Culture

  Thiruvananthapuram: Consul General of Israel for South India, Orli Weitzman, visited Natyaveda College of Performing Arts in Thiruvananthapuram and held extensive discussions on cultural cooperation and artistic exchange between India and Israel during her interaction with the institution’s leadership. During the visit, Orli Weitzman met Sony Kalamandalam and Sundar Malayil, who lead and manage […]

Chennai, June 11 (BPNS) The International Association of Tamil Research (IATR) has said that it would organize the 11th World Tamil Research Conference in Sharjah in July 2023. The IATR in a statement on Saturday said that the meeting also called International Conference- Seminar on Tamil Studies will focus on the challenges faced by the Tamil […]

Arun Lakshman/ Chennai The transgender community has a natural flair for dance and music and to help them provide professional training in dance, a school exclusively for the transgender community has started functioning in Chennai. The dance school is an initiative of the Sri Sathya Sai Orphanage Trust, Kerala, and Sahodaran  Foundation an NGO working […]

Thiruvananthapuram, June 5 (IANS) Najiya Navas, a graduate from the state capital has entered the India Book of records by drawing pictures using the Warli painting unique for the tribal community of North Sahyadri Range in Maharashtra. A Warli painting of her of  5 -inch in length and breadth fetched her the India book of […]

Chennai, May 12 (BPNS)  K. Hariharan (48) a businessman in Kancheepuram district was on the way to meet a doctor for consultation with his wife, on May 10, when he suddenly developed chest pain and fainted, and died. After his death, his parents, 80-year-old retired teacher Karunakaran and Sivakami (72) were inconsolable and after a […]

By Aishik Chanda Kolkata, Apr 19 (PTI) India, especially West Bengal could deepen its people-to-people ties with neighbour Bangladesh, said Ambassador Riva Ganguly Das, former Secretary-East in the Ministry of External Affairs, while pointing out that in the official domain, collaboration between the two governments had been strengthened significantly in all areas, in recent years. Ganguly […]