Monkey who paints wows Canada

Monkey who paints wows Canada

It's not quite the Planet of the Apes. A painting monkey in Ontario is taking the Canadian art world by storm. ...
05:16 PM, Dec 07, 2011

Pak arrests Indian monkey for crossing border

Pak arrests Indian monkey for crossing border New Delhi: Pakistan arrested a monkey, for crossing the Indian border in Bahawalpur on Monday, according to reports. A report in Pakistani daily 'The Express Tribune' said that locals tried to catch the monkey, but failed to do so. The report said that the residents of the area informed the wildlife officials, who managed to capture the monkey. The monkey was later placed at the Bahawalpur Zoo and has been...
08:08 PM, Dec 05, 2011

Rahman to compose for Hollywood's 'Ramayana'

Rahman to compose for Hollywood's 'Ramayana' Los Angeles: Oscar-winner A R Rahman, Gurinder Chadha and Paul Berges are coming together for director Kevin Lima's Bollywood-style animated musical adventure 'Monkeys of Mumbai'. Lima, who directed Disney's animated 'Tarzan' before turning to the live-action hits like '102 Dalmations' and 'Enchanted', has signed on to helm Dream Works Animation's new project, whose story is somewhat similar to the great Indian epic the Ramayana. The movie centers around a man...
02:01 PM, Jul 23, 2011
Monkey from 'Hangover 2' steals the show

Monkey from 'Hangover 2' steals the show

A behind the scenes look at the scene-stealing monkey in the blockbuster comedy, 'The Hangover Part II'. ...
12:03 PM, May 30, 2011

Rahman's music for 'Monkeys of Bollywood'

Rahman's music for 'Monkeys of Bollywood' Titled Monkeys of Bollywood, the film based in Mumbai revolves around two monkeys who try to stop an ancient demon from conquering the world. The movie is said to be inspired by Indian epic Ramayana, reports variety.com. Chadha and her husband Paul Berges will produce the DreamWorks project. "Excited about entering the world of Dreamworks animation...!(sic)," Rahman posted on his Twitter. Broadway lyricist Stephen Schwartz is also attached to it....
12:40 PM, Jan 13, 2011

Classic Chinese tale to get 3D film treatment

Classic Chinese tale to get 3D film treatment Beijing: Monkey King, meet Avatar. Production has kicked off on a stereoscopic 3-D version of one of the biggest-ever Chinese language adventure tales as local filmmakers hope to match the gigantic success of "Avatar." The film, "Monkey King," is based on the classic Chinese novel "The Journey to the West," which tells the story of a Buddhist monk's pilgrimage to India to collect religious texts. One of the best-known stories...
04:00 PM, Dec 14, 2010

Man Asian Literary Awards: 6 Indians long-listed

Man Asian Literary Awards: 6 Indians long-listed A panel of distinguished international critics and writers will judge the 2010 Man Asian Literary Prize. The judges are acclaimed novelist Monica Ali, prominent critic, Harvard literary authority Homi Bhabha, and award-winning writer Hsu-Ming Teo. Judges announced writers from Japan, China, India and the Philippines in the long-list for the 2010 Man Asian Literary Prize. Japanese writer, Kenzaburo Oe, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1994 also amongst...
07:42 PM, Dec 13, 2010

Book Talk: Bangalore author Usha KR looks beyond IT

Book Talk: Bangalore author Usha KR looks beyond IT New Delhi: For many people, the city of Bangalore, also known as Bengaluru, conjures up an image of a metropolis that plays host to the headquarters of some of the world's biggest software companies. But dubbing Bangalore 'the Silicon Valley of India' has started to irritate local residents and even those who have made it their home as they argue the Karnataka capital is much more than just an IT...
12:27 PM, Sep 02, 2010
Kerala ministers turn up for monkey's final journey

Kerala ministers turn up for monkey's final journey

Monkeys living in Kerala temple are considered guests of the local deity. ...
04:48 PM, Dec 29, 2009

Nothing webby, Indian spiderman draws tourists

Nothing webby, Indian spiderman draws tourists Jyothiraju lists in the must-watch list of tourist attractions in Karnataka. ...
11:36 AM, Aug 01, 2009
Bangalore builds a temple for dead monkey

Bangalore builds a temple for dead monkey

Vidhana Souda built a temporary shrine for a deceased pregnant monkey. ...
01:18 PM, Jun 28, 2009

Monkey urinates on Zambian president

Monkey urinates on Zambian president President Rupiah Banda was speaking to journalists at a news conference. ...
08:39 PM, Jun 24, 2009

Himachal voters make monkey menace a big poll issue

Himachal voters make monkey menace a big poll issue Shimla: The incarnation of god Hanuman for some, but crop destroyers and a big nuisance for farmers, monkeys are turning out to be a major election issue in Himachal Pradesh this time. The issues are simple: Are monkeys friends or foes? Are they not an invasive pest species? Why has the state government not framed a long-term policy to control the menace so far? "Every election brings a ray of...
12:18 PM, Mar 30, 2009
Following India's most dangerous primate species

Following India's most dangerous primate species

Meet a monkey doctor who is saving the species in a tiny pocket of forests. ...
09:43 PM, Feb 14, 2009