The researchers studied a curved single-edged sword called shamsheer which was probably used in battles. The 75-centimeter-long sword from the Wallace Collection in London was made in India in the late 18th or early 19th century....
Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley Monday said India must have a formal war history for every child to read, calling for digitisation of such books and other knowledge products in view of the widely popular digital media....
A poll conducted among 11,000 people across 24 cities says that the British accent is the most attractive in the world, a media report said Monday....
Can a city develop a characteristic, exclusive literary style? A long-standing convention divides the Urdu ghazal tradition into "Dabistan-e-Dehli" and "Dabistan-e-Lakhnau" or Delhi and Lucknow schools, each with an array of poets and devoted adherents - and fierce critics. The role of both the cities in Urdu literature is beyond disput...
Bollywood heartthrob Ranbir Kapoor and filmmaker Imtiaz Ali Friday released a book of poetry “Ek Maheena Nazmon Ka†written by their friend, lyricist Irshad Kamil....
British author Jeffrey Archer will give the capital a miss when he heads out for a five-city tour of India to promote his new book in March, his publishers said Friday....
An original analysis of who was responsible for Mahatma Gandhi's death, a reader-friendly guide spanning 40 years of the cricket World Cup and getting to know the incredible geography of India - the IANS book stack this weekend is a power house of information. Take a look. ...
Study of the Crusades - "the first big clash of civilisations" - is still relevant in a world where religious conflict still rages and Western armies recently intervened in the Middle East, says a scholar who seeks to overturn the millennium-old, West-centric view of their origins....
The global economic slowdown did restrict "impulsive buyers" from splurging at the four-day India Art Fair (IAF) but it didn't defuse the enthusiasm of the national and international galleries from participating in the annual event, despite not generating enough sales. For the majority, participation is a way of educating people in contemporar...
Shakespeare’s love story, Romeo and Juliet will be staged at the Access Theater in Tribeca, New York on February 6 and runs through February 22. Produced by the Hypokrit Theatre Company, founded by Arpita Mukherjee and Shubhra Prakash, two award winning theatre professionals, the drama is set in New Delhi, but the characters speak Shakespe...
