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Can Rouhani’s Iran be a healing to us (the US)
‘Iran’ ,’yeah, that fundamentalist country’, ’a country where women have no rights’, ‘a country that tries to wipe Israel from the globe’, ‘the new Nazis’. These are the major responses to any utterance of the word ‘Iran’. This is the popular western image of Iran. Iran, an Islamic country, was always in the forefront against […]
Lifting the Ban on Headscarf: A Paradigm Shift
Turkish Prime Minister recently announced a package of proposals that include lifting the ban on wearing of Islamic headscarves- a ban that barred women from wearing the Islamic-style headscarf in state institutions, part of the government’s long-awaited package of proposed human-rights reforms. Muslim Turkey, mostly following secular conventions in most walks of life, to the […]
IIC to host Annual Art Festival
Delhi is about to celebrate the arrival of the Festive Season, which highlights arts and cultures of countries across the world. It includes music, dance and food festival. The Festival at the India International Centre focuses on dance, music, theatre and films, hold discussions, exhibitions and highlight World Cuisine. It is expected that south Korea, […]
Jaipur Is About to witness Art Fest
The Jaipur Art Summit (JAS) will be held from November 7 to 11 in the Pink City, JAS chairperson Timmie Kumar told reporters. “In an attempt to give contemporary Indian art a creative stage, we planned to hold the event, which is a collective effort by the Progressive Artists Group of Rajasthan and a few […]
Scottish people to witness the exquisiteness of Indian Music
The Celtic Connections Music Festival that is held in Glasgow, Scotland every year and which draws an audience of over 100,000 people, will partner with India this time. This years’s festival that will take place from January 16 to February 2, which in the past had featured Bob Geldof, Snow Patrol, and The Mavericks perform, […]
Federal Government Returns Indictment Against Indian Diplomat Devyani Khobragade
The U.S government has once again indicted the Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade, whose recent arrest and strip search drew international attention and ignited a row and an eventual standoff between India and the United States. Khobragade faces arrest if she returns to the United States, federal prosecutors said on Friday. The new indictment comes just […]
AR Rahman to compete at Europe Music Awards
Oscar-winning singer A.R. Rahman has been nominated by MTV India to represent the country in the Best Worldwide Act Category at the upcoming MTV Europe Music Awards (EMA), which felicitates best songs and artists of the year. It is reported that he has been nominated for “Nenjukkule” from Mani Ratnam’s Tamil movie “Kadal” The category […]
Giant General Election Begins in India
More than 800 million eligible voters will be going to the 930,000 polling stations across the country to cast their ballot in the much awaited national election on Monday. The nine phase ballot concludes on May 12 and the votes would be counted on May 16. The ruling Congress party led by Rahul Gandhi, the […]
Modi as ‘PM’: Anger Surges through Indian Intelligentsia
After the Bharathiya Janatha Party (BJP) has announced as its Prime Minister candidate in the forthcoming Parliament elections Narendra Modi who is known to be the mastermind behind the Gujarat pogrom in 2002, oppositions from different parts of the country seem to be building up against him. His detractors include renowned economist and Nobel laureate […]
At NIC It’s Demand for Harmony and Modi’s Absence
The national integration council convened in New Delhi on Monday has called for measures to encourage communal harmony and promote national integration along with the steps for the safety and security of women and eliminating the crimes and discrimination towards the Scheduled Caste/Sheduled Tribes (SC/STs). The 148 –member council comprising union ministers, Leaders of the […]
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