Oct 15, 2020 Thiruvananthapuram: Three weeks after eminent Malayalam poet Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri was conferred with the Jnanpith award, the hugely popular writer often referred to as Akkitham, passed away at a hospital in Thrissur…
Oct 8, 2020 Stockholm: American poet Louise Gluck was on Thursday awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2020 “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal”. The New York-born…
Oct 3, 2021 New Delhi: Hampi-based curator Lavina Baldota conceptualised eSantati four years ago as a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 151st birth anniversary. “The idea that started with textile art, eKhadi A Canvas,…
By GS Rahakrishna Sep 25, 2020 Bangalore: Legendary South Indian film play back singer S P S.P. Balasubrahmanyam passed away here this afternoon after prolonged illness and hospitalisation since August 5 last. He was admited…
Sep 16, 2020 London: Indian origin author Avni Doshi has made the cut for the 2020 Man Booker Prize for Literarture with her book “Burnt Sugar” (Hamish Penguin Random House) in the shortlist announced here…
Sep 13, 2020 Agra: A poet from the Hindi heartland has been selected among the 25 best English language poets of India. Rajiv Khandelwal, a successful businessman of Agra, finally finds recognition for his distinguished…
Sep 1, 2020 New Delhi: ‘Voices, an artwork by late artist MF Husain sold for Rs 18.47 crore — the highest price ever fetched by any of the artists creations in a public sale —…
Aug 23, 2002 New Delhi: Following the withdrawal of the book ‘Delhi Riots 2020: The Untold Story’ by publisher Bloomsbury India, another publishing house Garuda Prakashan has stepped in and confirmed taking over its publishing,…
Aug 23, 2002 New Delhi: Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar on Sunday announced the reopening of the film and TV production industry that has been shut for several months since March due to…
Aug 11, 2002 Indore: Noted Urdu poet Rahat Indori is no more. The 70-year-old poet, who had tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, passed away here on Tuesday morming following cardiac arrest. Rahat Indori earlier…
