Heritage conservation to get a boost in 2009-2010NEW DELHI - Conservation of heritage sites will get a boost in 2009-2010, Minister of State for Planning and Parliamentary Affairs V. Narayanaswamy, who holds the ad hoc charge of culture, told the Rajya Sabha Thursday. Bangaroleans laughing their way out in cartoon galleryBANGALORE - With a dose of satire, humour and creativity, the art of cartooning can be an “eye-opener” to the socio-political status of any society as well as great fun for the connoisseurs. Taj Mahal builders used Harappan measurement units that British discarded
I want to return home, Taslima Nasreen tells Sheikh HasinaDHAKA - Controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen has petitioned Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to be allowed to return home 15 years after fleeing death threats by Islamic militants. She has not yet received any response. Tribals fight hardship to continue art traditionBANGALORE - For Mansingh Dhananjay, carrying forward the tradition of pithoro painting is not just a source of his liveleihood but an art form handed over by his ancestors. Thus, no matter even if his art fetches him peanuts, Mansingh, 40, is determined to carry forward the legacy in spite of all odds. ‘Prisoner of the State’ tops bestseller list againNEW DELHI - “Prisoner of the State” by late Chinese premier Zhao Ziyang continues to dominate the non-fiction section in the bestseller list this week while James Patterson’s “Swimsuit” - the new entrant - tops the fiction group. An endearing look at Sikhs everywhere (IANS Book Review)Book: “Sikhs Unlimited”; Author: Khushwant Singh; Price: Rs.495; Publisher: Rupa Did Chandigarh lose out to Bangalore as the e-capital of India due to then prime minister P.V. Narasimha Rao’s insistence that since Punjab had the benefit of the Green Revolution the next revolution should go to a southern state? Mongol emperor Kublai Khan’s Xanadu unearthed in China
Budget windfall spurs Asiatic Society’s Delhi debut, expansion plansNEW DELHI - The 225-year-old Asiatic Society, the pioneering institution promoting Indo-Asian culture, books and heritage in the country, will make its maiden foray into the capital in 2010 from its two-century old Kolkata home. Oriyas in US converge for cultural extravaganzaBHUBANESWAR - Thousands of people, mostly Oriyas, came together to celebrate their ethnic culture through seminars and workshops at a two-day event held in New Jersey, US, according to reports reaching here. Matryoshka dolls in bailout queue, one for Obama tooWASHINGTON - Matryoshkas, those Russian dolls within dolls, are the latest to be hit by the global financial meltdown and their survival depends on a bailout from the government - and a little help from the charm of US President Barack Obama! Now buy a book with your grocery from nearest superstoreNEW DELHI - Imagine picking up a cookbook along with your vegetables for the day from your nearest department store. Over the next two years, India will see publishers thronging retail stores to sell their books, said a senior official of Parragon Publishing India that has pioneered this form of marketing. Prestigious British literary imprint comes to IndiaNEW DELHI - Adding another gem to its kitty of Indian imprints, Penguin Books-India Monday launched its classic Hamish Hamilton imprint in the country with a collection of political essays, “Listening to Grasshoppers” by Arundhati Roy and a novel, “The Wish Maker” by Ali Sethi on contemporary Pakistan. Provisions for zonal centres in Rs.700 crore culture budgetNEW DELHI - The government has earmarked Rs.700 crore for the ministry of culture with more allocations for zonal cultural centres, the Sangeet Natak Akademi, Lalit Kala Akademi, Sahitya Akademi, the National School of Drama, the Asiatic Society, the National Gallery of Modern Art and the Archaeological Survey of India. Amateur cameramen capture soul of old Delhi (Weekly Art Column, Rainbow Palette, With Images)NEW DELHI - A pair of ice cubes in a glass of rippling rose syrup - the famous rooh afza of Chandni Chowk - looks good enough to drink from the framed photograph in which it casts its rosy spell. Pair it with the sizzling chicken tikka kebabs sputtering on iron skewers in the frame next door. Yummy! PM mourns painter Tyeb Mehta’s deathNEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday expressed grief over the “sad demise” of noted painter Tyeb Mehta and said his death is a major loss to the art world. Vikram Seth strikes 1.7 mn pound publishing dealNEW DELHI - Indian writer Vikram Seth, who is working on a sequel to his blockbuster novel “A Suitable Boy”, has finalised a deal worth around 1.7 million pounds to move his entire back list to Penguin UK, sources close to the deal said. British prime minister garlands Gandhi statueLONDON - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Thursday garlanded a recently installed statue of Mahatma Gandhi in the city of Leicester. Ladakh’s largest Buddhist festival adopts green causeHEMIS - Dancers draped in silk moved to the beat of drums, evil spirits were warded off and over 60,000 plastic water bottles were collected as the annual three-day Hemis festival began. Relief for emperor’s descendent in government handsKOLKATA - State-run Coal India Ltd (CIL) has asked an NGO, which approached it for providing a job to a descendent of India’s last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, to approach the central government for suitable relief. Nepal’s last king to celebrate his birthday - with a wedding bashKATHMANDU - He may no longer be the all-powerful king who was obeyed unquestioningly by his subjects who regarded him to be an incarnation of Hindu god Vishnu, but Nepal’s last king Gyanendra will still celebrate his birthday next week with a lavish party. Tips to ease you into the corporate world (Book Review)Book: “Making Your First Job Your Dream Job”; Author: Clare Maxfield; Price: Rs.145; Publisher: Wisdom Tree Time to sing the requiem for Agra Gharana?AGRA - The Rajputs passed it on to the Mughals, in whose courts the classical Hindustani music of Agra Gharana flourished. Now, however with few patrons and students left in the city of its origin, is it perhaps time to sing the requiem of the musical tradition? Kids bond with Lord Krishna and Mahabharata tales at book launchNEW DELHI - The fascinating stories of the Indian epic Mahabharata — including the rivalry between cousins Pandavas and Kauravas, Lord Krishna and his mischievous exploits as a lad, and the Kurukshetra battle — have been re-told for children in a new book with lots of colourful illustrations. Explorer claims discovering prehistoric cave art in BiharPATNA - A young explorer says he has discovered prehistoric cave art in Bihar’s Rajgir hills that are known for their Buddhist heritage and has asked the Archaelogical Survey of India (ASI) to validate his claim. Gandhi statue unveiled in BritainLONDON - A statue of Mahatma Gandhi was unveiled Friday in the southeast British city of Leicester known as Little India for its Indian-origin population. Girl with Husain’s brush and mature strokes (Weekly art column, Rainbow Palette, With Images)NEW DELHI - Eleena Banik, a Kolkata-based contemporary artist is often dubbed the girl with Husain’s brush. ‘Indian CEOs can make dollar run longer’NEW DELHI - CEOs of Indian companies can make a dollar run longer than their Western counterparts because of the spirit of frugality with which they have been brought up, says a top India-born US-based recruiter of corporate honchos for Global 2000 companies. Rushdie, Ghosh, Lahiri in Vodafone-Crossword award shortlistNEW DELHI - Salman Rushdie’s “The Enchantress of Florence”, Amitav Ghosh’s “Sea of Poppies” and “Unaccustomed Earth” by Jhumpa Lahiri are among the fictions shortlisted for the Vodafone-Crossword Book Award 2008. Rare petroglyphs found in Cuban cavesHAVANA - Cuban archaeologists are studying the strange drawings found in caves in eastern Cuba, Prensa Latina reported. |
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BANGALORE - Designers of the 17th century Taj Mahal, the finest piece of Mughal architecture, employed the same unit of measurement used by the Harappan civilization as far back 2000 BC, according to a study by an IIT-Kanpur professor. These units were used by builders in India till the British imposed their own units in the 18th century.
BEIJING - Xanadu, the city built by Mongol emperor Kublai Khan and mentioned by Italian traveller Marco Polo, has been unearthed by Chinese archaeologists who have sketched its layout.
