Culture & Heritage
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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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Culture & Heritage
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Integrated Temple Management System (ITMS), Tamil Nadu

October 26, 2024
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ITMS is an integrated Portal that dynamically creates Bi-lingual Websites for all the 44,300+ Temples under HRCE Department, Government of Tamil Nadu for dissemination of Temples’ Information and enabled various Online Temple Services, Publishing of Temple Properties, Budget, day to day events etc. to the Public(G2C). Also Facilates the module

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Culture & Heritage
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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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Culture & Heritage
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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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Culture & Heritage
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Nobel Laureate Han Kang Declines Celebration Amid Wars in Ukraine and Gaza

October 25, 2024
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Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for her craft, the South Korean writer Han Kang was immediately faced with her sense of political responsibility. A writer is not an isolated being lost in the island of literature. She is a political being who lives in the midst of the world

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Culture & Heritage
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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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“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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Baba, Bollywood, Bishnoi and Brand Mumbai: How a Politician’s Murder Shook Mumbai’s Power Corridors

October 25, 2024
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In this photograph taken in July 2013, then Congress leader Baba Siddique is flanked by actors Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan at an Iftar party in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: PTI This story has all the elements of a crime thriller. Former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique (66) was killed

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Culture & Heritage
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The restless traveller: A vignette | A Bengali Story in Translation

October 25, 2024
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He was walking through an impassable thorny way. At one stage he turned back and saw millions of steadfast gazes fixed upon him. An incandescent lustre of seething excitement and expectation radiated from those gazes. It filled the traveller’s heart with an intoxicating pride. With a smile of profound satisfaction,

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Join with National Culture Fund

October 25, 2024
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National Culture Fund Encourages and Invites Participation and Collaboration in furthering the cause of preserving the rich and varied intangible heritage of our country. Let Us Join Hands to Preserve Our Ancient Glory for Posterity. Source link

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