We are determined to overcome the pandemic challenges: Vibrant Brampton architect Ricky Bajaj
Jul 22, 2020, at 01:45 am
This year’s annual event of Vibrant Brampton heritage festival from July 21 to Sep 3, to be presented by Arts & Culture Initiative of South Asia (ACISA), would present performances of more than 100 artists in a digital format, owing to the current COVID-19 pandemic. In an email interview to Asha Bajaj of Canadian-Media, ACISA co-founder and president Ricky Bajaj talks about the mission, vision, challenges during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Excerpts:
All monuments, including Taj Mahal and Red Fort, to open from July 6
Jul 02, 2020, at 10:10 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The government has decided to throw open the gates of all monuments across the country, including the world-famous Taj Mahal, from July 6, as the country gradually steps out of lockdown even as many states continue to clamp restrictions due to rising coronavirus cases.
Canada: South Asian Festival featuring arts, culture and music goes digital this year
Jun 13, 2020, at 03:05 am
Brampton/IBNS: The festivals of Arts & Culture Initiative of South Asia (ACISA) in Canada's Brampton will be presented digitally this year owing to the current COVID-19 pandemic.
The Pandemic in Pictures: Picxy gives you the Indian images
May 22, 2020, at 11:06 am
Hyderabad/IBNS: A time like nobody living today can remember, the coronavirus pandemic has forced the whole world to stay put under lockdown for months on end. Interestingly, this has also led to a huge surge of creation and consumption of content online. Churning out reams of writing is easy enough at this time, but how do you support it with photographs? A relatively young stock photos company, Picxy, may have the answer.
May 16, 2020, at 06:10 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: The Indian Performing Right Society Ltd (IPRS), the country’s only registered copyright society, said it has recently released an additional tranche of relief fund for its members.
'Mask A Thon': An online art contest for children organised by KNMA
May 11, 2020, at 07:32 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: If you are looking for an opportunity to engage your children during this lockdown crisis or want to showcase your kid's talent to the world, let them join the online art competition being hosted by the Dekhi-based Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA).
May 09, 2020, at 08:00 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The U.S. Consulate Kolkata in partnership with EMK Center Dhaka organized a virtual program titled ‘Encounters with Tagore’ today to mark Rabindranath Tagore’s 159th birth anniversary.
Eminent sitarist Pandit Partha Das passes away
May 09, 2020, at 06:48 pm
New Delhi: Sitarist Pt. Partha Das, who was credited with inventing Trishul Angik Talas enriching the Indian classical music, breathed his last at his residence in Delhi recently. He was 70.
New York-based Indian artist Zarina Hashmi no more
Apr 27, 2020, at 07:20 pm
London/UNI: New York-based Indian artist Zarina Hashmi, known as the proponent of the simple and minimalist art, passed away on Saturday at her niece's home in London, following a long illness, a family member confirmed the news. She was 83.
Kolkata-based humanitarian worker seeks survival package from Centre in open letter to PM Modi
Apr 14, 2020, at 10:43 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Amid the havoc economic crisis created by the novel Coronavirus pandemic in India, Sundeep Bhutoria, a Kolkata and Rajasthan-based individual associated with many national and international NGOs, in an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought a survival package 'at the earliest for the impoverished artisans, craftsmen and cultural workers of the country.'
Apr 08, 2020, at 07:22 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: An exhibition of Indian contemporary art, called 'Extension.India', scheduled to open at The State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, Russia, in June 2020 will now be postponed to March 2021.
Mar 31, 2020, at 06:20 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: At a time when social distancing has been declared significant in containing the spread of the deadly coronavirus, the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) has organised an online international art competition themed "United against CORONA- Express through Art" in a bid to connect the people across the world.
25th annual concert of Mentaid held in Kolkata
Mar 09, 2020, at 06:13 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The 25th annual concert of Mentaid was held at Madhusudan Mancha in the city last week.
KNMA and Lilavati Lalbhai Library organise a photography exhibition based on Madan Mahatta's works
Feb 24, 2020, at 04:49 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Kiran Nadar Museum of Art in association with Ahmedabad-based Lilavati Lalbhai Library is holding a special exhibition titled 'Delhi Modern: The Architecture of Independence seen through the eyes of Madan Mahatta' until February 28.
How Indians are responding to their love for mother tongue? ShareChat has some metrics
Feb 20, 2020, at 08:21 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: More than 30,000 UGC (user generated content) got created across 8 Indian languages with #MyMotherTongue #LoveMyLanguage ahead of the International Mother Language Day on Feb 21, according to social media platform ShareChat.
Ai Wei Wei sculpture celebrates pedal power, as Urban Forum continues in Abu Dhabi
Feb 13, 2020, at 09:27 am
New York/IBNS: “You can walk down to the sculpture,” said the guide, “or,” and he paused to pique interest, “you can use one of these new public bicycles and follow the bike lane.” He gestured enticingly at a row of brand new, green, semi-electric bicycles.
Bridging the gap between the artist and the public is one of the focus areas of Studio Artz Kolkata
Feb 12, 2020, at 01:32 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Studio Artz, an inclusive centre for learning art in Kolkata, recently presented an art exhibition, which showcased a variety of themes in multiple media.
Jogen Chowdhury and Goutam Ghose to steer socio-cultural city NGO The Bengal
Feb 11, 2020, at 06:57 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Eminent painter Jogen Chowdhury has taken charge as the President of The Bengal, a socio-cultural organisation, along with ace filmmaker Goutam Ghose as the Working President. Chowdhury stepped into the shoes of late litterateur Nabaneeta Dev Sen.
KNMA Delhi and STG Moscow present exhibition of contemporary Indian art in Russia
Feb 10, 2020, at 04:48 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Said to be the most extensive exhibition of Indian contemporary art to ever be presented, Extension.India, will open at the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow on June 17 and will be on view until September 6 2020.
111-ft long mural of Mahatma Gandhi unveiled at Metro Rail Bhawan
Feb 04, 2020, at 01:25 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: An 111-foot-long mural of ‘Mahatma Gandhi’ along with icons representing the cultural heritage of Bengal was unveiled at the Metro Rail Bhavan recently by Metro Railway General Manager Manoj Joshi in the presence of senior officers and staff.
Truth without any packaging, says Prosenjit about Lily Chakraborty's autobiography
Jan 28, 2020, at 04:40 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: ‘Ami Lily, the autobiography of veteran Bengali actress Lily Chakraborty, Is the bare truth, sans any packaging, according to popular Bengali actor Prosenjit Chatterjee.
How Gaurav Bhatia led Sotheby’s debut auction in India with great success
Jan 22, 2020, at 09:42 pm
Sotheby’s has been uniting collectors with world-class art work, since 1744. Expandingits operations from London to New York in 1955, it became the first international auction house to mark its presence across multiple countries.Known as one of the world's oldest auction houses, Sotheby’s boasts of an incredible global network of 80 offices in 40 countries.
UNICEF's International Children's Film Festival gives voice to rural kids against social evils
Jan 22, 2020, at 12:49 am
Malda, West Bengal/UNI: Children in West Bengal's Malda district have found a unique and powerful means to speak on their issues ranging from child marriage to gender equality.
The Bengal and Zubaan celebrate life of Nabaneeta Dev Sen, launch her book Chandrabati's Ramayan
Jan 17, 2020, at 08:26 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Launching her book Chandrabati's Ramayan in presence of eminent artists, The Bengal and Zubaan celebrated the life of writer and academician late Nabaneet Dev Sen at the ICCR Kolkata on Thursday.
Prabha Khaitan Foundation inks cultural collaboration with Sampad South Asian Arts & Heritage, UK
Jan 16, 2020, at 05:38 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Kolkata-based literary, performing arts and cultural organisation, Prabha Khaitan Foundation (PKF), and Sampad South Asian Arts & Heritage (Sampad), UK, recently formalised an agreement to collaborate and promote cultural exchanges and jointly organize events and cultural activities in India and Birmingham, UK.
Having musical family background is a blessing: Javed Ali
Jan 10, 2020, at 07:01 pm
Singer Javed Ali will be in Kolkata to perform in The Yellow Taxi Music Festival on Saturday. In an exclusive interaction with IBNS correspondent Souvik Ghosh, Ali speaks about the festival and much more about his musical journey
Prabha Khaitan Woman’s Voice Award 2019 shortlists emerging writers
Jan 05, 2020, at 01:19 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The Oxford Bookstore and Prabha Khaitan Foundation Woman’s Voice Award (PKWVA) recently announced the shortlist for the second edition of the Award. The winner for 2019 would be announced at a function on Jan 18 at the Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival (AKLF) 2020. Prabha Khaitan Foundation (PKF) and AKLF would be the co-presenters of PKWVA.
Slightly rose-tinted Hindu-Muslim unity in Nehruvian textbooks by Left: William Dalrymple
Dec 30, 2019, at 09:06 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Acclaimed historian and writer William Dalrymple has justified the right-wing assertions that after independence, the government had left the responsibility to manage the academics of the country to the left, who presented a rosy picture of Hindu-Muslim unity in the history books.
6 things about India only an Indophile would know
Dec 24, 2019, at 08:06 pm
An Indophile is someone who loves India. Its culture, its people, its languages, its natural beauty and India’s amazing cuisine. Scottish Historian like William Darlymple or the musician Jerry Garcia are well-known examples of Indophiles who breathe India.
Amitabh Bachchan to be honoured with 50th Dadasaheb Phalke Award today
Dec 21, 2019, at 04:51 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu will give Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan the prestigious 50th Dadasaheb Phalke Award on December 23.