Lucknow: When Begum Akhtar conducted classes at the Marris College of Music (now known as Bhatkhande Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya), the narrow lanes outside the historic Nawabi-era Pari Khana building in ...

Among the major draws are Bullah Ki Jaana singer Rabbi Shergill, Manganiyar folk artist Mame Khan singing Bollywood hits, among others.

For decades, women known as gaanewalis shaped the worlds of thumri, dadra and ghazal, carrying these semi-classical forms through mehfils, salons and royal courts. Curated by Avanti Patel and directed ...

NEW DELHI (IANS) – One of India’s most creative chefs who put nawabi Lucknow’s Dum Pukht cuisine on the world map, and also became the first practicing member of his fraternity to ever get a Padma ...

At the Serendipity Arts Festival’s tenth edition in Goa, percussionist and curator Bickram Ghosh advanced a compelling cultural argument—that tradition survives not by standing still, but by learning ...

Titled 'Stars Shine', the exhibition is being hosted at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), an autonomous institution under the Ministry of Culture.

MUMBAI, (IANS) – Nearly four decades before Madhuri Dixit (courtesy Alka Yagnik) in “Tezaab” (1988), she had already made the nation count “Ek do teen…” in Raj Kapoor’s “Awara” (1951) at her career’s ...

Is there another Seema Haider in Uttar Pradesh? Police have arrested a Bangladeshi woman Reena Begum and her husband Rashid Ali, who were living illegally in Mandi Dhanaura, Amroha, on Thursday.

Oxfam GB’s boss has left the organisation after an independent review identified "serious issues in the chief executive's leadership behaviour and her decision-making, including breaches of ...

"I hope Bangladesh become a force in the coming T20 World Cup" • Dhaka Capitals Shoaib Akhtar wants to pass on a few tricks to Bangladeshi fast bowlers in his first stint in the Bangladesh Premier ...

The chief executive of Oxfam GB has been forced out by the charity's board after an independent review found "serious issues" with her behaviour and decision making. Dr Begum had faced accusations of ...