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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) It was a cosmic conundrum that had left the world's foremost physicist puzzled, while a leading astronomer's efforts to help him complicated matters further, but this teenage Indian student, using just pen and paper, devised a solution to the issue while sailing to the UK in 1930 to take up a scholarship to study physics.
