Art & Culture News

Films, photos, art to mark World Tibet Day Sunday

Dance, drama, films, fiery speeches and photo and art exhibitions - the capital will experience all this and more on Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama's birthday Sunday, which is celebrated as World Tibet Day.

America's oldest musical choir regales with classics

What happens when a Yale man meets a roomful of cheering Indians on the eve of American Independence Day? They make music, sip Coke, dig into pizzas with a slice of American scholastic heritage.10:00 AM on July 04

Student volunteers to preserve India's heritage: minister

The culture ministry has submitted an ambitious programme to the Planning Commission to educate students in nearly 12,000 senior secondary schools and 5,000 colleges across the country on the rich cultural history of India.1:00 AM on July 03

Teenaged Italian piano prodigy finds India wonderful

Considered one of the best pianists in Italy, 16-year-old Leonora Armellini, who burst upon the capital's musical stage like a storm, says she was surprised by how much India understands 'our music'.11:00 AM on July 01

Exposure makes Indian art prices gallop in global mart

The price curve of Indian art is shooting north in the global market because of 'increased consciousness' about it, say experts.11:00 AM on June 28

Tihar inmates paint stark images against drug abuse

Drugs as the mythological demon Ravan, alcohol as poisonous snakes, a funeral pyre made of cigarette butts...Such stark illustrations have come out of the minds of prisoners at Delhi's Tihar Jail, especially drug addicts.10:31 AM on June 28

Painter Paritosh Sen receives Legends of India award

Eminent painter Paritosh Sen was conferred the Legends of India Lifetime Achievement Award for Fine Arts 2008 by West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi here Friday evening.10:30 PM on June 27

Indians have taken freedom for granted: Ansari

Indians have taken their freedom for granted, Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari lamented Thursday, calling for efforts to ensure that the sacrifices of those who had fought for the country's independence were remembered by successive generations.12:32 AM on June 27

For 32 slum kids, theatre workshop is a revelation

They live in the Indian capital but had never heard of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. Now an all-Muslim cast of 32 slum children is set to stage a play on the revolutionary - an effort that has changed their own lives in so many ways.12:30 PM on June 26

Move to hold Marathi literary meet in US draws flak

Many in Marathi literary circles are livid over the decision of the Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Mahamandal, the apex body of Marathi literary organisations in the country, to hold its next literary congregation in San Francisco.10:30 AM on June 25

Haryana honours Sanskrit, Punjabi litterateurs

Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Tuesday exhorted litterateurs to promote moral values and patriotism among the youth through creative writing.8:01 PM on June 24

Ministry of Sound to perform in India

Ministry of Sound, the London nightclub that has grown into an internationally renowned music and dance band, will perform in India next month.7:00 PM on June 24

Agra teenager sets world record for guitar playing

Fourteen-year-old Akash Gupta Tuesday set a new world record by playing his guitar for 45 hours here, Guinness World Records judge Ralph Hana said.4:01 PM on June 24

India's river island, hill trains vie for World Heritage List

River island Majuli, in the Brahmaputra in Assam, and the Mountain Railways of India are part of 34 cultural properties, which will be considered for inclusion into the Unesco's World Heritage List.9:30 PM on June 23

When theatre teaches lessons from life

Bedraggled boys hawking magazines and trinkets at traffic crossings in the national capital would irritate nine-year-old Saumitra Khuller to no end. He never thought he would some day re-enact their lives on stage.11:00 AM on June 23