Most important cultural resource India needs to protect is its pluralism: Gopalkrishna Gandhi"The most important cultural resource of India which it has to protect and which it has to foster and to offer to the world is the legacy o...
15 Sep, 2022, 11.16 AM IST
On display at Asia Society Museum: A 60-foot M.F. Husain painting named 'Lightning'The painting depicts horses, one of Husain's favourite subjects.
22 Mar, 2019, 11.14 AM IST
Global support for saving Hall of Nations, Nehru PavilionInternational organisations have written to ministry of commerce to save two buildings claiming they represented 20th century iconic struct...
14 Sep, 2016, 11.05 AM IST
Natural history museums must now tell more about climate change, biodiversity and human-wildlife coexistenceThe fires in Delhi and Kolkata have been traumatic, but if they can shake museum curators away from the old displays, they might still serv...
30 Apr, 2016, 04.17 AM IST
India seeks to be maritime, international trade power: President Pranab MukherjeeMukherjee said he has been informed that the next phase of this project is the 'Spice Route Initiative' which will explore international co...
27 Feb, 2016, 04.38 PM IST
Drug abuse causing alarm in some parts of the country: Rajnath SinghHome Minister Rajnath Singh today said drug abuse in some parts of the country is causing an alarm and youths should be protected from it.
17 Sep, 2015, 06.38 PM IST
BJP mulls giving 'contemporary' look to Nehru Memorial Museum & Library; Congress labels idea crazyThere will be less and less of Nehru in Delhi’s iconic Nehru Museum, dedicated for decades to the life and work of India’s first prime mini...
02 Sep, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
- Chilika bird census today
The annual bird census in Chilika will be carried out on Sunday by wildlife wing of the forest department.Besides wildlife staff, several e...
12 Jan, 2014, 01.15 AM IST
Jaipur, Indore and Kolkata: Popular business-cum-leisure destination optionsShopping is what may attract most people here but the night desert safaris, cuisine and hospitality befitting royalty is a blissful experie...
18 Jul, 2013, 03.43 AM IST
Indian-American Vishakha Desai appointed to key administrative postThe name of the prominent Indian American, who is also president of global non-profit organisation Asia Society, figured in the list of app...
21 Nov, 2012, 02.32 PM IST
- Indian-American appointed to key administrative post
Desai has been a visiting professor at various universities, and was an assistant and associate professor at the University of Massachusett...
21 Nov, 2012, 07.57 AM IST
Asia Society's India-born President and CEO Vishakha Desai stepping downVishakha Desai, who has advised President Barack Obama on India related issues, is stepping down as President and CEO after 22 years.
10 May, 2012, 10.33 AM IST
- Dholavira: A magnificent reminder of ancient civilisation
Perched on a landlocked island, Dholavira is a magnificent reminder of the ancient civilisation that flourished millennia ago in India.
29 Mar, 2012, 05.29 AM IST
Private initiatives to support the musesIn India, the few government museums don’t enjoy that popularity. Neither are they armed with adequate funds to spruce up or add to their c...
24 Jan, 2010, 12.42 AM IST
- Museum shows, a definite tourist magnet
India has not realised that museums can be a wonderful way to showcase culture and also atrract tourists.
29 May, 2008, 11.13 AM IST
- Asian art auctions may fetch $136.4 mn in NY
Chinese rhinoceros horn cups and gilded Buddhas have been unfashionable among collectors of Asian art for decades. But with the recent fren...
16 Mar, 2007, 12.00 AM IST
- Arts Trust sets up institute in city
The Mumbai-based The Arts Trust, which has been known for its online exhibits and its close association with Tina Ambani’s Harmony art show...
17 Jan, 2007, 03.16 AM IST