From humble beginnings in Assam to becoming a household name in the plywood industry in India,…
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Gondhali folk art: What we know
What is Gondhali art form? Gondhali is a folk art that involves singing and narration of…
Venkappa Ambaji Sugatekar: Veteran Gondhali artiste who infuses modernism into a medieval art form
Venkappa Ambaji Sugatekar is a Gondhali artist based in Bagalkot. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT It is…
Author, storyteller Malti Joshi passes away: Family sources
Veteran author and storyteller, and a Padma Shri recipient Malti Joshi passed away here on May…
Meet Padma Shri Awardee Who Is Selling Veggies For His Poll Campaign
Padma Shri awardee S Damodaran is contesting as an independent candidate from Tiruchirappalli. Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu:…
A dictionary, with the purpose of saving a Bengal language from dying
A language spoken by barely 1,600 people living in parts of West Bengal bordering Bhutan is to get…
Meet Rajinder Gupta, who built ₹17,000 cr empire from earning ₹130 per day
Dubbed “Punjab’s Dhirubhai Ambani” for creating a conglomerate worth ₹17,000 crore, Rajinder Gupta is now a…
Cyrus Broacha explains why men thought of the concept of marriage
Satheesh Vellinezhi | Photo Credit: Satheesh Vellinezhi People, I’m going to have to say it again.…
‘So proud of my Peddanna’: SS Rajamouli on MM Keeravani’s Padma Shri award
Ram Gopal Varma’s hugely successful 1991 film Kshan Kshanam introduced MM Keeravani. Keeravani was awarded the…