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  • An initiative to save Indian classical music by Pracheen Kala Kendra

    New Delhi : In the everlasting and loving memories of Shri Madan Lal Koser, Pracheen Kala Kendra has organized a splendid music concert featuring Grammy Award Winner Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and Sh. Salil Bhatt who has performed an exhilarating Mohan Veena and Satvik Veena Jugalbandi accompanied by Pandit Parameshwar Hedge, MD. Akram Khan (Tabla) […]

    Karatsu Kunchi Festival

    This is an autumn festival held at Karatsu-jinja Shrine which has a history of about 400 years. The Karatsu Kunchi is one of the major festivals of Kyushu. This festival features floats called hikiyama, the largest ones being 6.8 meters tall and 3 tons in weight. These gigantic floats, which are lacquered and finished with […]

    Vice President Hamid Ansari inaugurates Festival of India in Peru

    Bringing the culture of India to far off Peru, Vice President Hamid Ansari on Sunday inaugurated the ‘Festival of India’ in Lima at a time when Bollywood and Shahrukh Khan have become a craze in this Latin American country. The festival is also being held simultaneously in Cuba, the next stop of the Vice President. […]

    Original text of Tagore’s Nobel nomination on display

    Commemorating the completion of hundred years of Rabindranath Tagore’s winning the Nobel prize in Literature, the original text of his nomination for the prestigious award was displayed publicly in India for the first time on Friday. It was put on public display at Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) in Kolkata. As pat of ‘Sweden […]

    Sand artist Sudarsan to sell his art to help Phailin victims

    Internationally renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik said that he will sell some of his sand art on canvas to support victims of cyclone Phailin. The fund raised from the sale would directly go to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund, he said. “As an artist I want to support the victims of cyclone and floods in […]

    Les RochesStudents Collaborate with Renowned Artist Guillaume Reymond to Create a Giant Animated Human World Map

    New Delhi  :Nearly 300 Les Roches International School of Hotel Managementstudents gathered on the Bluche campus on September 14 tocreate a gigantic live world mapvisible from the air. The project was acollaboration between Les Roches and the Franco-Swiss artist Guillaume Reymond who is known for orchestrating gatherings of several hundred people to form such creations […]

    Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest 2013 to confer Khushwant Singh with Lifetime Achievement Award

    Mumbai : The fourth edition of Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest today announced the name of its esteemed Lifetime Achievement Award. The festival will present the Landmark Literature Live! Lifetime Achievement Award to Indian novelist Khushwant Singh. A significant post-colonial writer in the English language, Khushwant Singh is known for his clear-cut secularism, wit […]

    Art For Life 2

    New Delhi: The Art For Life 2 Event was inaugurated on the 18th October,2013 by His Excellence Dr Aziz Qureshi, the Governor of Uttarakhand. His words about the event, “I am really grateful to DLF & Aapsa arts for organizing this event and helping Uttarakhand people, as we need support from all of you. Those […]

    Soul stirring Sitar Jhankar held

    Hyderabad :  Sitar is an enchanting instrument.  Its strings produce music that is truly magical. Hyderabadis experienced a never before performance on Saturday night when they witnessed a rare Sitar Jhankar, where nine sitarits, five men and four women  got together on a single platform at Moksh Banquet on Necklace Road and produced a soul […]

    Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest

    The Tata group and Literature Live! today announced the 2013 edition of Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai International LitFest. Over 120 writers and thinkers from all over the world are expected to participate in the fourth edition of Mumbai’s premier literary festival. Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest will run from November 14 to November […]