AWWA’s lit fest in Chandimandir ends with high positivity

IANS | November 10, 2024 6:21 PM

Chandigarh, Nov 10 (IANS) A three-day literary extravaganza - Abhivyakti 4.0 - an exemplary initiative of the Army Wives Welfare Association (AWWA) concluded on Sunday on a note of high positivity and resilience with former diplomat Navtej S. Sarna and celebrated author Radhakrishnan Pillai sharing their insights on trials and tribulations of writing as an intellectual pursuit.

Poetry is not about full stops but commas: Arundhathi Subramaniam

Sukant Deepak | November 10, 2024 10:39 AM

Chandigarh, November 10 (IANS) She says that there is a time in everyone's life, probably in teens when most people are first drawn to poetry—they adore the sound of it and the music it holds—the rhyme that it offers.

Drawing plentifully from myth and reality, Chhath Puja honours elemental forces of nature (IANS Book Review)

Kavya Dubey | November 8, 2024 5:14 PM

New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) As the grand folk festival of Chhath Puja came to a close on Friday with devotees and the faithful offering prayers and salutations to the rising Sun, the four-day-long festival marked by strict adherence to rituals, not just by the 'vrati' (the person undertaking the observance) but also by their entire family, is evoking curiosity among those who do not celebrate it, given its rising prominence and observance beyond its original catchment area.

Prithviraj Kapoor's spectacular journey from an unpaid extra to Bollywood's regal patriarch

Vikas Datta | November 3, 2024 11:00 AM

New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) In 1928, a strapping young man made his way into the office of the top Bombay film company boss, getting past the stern Pathan guard at the gate by engaging him in his native Pashto, and managed to wangle a job as an unpaid extra. Prithviraj Kapoor held the job for all of 10 days, and on the eleventh, was signed as the hero of their next film!

'You will have everything you want': Sardar Patel's role in saving Kashmir

Vikas Datta | October 31, 2024 11:07 AM

New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) Srinagar was initially saved in the last week of October 1947 by the valiant efforts of a handful of J&K state forces and Indian Army soldiers but was still threatened by the Pashtun tribal invaders camped in force nearby. The still scanty Indian troops, equipped with light arms, were limited to defensive action till Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel took a hand.

MODIALOGUE an attempt to further PM Modi's vision for India's collective good: Ashwin Fernandes (IANS Interview)

IANS | October 28, 2024 12:28 AM

New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) Ashwin Fernandes, Executive Director at UK-based QS World University Rankings, has recently launched a book titled "MODIALOGUE" to celebrate the far-reaching impact of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's acclaimed monthly radio programme, Mann Ki Baat.

J&K L-G releases Shehla Rashid’s book ‘Role Models’

IANS | October 27, 2024 9:35 PM

Srinagar, Oct 27 (IANS) J&K Lt Governor (L-G) Manoj Sinha on Sunday released the book of the former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union Vice President, Shehla Rashid, titled ‘Role Models: Inspiring Stories of Indian Muslim Achievers’, published by Penguin House.

MODIALOGUE: A book on PM Modi's 'Mann Ki Baat' unveiled, presented to ex-Prez Ram Nath Kovind

IANS | October 26, 2024 9:22 PM

New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) Conversations for a Viksit Bharat, a new literary work by Ashwin Fernandes, Executive Director at UK-based QS World University Rankings, has been launched to celebrate the far-reaching impact of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's acclaimed monthly radio programme, Mann Ki Baat. The book titled "MODIALOGUE" was recently presented to former President Ram Nath Kovind by the author himself.

Persistent hard work, not publicity makes for excellence in music: L Subramaniam

Sukant Deepak | October 24, 2024 5:58 PM

Kasauli, Oct 24 (IANS) He says that it is a long journey and only those truly passionate about music can think of surviving and aim at excellence -- something which takes years.

Transcending 'Indian': This author deconstructs the necessity to disconnect and the lure of glory

Kavya Dubey | October 22, 2024 2:39 PM

New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) In November 2018, the world suddenly woke up to a community that did not care to be known. And as much as it intrigued many, the incident caught the fancy of author Sujit Saraf, who decided to explore the extent of "absurdity" to which one could go, and crystallised his study and imagination into ‘Island’ (Speaking Tiger).

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AWWA’s lit fest in Chandimandir ends with high positivity

Poetry is not about full stops but commas: Arundhathi Subramaniam

Drawing plentifully from myth and reality, Chhath Puja honours elemental forces of nature (IANS Book Review)

Prithviraj Kapoor's spectacular journey from an unpaid extra to Bollywood's regal patriarch

'You will have everything you want': Sardar Patel's role in saving Kashmir

MODIALOGUE an attempt to further PM Modi's vision for India's collective good: Ashwin Fernandes (IANS Interview)

J&K L-G releases Shehla Rashid’s book ‘Role Models’

MODIALOGUE: A book on PM Modi's 'Mann Ki Baat' unveiled, presented to ex-Prez Ram Nath Kovind

Persistent hard work, not publicity makes for excellence in music: L Subramaniam

Transcending 'Indian': This author deconstructs the necessity to disconnect and the lure of glory

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