly Grants Visa To Dolkun Isa, Labelled 'Terrorist' By China,...
NEW DELHI--An invitation to a leading Chinese dissident to participate in a conference in Dharamshala next week could develop into another irritant between India and China. Dolkun Isa, a leader of...
View ArticleIndia Signs Paris Climate Deal Along With Over 170 Nations
UNITED NATIONS -- India yesterday signed the historic Paris climate agreement along with more than 170 nations, marking a significant step that has brought together developing and developed nations for...
View ArticleShame On You Ola Cabs, For The Blatantly Sexist 'Girlfriend Chalti Hai...
Here's the thing about a promotional campaign. It speaks to an audience that will empathize, approbate and subsequently buy into an idea that promises to make life simpler and a product popular....
View ArticleTrupti Desai Won't Be Allowed To Touch Mazar At Haji Ali Dargah, Says Shiv...
MUMBAI -- With Bhumata Brigade chief Trupti Desai set to enter the iconic Haji Ali Dargah, Shiv Sena leader Haji Arafat on Saturday said he would not allow her to touch the mazar-e-sharif. "Islam does...
View ArticleUP Court Directs Police To Register FIR Against Vijay Mallya
LUCKNOW -- The Chief Judicial Magistrate Court (CJM) court in Bulandshahr has ordered to register an FIR against liquor baron Vijay Mallya and former Kingfisher Airlines Chief Executive Officer (CEO)...
View ArticleAnupam Kher Has Announced A New Film On The 'Trauma' Of Kashmiri Pandits
Anupam Kher, the Indian right wing's new poster-boy, has announced that he will make a film on the plight of Kashmiri Pandits. Economic Times reports that Kher has joined hands with Ashoke Pandit, a...
View ArticleBangladeshi Professor Rezaul Karim Hacked To Death Near His Home
DHAKA -- A professor was hacked to death by unidentified attackers near his home in northwest Bangladesh this morning, the latest in a series of brutal attacks on intellectuals and activists in the...
View ArticleSpiceJet Sacks Pilot For Asking Airhostess To Accompany Him In The Cockpit
NEW DELHI -- SpiceJet has sacked one of its pilots for allegedly asking an air hostess to sit with him in the cockpit of a Boeing 737 flight. The incident took place onboard Kolkata-Bangkok flight on...
View ArticleTrump Mocks Indian Call Center, But Says India A Great Nation
Republican presidential front runner Donald Trump has used fake Indian accent to mock a call center representative in India. At the same time, he described India as a great place, asserting that he is...
View ArticleKanhaiya's Mumbai Speech: Venue Shifted For Want Of Police Permission
Following strong opposition from the Mumbai Police, the venue for Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union leader Kanhaiya Kumar's speech on Saturday had to be shifted. Kumar, who recently delivered...
View ArticleQuick Diagnosis Is Key To Curbing TB Transmission In India
Tuberculosis continues to be one of the world's deadliest infectious diseases, claiming some 2,70,000 lives each year in India alone, according to the WHO's Global Tuberculosis Report 2015. An...
View ArticleHere's What Your Teen Really Wants From You
The teenage years are when children mature and begin to establish their own identity. Adolescents have a lot to cope with. Their changing bodies, the surge of hormones and growth spurts (or lack of...
View ArticleCommuni-Tea Building, One Cup At A Time
In the midst of a construction site in a rapidly developing suburb of Pune, you'll find an interesting collection of people gathered. IT professionals, mechanics, builders, taxi drivers, teachers,...
View Article5 Questions That Will Lead You To Your True Self
Leaders need self-awareness. A lack of it is one of the major reasons for leadership failure. This is accepted wisdom. There are thousands of books on the subject and hundreds of workshops, retreats...
View ArticleTMC Left Red Faced After Posting Morphed Photo Of Rajnath Singh Feeding...
KOLKATA -- The Trinamool Congress today courted a controversy by allegedly posting a morphed picture of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh offering sweets to CPI(M) leader Prakash Karat, with the BJP...
View ArticleLok Sabha Speaker Calls For An All Party Meeting Ahead Of Stormy Parliament...
NEW DELHI -- The next session of Parliament beginning Monday is all set to be a stormy affair with many Opposition parties closing ranks over the imposition of Presidents' Rule in Uttarakhand. Even as...
View ArticleSunny Leone Writes About Seduction, Romance In Her New Book 'Sweet Dreams'
MUMBAI -- She has won hearts with her acting stint in Bollywood and now actress Sunny Leone has taken up a new role in her career, by turning a writer. Leone has written a book titled Sweet Dreams,...
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