Sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan, who has enthralled audiences all across the globe with his mellifluous music, is concerned that people are today more interested in fusion than pure classical music. “Today people are more interested to see collaborations. Why are people more interested in fusion, what is the reason and why is it happening? It is a very big …

Dubai, UAE – February 24, 2016 – A bag of rice weighing 550 kilograms has entered the Book of World Records for being the heaviest bag of rice; the rice bag of India Gate Classic Basmati Rice brand has achieved the feat at the annual 4-day food and hospitality trade show being held in Dubai. Photo: KRBL director Priyanka Mittal. KRBL …

Bollywood’s Khalnayak Sanjay Dutt is the latest example of the fact that life of Bollywood stars is not a bed of roses. Many B-Town biggies have gone through a dark phase in their lives and have even served time in jail. While Sanjay Dutt and Salman Khan are most talked about actors who were behind the bars, there are few …

Art is as simple and as complicated as you make it, quite literally. So, on our visit to Anu Singh’s art exhibition at the Government Museum and Art Gallery, Sector 10, Chandigarh what stood out as a solitary overwhelming experience was the fact that Anu’s paintings were inspired by nature. Of course there are many artists who paint nature, but …

Even if you do not sweat it out in the gym very morning, swapping out just a few minutes of sedentary time with some sort of movement can help you live longer, suggests new research. In the study involving over 3,000 people aged 50 to 79, the researchers found that the least active people were five times more likely to …

Each canvas draws a comparison between the simple life left behind in small towns and the urbanised, mechanical existence we’ve carved for ourselves. Nails of Time, the exhibition of paintings and installations by Ram Partap, is a walk down the memory lane only to come to terms with reality that surrounds us. Although captions would have helped, several symbolic elements …

A team of US researchers including an Indian-origin scientist has formulated a new method that can predict with 70 percent accuracy the likelihood that your tweets — that are part of an ongoing debate or a movement — will become part of a larger and even violent protest later. The study from researchers at Arizona State University, Texas A&M University …

कैसे ये मासूम पाखी तूफान से टकराएंगे आंधियों में किस तरह लौट कर घर आएंगे इन की हिम्मत में है जोखिम से खेलना जोखिमों से खेलते एक दिन मर जाएंगे गमलों में ये बदबू सी क्यों आने लगी बदल दो पानी वरना पेड़ सब मर जाएंगे दूध सांपों को क्या पिलाएं इस साल बांबियों में नहीं, संसद की गली मुड़ …

हंसी रेशमी अधरों वाली सजीसंवरी थी प्रातें बिसरा मन का सूनापन पाई थीं सतरंगी सौगातें तनहा सी एक दुपहरी में आए थे बादल मंडराते भर अंक में की थी तुम ने स्नेह की निर्झर बरसातें ढलती थी सांझ सुरमई पलपल प्यार को पाते बातें करते कट जाती थीं महकी चहकी वो रातें किस से कहते – कैसे कहते मीत तुम्हारी …

Publisher: Vintage Books/Random House India Pages: 345 Price: Rs.399 The Lal Masjid stand-off in 2007 after abduction of some Chinese citizens and the bloody clearing-up operation was a watershed for Pakistan, triggering open conflict between Islamist extremists and security forces, a wave of suicide attacks and sending the economy plummeting. But an aspect less considered is the Chinese role in …