5 Indian-Americans awarded 2020 Guggenheim fellowship

Five Indian-Americans have been awarded with a prestigious United States fellowship for their accomplishments and 'exceptional promise'.   Pradeep Sharma, mechanical engineer at the University......

The best currency note of the year... it's not India's

Prime Minister Narendra Modi may be nudging Indians towards a cashless economy, but everyone knows currency notes are never really going out go out of circulation. Among other aspects, the......

Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar passes away

Legendary musician Pandit Ravi Shankar passed awayin San Diego on Wednesday. He was 92. The musician was admitted to the Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla last Thursday after he complained of......

Wish Ravi Shankar on his 90th birthday

Ravi Shankar, the man who introduced the world to the delights of Indian classical music, turns 90 today. The sitar maestro, who broughthis melodious sounds to the shores of America in the 1960s,......

'I travel the world with a piece of bamboo'

'I will always cherish the fact that I received the first big award of my life, actually two, in the company of legends for an incredible collaboration.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Rakesh Chaurasia......

'How much more Indian can my film get?'

'These accusations of my film being a copy only makes our chances at the Academy harder.' Even as a raging debate eddies around him about whether his film, Chhello Show (Last Film Show), is a......

A Win For India: Ricky Kej Bags Grammy

Bengaluru musician Ricky Kej won his second Grammy Award on Sunday. He bagged the trophy for Divine Tides, along with rock 'n' roll legend Stewart Copeland, in the Best New Age Album category.......

The TOP HIGHLIGHTS: Oscars honours Irrfan

IMAGE: A TV grab of Irrfan being honoured at the Oscar ceremony. The 93rd Annual Academy Awards paid tributes to various artists across the globe, who passed away last year, for their significant......