'Plays were part of the air we breathed': Amal Allana remembers Ebrahim Alkazi

Sukant Deepak | April 22, 2024 3:42 PM

New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) As his daughter, he treated her with the utmost care and was loving and protective. As a student, he was a hard, even harsh, taskmaster and pushed her to give her very best. But when she designed costumes for some of his productions, he treated her as a professional and gave her complete freedom to express her creative ideas.

Indian civilisation oldest and continuous with a vast expanse: NSA Doval

IANS | April 9, 2024 9:18 PM

New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) Calling the Indian civilisation one of the oldest and continuous civilisations having "a vast expanse", National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Tuesday stated that there were a few questions about Indian history that nobody questioned, not even the country's detractors.