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Banana Racism: Alves Calls Spain “Backward”
Racial taunts against Barcelona defender Dani Alves drew widespread criticism with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and FIFA president Sepp Blatter joining the outrage along with millions of fans worldwide. He slammed back calling Spain “backward” as far as racism was concerned. The spectator has been banned for life, reports said. Alves, a 30 year old […]
683 MB Supporters Sentenced To Death
An Egyptian court in the southern city of Minya has issued a death sentence on Monday for 683 supporters of the ousted Islamic President Morsi including Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie. The verdict came one month after 529 people were sentenced to death in a mass trial in the same court room. The defendants faced […]
Deadly Tornadoes Hit Southern US
At least sixteen people were killed after a destructive tornado struck Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kansas on Sunday night. More storms are expected in the central and southern US in the days following. The largest tornado struck on Sunday around 7pm about 10 miles west of Little Rock, Arkansas, continuing for 80 miles and growing to […]
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Three Indians in race for DSC prize for South Asian Literature 2014
Three Indians have been shortlisted for the $50,000 DSC prize for South Asian Literature 2014. Benyamin for Goat Days (translated from the Malayalam), Anand for The Book of Destruction (translated from the Malayalam) and Cyrus Mistry for Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer are the Indian entries competing with two Pakistani and a Sri Lankan entry […]
Iranian President and ministers embrace Social media
Amidst the much hyped over ban on the social networking sites in Iran, the Iranian ministers including the president Hassan Rouhani have embraced social media. Many more cabinet ministers are becoming active online encouraging others to join the sites like face book and twitter. The people of Iran breathed a sigh of relief hoping that […]
List announced for DSC prize for South Asian Literature 2014
The list for the DSC prize for South Asian Literature 2014 was announced at the Goethe-Institute, Max Mueller Bhavan, by noted Indian editor, writer and literary critic, Antara Dev Sen. The final list of 15 chosen titles includes three works translated from Indian languages and four debut novels along with the works of established writers. […]
Annual Kids Art Fest to be held on November 17
Perry County Opera House and Cultural Arts Center (PCOHACAC) will conduct their third annual Kid’s Art Fest: Active Body, Active Mind on November 17 in New Lexington,Ohio. The event will be held between 1 to 4 p.m. in the basement of the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. The Kid’s Art Fest will host activities by Monday […]
What’s with Modi and Hindi?
Whatever his politics, Modi deserves credit for forcing us to pay attention to him on his terms, in the language of his choice ‐ Hindi. The hint of shuffling apology which has often characterized the urban educated Indian’s relationship to Hindi, has been conveniently removed from his speeches. Earlier Indians were puffed up with pride at hearing Indira Gandhi’s […]
Fourth edition of Mumbai literary fest announced
The Tata group and Literature Live have announced the 2013 edition of Mumbai’s premier literary festival. It was announced on Wednesday, Nov 2013, and will take place from November 14 to 17 at the National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai. The festival’s various events will be spread across the NCPA’s Tata, Experimental, Godrej and […]
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