Home to more than 200 tribes, the North East is one of the most diverse areas of India. It is not surprising then that the stalls from the North-Eastern states, exhibiting a wide range of products, form the pride of place in the ‘Aadi Mahotsav’ currently underway at Dilli Haat in New Delhi.

Kinnar Akhara, a group of transgender saints pursuing religious activities has emerged as a very significant feature at Prayagraj Kumbh.

Prayagraj Kumbh has attracted people from all walks of life in big numbers.

A doyen of Manipuri dance Rajkumar Singhajit Singh has been selected for the Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony. He has distinguished himself both as an outstanding teacher, performer and choreographer.

Ministry of Minority Affairs organized a ‘Mushaira’ based on the theme of teachings and principles of Mahatma Gandhi at Dr. Ambedkar International Centre in New Delhi, as part of Center’s decision to commemorate 150th Birth Anniversary of Bapu.

New Delhi: Ministry of Minority Affairs is organizing ‘Mushairas’, based on the themes of teachings and principles of Mahatma Gandhi, across the country as a part of the Modi Government’s decision to commemorate 150th Birth Anniversary of the Father of the Nation.

London: The world's best stand-up comedians - household names including Kevin Hart, Amy Schumer, Jimmy Fallon, Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfield, Ricky Gervais, Eddie Murphy and many more - are likely to die than comedic and dramatic screen and stage actors, according to a lstudy published in the International Journal of Cardiology.

Washington: Oscar-winning Actress Jennifer Lawrence made headlines last year after penning an essay about the gender wage gap in Hollywood. Actress Robin Wright, star of the hit TV show "House of Cards" recently spoke out about demanding to be paid the same as her co-star on the series, actor Kevin Spacey. Actor Chris Evans, star of the popular "Captain America" film franchise, even discussed Hollywood's gender wage gap during his most recent publicity tour.

Art flows into circles and points, whirligigs of splashes and permeating ideas. Permutations can be figurative or abstract, seminal or a flashback to rankle a perception. Depiction on multifarious mediums gets evocative. The mention of organic fibre sculpture rattlesone’s imagination. But that’s what Mrinalini Mukherjee achieved - entwining with hemp fibres and sisal ropes in a maverick way with expansive areas of vegetation, flora and fauna to bimorphic elements and temple structures. Mrinalini passed away the same week her retrospective took off at the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi. Now it is a tapestry of history circumscribing a father-daughter era. Her father Benod Behari Mukherjee stood the vanguard of contextual modernism who brought the murals into Indian distinction. The father-daughter saga is symptomatic of the Indian art scene spanning nine decades that saw the art locus traverse a trajectory through both time and space.

Chicago: The world may not be ready for this, but astrology has a pulse in Britain's House of Commons, where Conservative MP David Tredinnick fearlessly serves on both the health committee and the science and technology committee as an open advocate for the ancient art.