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One Year of Gaza War | Shashi Tharoor Writes: What Qualifies as ‘Genocide’ Depends on Which Side You Are On

October 26, 2024
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Palestinians bid farewell to relatives at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, following an Israeli strike in the Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza, on October 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: Ahmad Salem/Bloomberg In his famous 1946 essay ‘Politics and the English Language’, George Orwell wrote about how language was being corrupted in

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Service List

October 26, 2024
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Who can apply for this Service?   The Application can be submitted by the following: Individual

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Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sports & Youth Affairs Department, Jharkhand

October 26, 2024
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Get service for Department of Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sports & Youth Affairs provides access to details such as Acts, Rules & Policies, Departmental Documents & Orders, Publications & Announcements, Schemes etc Source link

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Nobel Prize in Literature 2024: Is the Jury Set to Move Away From Choosing Yet Another Eurocentric, Male Writer?

October 26, 2024
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Since its creation, the Nobel Prize in Literature has been a Eurocentric, male affair. Of 120 laureates, only 17 have been women, with eight of them in the past 20 years. | Photo Credit: JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP The Nobel Prize in Literature has honoured predominantly Western writers since it was first

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O.P. Sharma Photography: Pioneering Indian Pictorialist’s Artistic Vision and Legacy | Retrospective Exhibition 1950s-1990s

October 26, 2024
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The first thing you saw at the retrospective titled “O.P. Sharma & the Fine Art of Photography: 1950s-1990s” (September 5 to October 3)—organised by the Alkazi Foundation for the Arts in collaboration with Art Heritage, at Shridharani Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi—was not a photograph. It was a watercolour,

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Ahead of Her Times: Freedom and Feminism As Seen Through Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay’s Eyes

October 25, 2024
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Autumn 1947, New Delhi. British rule in India had ended. Cyril Radcliffe had drawn a line dividing the subcontinent into two. In the violent Partition riots that ensued, half a million people died and 10 million fled. Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay arrived at the newly created Relief and Rehabilitation Secretariat in New

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Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT)

October 25, 2024
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The CCRT revitalizes the education system by promoting awareness of India’s diverse regional cultures among teachers, students, and administrators. It offers diverse training programs nationwide, including for special needs children, aiming to integrate cultural understanding into education effectively. Source link

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Apply for Seva Bhoj Yojana

October 25, 2024
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"""Seva Bhoj Yojna"" is a Central Sector Scheme initiated by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. Its aim is to alleviate the financial burden on charitable religious institutions that offer free Food/Prasad/Langar (Community Kitchen)/Bhandara to the public/devotees without discrimination, by reimbursing the Central Government’s share of Central Goods and

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Filmmakers Vikramaditya Motwane and Dibakar Banerjee are Playing a Tricky Game of Hide-And-Seek with Their Messages

October 25, 2024
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A subtle film is also a misunderstood film. While speaking to the director Vikramaditya Motwane at a Q&A session after a screening of Indi(r)a’s Emergency—his documentary on Indira Gandhi and the clamping of both freedom and sperm ducts under her and her son Sanjay Gandhi’s forceful thumb between 1975 and

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“Must See” Indian Heritage

October 25, 2024
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SQLSTATE[HY000] [2003] Can’t connect to MySQL server on ‘10.247.27.135’ (113) “Must See” Indian Heritage “Must See” Indian Heritage Archaeological Survey of India, Ministry of Culture has created the online portal for Indian Heritage Sites/Monuments “MUST SEE” List that features outstanding Indian Monuments and Archaeological Sites, under the protection of the

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