Fingers pointed at ASI as stone slab falls at Taj

AGRA - Conservationists here have reacted sharply after a seven-foot-long slab of red sandstone fell off at the Taj Mahal this week. Is the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) - responsible for the upkeep of historical monuments - doing its job, they are asking.

Still no memorial to Ghalib in city of birth

AGRA - Mirza Ghalib’s contribution to Urdu literature has perhaps been as significant as Shakespeare’s to English, but the mansion in Agra where he was born in 1796 bears no memorial to the Mughal era poet till date.

Cities change, art reflects, artists experiment (Rainbow Palette: Weekly Art Column)

NEW DELHI - India’s green acres are now concrete jungles. Rapid urbanisation has changed cityscapes and skylines, most of which have morphed beyond recognition.

Largest-ever Santa sculpture to enthrall Chandigarh on Christmas

CHANDIGARH - A sand sculptor from Bhubaneshwar is upbeat about his new project — a mammoth sand sculpture of Santa Claus that he completed Thursday morning in the union territory of Chandigarh.

For M.F. Husain, coming back is fraught with risk: Son

NEW DELHI - He does not want his illustrious father, M.F. Husain, to come back from Dubai. But that has not stopped Shamshad Husain from fondly painting the master artist’s formative and defining years in India, replete with family memories.

‘Delhi: the past, present and future of India’

NEW DELHI - What is the magic of Delhi? For Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, the most wonderful moment of her life in Delhi was when she fell in love with a young man in college.

Chandigarh hotels cancel Christmas, New Year parties

CHANDIGARH - Come Christmas and New Year, and this city gets into party mode. But this year all prominent hotels and even clubs and discotheques have cancelled celebrations in the wake of the shocking tragedy in Mumbai a month ago.

Sculptor Sudarsan Patnaik creates ‘tallest sand Santa’

PURI - Santa Claus is usually identified with snow, but artist Sudarsan Patnaik Wednesday claimed to have created the world’s tallest sand replica of Father Christmas on the Puri beach in the state.

`India’s classical languages - Sanskrit, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil’

NEW DELHI - Kannada, Telugu, Sanskrit and Tamil are the four classical languages of India, Tourism and Culture Minister Ambika Soni informed the Rajya Sabha Tuesday.

Delhi’s vibrant present, glorious history in coffee table book

NEW DELHI - Interested in knowing about the rich past and the fast changing face of Delhi? A coffee table book released Tuesday may end your search.