Bharatanatyam dancer and teacher Ranee Ramaswamy, 60,has been nominated by United States President Barack Obama as a member to the National Council of Arts, a key administration position.Ramaswamy......
Some 300 New Yorkers will gather at Christie's and listen to a speech by New York's Senator, Hillary Rodham Clinton and an introduction by the United Nations Undersecretary General Shashi Tharoor......
The Delhi high court has asked a single judge to determine afresh the value of the ancestral house of Salman Rushdie at Civil Lines in Delhi which the globally renowned writer's father had agreed......
As he struggles in hospital, I wonder why anyone, especially someone who was not even born when The Satanic Verses was published, would want to harm a 75-year-old man and a literary treasure,......
So, how does Pompeo's check list look like?In a broad sense, he is coming here 'to make sure that we have economic openness'; to ensure that 'we have to deliver'; to understand that 'we have to......
Newcomers leave their mark on the Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival, reports Arthur J Pais. Two young cousins who meet at a family wedding play hide-and-seek, but the real search......
On November 11, it seemed as if all the stars from the Indian film industry -- the unique faces of the India's independent cinema, had descended upon New York City and the Paris Theatre. ......
TheIndo-American Arts Council brought in the Oscars with a fun party in New York. The Oscar Winners In the foreground is IAAC Executive Director Aroon Shivdasani. Also seen was Manu Narayan......
Award-winning director Shyam Benegal was at the Mahindra Indian Indo-American Arts Council film festival in New York. An advertising executive and filmmaker, Benegal has made socially relevant......
Actress Nandita Das, author Salman Rushdie and director Mira Nair huddled in a corner of a crowded restaurant, across the street from the Museum of Modern Art, New York, on a mellow Sunday evening.......