A global programme which aims for a sustainable future through co-development and co-delivery of projects to support the crafts sector Participating Indian and the UK organisations to benefit from opportunities for cross-cultural exchange and shared learning New Delhi: British Council, the United Kingdom’s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations, today announced another set […]
ART WITH A HEART: BOTANICAL ART THAT USHERS IN GOOD LUCK TO YOUR HOME Birds of Paradise that promise togetherness, Peace lily that brings in prosperity and Red Salvia that ensures wisdom and good health… Salonika Meattle Aggarwal, an artist of botanical art adds symbols of luck and fate to her spectacular art story. Thus […]
Commitment announced at Second Donors’ and Partners’ Conference of the International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas (ALIPH) $30 million commitment will help the foundation to continue its vital work around the world 10th February 2022, India – His Highness Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan Al Saud, Saudi Minister of Culture, unveiled a $30 […]
36 Languages, more than 30,000 songs and End of an Era. Lata Mangeshkar’s death has left India mourning. The veteran singer was being treated for Covid-19 and pneumonia symptoms for over a month. Acclaimed singer Lata Mangeshkar breathed her last at Breach Candy Hospital, Mumbai on Sunday.Lata Mangeshkar recorded her first Hindi song called “Mata […]
Artist Wasim Kapoor, whose paintings breathed color into the dark emotions of pain, suppression, suffering, and loneliness, has died at age 71 in the city on Monday (24th January) following a massive cardiac arrest. He is survived by his two brothers, his sister-in-law, and niece, they said. The end came at around 11.30 am at […]
Comic characters ‘Bantul The Great’, ‘Handa Bhonda’, ‘Nonte Phonte’ have been the companion of several generations of teenagers growing up in West Bengal.Their creator and Padma Shri recipient Narayan Debnath passed away at 96 on Tuesday morning at a South Kolkata nursing home after a prolonged illness The Padma Shri awardee had been admitted in […]
The world just stopped dancing and India has lost a jewel today. Our heartfelt tributes to the Kathak Samrat, Padma Vibhushan Pandit Birju Maharaj Ji. An exponent of the Kalka-Bindadin gharana of Lucknow, he passed away in the early hours of Monday at the age of 83. He dominated the stage with a flick of […]
