New Delhi: Literature, the soul of cultural exchange, is giving conventional diplomacy a run for its space in South Asia with the mushrooming literary festivals that are provoking, discussing and building new bridges across cultures. Five major literature festivals - the Jaipur Literature Festival, Mountain Echoes in Bhutan, the Kathmandu Literary Yatra, the Galle Literary Festival in Sri lanka and the Karachi Literature Festival - which have been showcasing literature...
10:45 AM, May 28, 2012
New Delhi: A new study by UK-based medical journal Lancet has found that seven per cent of anti-malarial drugs tested in India are of poor quality and many are fake. The study goes on to say that 1 in every 3 anti-malarial drugs sold in southeast Asia are also fake. Researchers analysed data based on 1400 drug samples in five classes from seven Southeast Asian countries to reach to this...
10:11 AM, May 23, 2012
Washington: Having doubled its population in the last decade, Indian-Americans have emerged as a powerful political group in the US that the Republican and the Democratic parties cannot ignore in a presidential election year. According to 2010 census, more than 11.54 lakh Indian-Americans are eligible to vote as against 5.76 lakhs in 2000, said a report released by two American NGOs -- South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT) and Asian...
10:19 PM, Mar 11, 2012
New Delhi: Cultural ties between India and Britain received a new boost with leading London-based literary agency Tibor Jones and the prestigious Foyles Bookstore honouring two emerging south Asian fiction writers, Sri Kumar Sen and Rohit Manchanda, with the maiden Tibor Jones South Asia Prize. The prizes, to be given annually, were awarded to the writers on the strength of their unpublished manuscripts, "A Place in the Mind" by Rohit...
07:13 PM, Jan 18, 2012
Washington: In 10 years from 1995 to 2005, the military expenditure in South Asia increased by 50 per cent, and one in every 10 military personnel in the world are in this part of the globe, a US report has said. "From 1995 to 2005, the military expenditures of the states of South Asia appear to have risen about 50 per cent in absolute terms and about 23 per cent...
11:11 AM, Jan 11, 2012
Saurabh Dube's 'Handbook of Modernity in South Asia' is a significant contribution to the study of modernity and globalization in South Asia. The book has contributions by well-known historians and anthropologists. Combining a variety of disciplines and perspectives, the handbook interprets modernity as a contradictory process and probes its history. Some of the essays stand out. Ajay Skaria in his discussion on Gandhi raises important questions on faith and reason,...
06:32 PM, Jan 05, 2012
New York: 'Greater Elephant', a film produced by Pallavi Rohtagi, received the Best Jury Award at the South Asian International Film Festival (SAIFF) here. Directed by Srinivas Sunderrajan, the comedy is about lost elephant in a big city wiht sub-plots talking about lost childhood, skeptical society and about one's search for self. Hussain Dalal, Naveen Kaushik, Saunskruti Kher, Rajiv Mishra, Shreyas Pandit, Shashi Nambiar feature in the cast of the...
05:41 PM, Dec 27, 2011
Washington: Nancy J Powell, a career diplomat with wide experience in South Asia, has been named by US President Barack Obama as the next ambassador to India, the first woman to be nominated for the coveted post. 64-year-old Powell would replace Timothy J Roemer, who resigned from his post in April 2011 following a two-year stint as US envoy to India, after going through a confirmation process by the Senate....
09:09 AM, Dec 17, 2011
New Delhi: Postponing the South Asian Games from October next year to 2013 and scrapping all the newly-formed committees were some of the major decisions taken by the Indian Olympic Association's General Body after a meeting here. The South Asian Games, earlier scheduled to be held in India in October, were postponed to February 2013 largely because of logistical reasons. The General Body meeting, which turned out to be quite...
05:35 PM, Dec 16, 2011
New Delhi: In the midst of the focus on the Maldives SAARC summit, CNN-IBN has found that the South Asia University, set up at a cost of $ 70 million, is in a pathetic state. The Delhi-based university has no campus, no hostel and is struggling with curriculum. According to former faculty members, the curriculum was designed after courses were started. University officials also confirmed that proper entrance exams were...
06:21 PM, Nov 11, 2011
New Delhi: Debutant director Shubh Mukherjee says he is thrilled to learn that his Shakal Pe Mat Jaa will be premiered at the South Asian International Film Festival (SAIFF) in New York Nov 9-15. "We are absolutely thrilled to have our film as a part of such a prestigious event. It feels great that all the hard work is finally paying off. (Actor) Saurabh Shukla and I will be there...
06:32 PM, Nov 06, 2011
New Delhi: The shortlist for the prize celebrating the best writing on South Asia is announced. The jury for this years $ 50,000 prize includes renowned literary figures Dr Alastair Niven, Dr Fakrul Alam, Faiza S Khan and Marie Brenner. Ira Pande, chairperson of the jury said, The task before the jury was not easy; the main hurdle was how to sift the clever and stylish from the real and...
03:31 PM, Oct 25, 2011
New Delhi: A new biography of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, written by a non-resident Indian and with a foreword by Mikhail Gorbachev, casts new and intimate light on her life through exclusive interviews with members of the Congress party, political opponents and family friends. The 268-page book, Sonia Gandhi: An Extraordinary Life, An Indian Destiny is written by NRI Rani Singh, a former senior British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) journalist. It...
06:15 PM, Oct 11, 2011
Panaji: South Asian Film Festival (SAFF) began here today with the screening of movie Kashmir ki Kali which was shown as a special tribute to late Shammi Kapoor. The festival was declared open by Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat in the presence of Randhir Kapoor and Rajeev Kapoor, the scion of the Kapoor family, and representatives of South Asian countries. The four-day festival is expected to screen 50 movies from...
05:25 PM, Sep 16, 2011
New Delhi: The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature has announced the longlist for the 2012 prize. The longlist for the prestigious $ 50,000 prize selects the finest writing from or focusing on South Asia. This includes both established and debut writers, as well as three translated works. The Prize is now in its second year, with the inaugural prize last year being won by HM Naqvi for his debut...
03:37 PM, Sep 14, 2011
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