The mere mention of Bharatnatyam will evoke images of sculpturesque poses and vivid expression of emotions, of dancers swaying to rhythmic Carnatic music. However, young and dynamic Bharatnatyam dancer Shashrek Ambardar lends a refreshing touch to one of India’s most-loved classical art forms by attempting a unique synthesis between Carnatic and Hindustani music s...
It was a poignant moment for Balamdina Ekka, widow of Lance Naik Albert Ekka, martyred in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War and awarded India's highest gallantry decoration, the Param Vir Chakra, as she visited her husband's burial site after 45 years and collected soil to take back home....
Thirty-eight-year-old Chef Anand George terms as "hugely successful" his 5,000 mile culinary journey from here to Cardiff in Wales. Not only does he run a hugely successfully eatery but also conducts cookery classes twice a month for four hours at a staggering 145 pounds (Rs.14,000/$210) per head - and has a six-month wai...
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a leading US think tank, has announced the launch of its sixth international centre to produce high-quality public policy research about critical national, regional, and global issues. Based in New Delhi, Carnegie India will open in April 2016 to join Carnegie's centres in Beijing, Beirut, Brussels, Moscow and Wa...
As an Indian diplomat in Karachi, Prabhu Dayal once had an opportunity to "break the ice" with two counter-intelligence agents tasked to tail him everywhere - like the little lamb that always followed Mary, though he notes the duo were "more like fearsome wolves"....
The moment we try to erase differences instead of accepting them, it creates problems. This is because human beings are programmed to differ and no two persons can be the same, said noted Denmark-based Indian writer Tabish Khair, whose latest book, "The New Xenophobia", has just been released....
The odd-even restrictions for cars being experimented with in New Delhi will not work to improve the national capital's air quality due to its geographical location and the long-range airmass floating in from north and northwestern India, says an Indian origin US professor who has been analyzing satellite data....
The verdict is out. Ban or no ban, India is watching more porn than ever. In 2015, India knocked out Canada to grab the third position - after the US and Britain - in visiting one of the world’s largest adult websites Pornhub....
Call it pre-election rhetoric or post Paris and St Bernardino paranoia, Indian students coming to the US have been caught in a bind, with many deported or denied entry for no fault of theirs....
Beautifully poignant coconuts trees swaying gently in the evening breeze aren't a rare sight in Goa as you drive along the coastal state. Only, according to a decision taken by the Goa government last week, the coconut tree is not a tree any more....