Gulzar, Sanskrit scholar Rambhadracharya selected for Jnanpith AwardRambhadracharya, the founder and head of Tulsi Peeth in Chitrakoot, is a renowned Hindu spiritual leader, educator and writer of more than ...
17 Feb, 2024, 07.12 PM IST
Marathi Language Day 2023: History, significance and wishes for the dayFebruary 27, 2023, is celebrated as Marathi Language Day in Maharashtra with fervour, let's read the reason behind the celebration and how ...
27 Feb, 2023, 12.12 PM IST
Anuradha Roy bags coveted Sahitya Akademi Award, 22 others fetedShe received the award for her book 'All The Lives We Never Lived'.
23 Dec, 2022, 03.13 PM IST
The Budget verse: Nirmala Sitharaman quotes Kashmiri poet Deena Nath Kaul, Tamil saint Avvaiyar, Kalidasa in 2 hr-plus speechSitharaman’s speech had a generous dose of poetry.
01 Feb, 2020, 04.43 PM IST
Sanskrit poet from Bengaluru honoured with presidential awardRajaraman is an allopathic doctor and holds a first rank with gold medal in MA Sanskrit.
22 Apr, 2019, 03.42 PM IST
Gujarat's Class XII textbook says Rama abducted SitaThe glaring mistake went unnoticed, initially but after being informed, the state board for school textbooks said it was a "translation err...
01 Jun, 2018, 11.40 AM IST
Mahadevi Varma: The activist, poet Google Doodle is celebrating todayBorn on March 26, 1907, Varma received the Jnanpith Award on this date in 1982.
27 Apr, 2018, 10.15 AM IST
Modi's five poetic jibes at CongressPM Modi's verses would resonate with the masses in the poll-bound Uttar Pradesh which has a large audience for Sanskrit and Hindi poetry
07 Feb, 2017, 03.44 PM IST
IFFI picks film 'Priyamanasam' rejected by KeralaPriyamanasam, a Sanskrit movie recently rejected for allegedly promoting Hindutva, will be exhibited as the inaugural film in the Indian pa...
04 Nov, 2015, 04.21 AM IST
IFFI selects Sanskrit film rejected by Kerala as openerPriyamanasam, a Sanskrit movie recently rejected for the International Film Festival of Kerala for allegedly promoting Hindutva, will be ex...
03 Nov, 2015, 08.42 PM IST
Novelist Sudhir Kakar reignites poet Bhartrihari's loveSet in seventh-century city Ujjayini, the book "The Devil Take Love", is a detailed research work about Bhartrihari, arguably the best Sans...
12 Jul, 2015, 12.11 PM IST
Meet Venetia Ansell, a Sanskrit translator and publisher with her roots in LondonVenetia Ansell has gone on to become one of the few experts of an ancient language that has given birth to many others in India.
29 Apr, 2015, 10.24 AM IST
Padma awards: Rajinikanth, Rohit Shetty shortlisted but didn't make the cutBaba Ramdev, actor Rajinikanth and Bollywood directors Rajkumar Hirani and Rohit Shetty were among the 1,897 names recommended for Padma aw...
27 Apr, 2015, 11.17 AM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets people on Maharishi Valmiki JayantiBhupinder Singh Hooda also greeted the people of the state on the occasion and asked them to follow the path shown by Maharishi Valmiki.
08 Oct, 2014, 03.36 PM IST
Kanchipuram tops in foreign tourist arrivals in Tamil NaduKanchipuram district, home to many heritage temples with stunning architecture, attracted 8,05,983 Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in 2013.
21 Sep, 2014, 02.36 PM IST
Practical benefitsAn insight into some of the great writings, including particular scriptures, would convince that these have been evolved to guide humanity ...
02 May, 2011, 05.12 AM IST
Turn loss into gainThe little finger is called Anamika thanks to the unfazed genius of the Sanskrit poet. He allegedly ran out of epithets while naming the fi...
10 Mar, 2011, 03.25 AM IST