Journalist Antonio Cederna’s work to protect ancient Roman sites finds similarities with the efforts undertaken by residents and civil society groups to restore Delhi’s Sunder Nursery.
‘Seconds Before Coming' is written, directed, and performed by 26-year-old Rishika Kaushik. After performing it at Delhi's Oddbird theatre, she wants to stage it in people's houses.
Architect Rajeev Lunkad has chronicled the restoration project in his book, ‘Jal Mahal: Revival of the Pleasure Palace’. Lunkad unveiled the book at the Humayun’s Tomb Museum.
During the launch of Shantonu Sen’s ‘Corruption, CBI and I’, audience members raised concerns about the CBI’s increasing susceptibility to political influence.
‘With this English translation, the book will now reach the Western world,’ Gadkari said at the launch of Vishwas Patil’s ‘The Wild Warfront’, translated by Nadeem Khan.
Every craft goes through cycles of change. In the absence of documentation, newer craftspeople can lose touch with how their forefathers practiced their craft.
Gillian Wright said Alick Percy-Lancaster was the last British horticulturist in India to oversee the upkeep of Sunder Nursery. After him, it went into a ‘sleepy place for decades’.
Shankar recalled when a senior journalist shifted to a regional publication, unable to handle the internet. 'He only wanted to write with his pen. Reluctance to change has cost us dearly.'
We have failed terribly at two important things. One, we are reacting to this issue only emotionally, not logically. And two, we are not asking the right questions.
WhatsApp privacy policy case is among a string of matters involving practices like restrictive platform rules, pricing & billing policies, reflecting India’s tight scrutiny of market dominance.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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