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Spring at LFW: Buyers, designers welcome seasonal shift
By Shilpa Raina-----
Mumbai, March 10 (IANS) Spring collections were the focus of the just concluded Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) instead of autumn-winter. Designers as well as buyers welcomed the seasonal shift, saying it suited their business and also complemented the Indian weather.
[Art & Culture] Egyptian Sufi dance sets the capital alight
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Nearly a dozen whirling dervishes of the mystic Sufi cult set the stage at the Indira Gandhi National Centre of Arts (IGNCA) on fire with their high-energy religious folk dance and music in the capital Saturday evening. The dancers of Egypt\'s famous Al Tanourra ensemble performed the Al Darawish dance - circular movement of bodies that reaches a crescendo. ...[Art & Culture] Germany launches fellowship to boost South Asian culture ties
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) The South Asian Network of the German government's Goethe-Institut Sunday announced a fully funded fellowship to further boost cultural relations with India and create cultural leaders....[Books] Why Lahaul Lamas pray for Minister M.S. Gill
By Madhusree Chatterjee---- Book: \"Himalayan Wonderland, Travels in Lahaul and Spiti\"; Publisher: Penguin/Viking; Author: Manohar Singh Gill (union sports minister); Price: Rs.599 In the summer of 1962, a restless young Indian administrator, Manohar Singh Gill, made an arduous journey from the north Indian plains to the farthest reaches of Indian Himalayas - the Lahaul and Spiti Valley - and spent a year living and working with the people there. ...[Art & Culture] 261 women artists paint their thoughts
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Spirituality, women\'s bonding, landscapes, coloured abstractions, shapes and figures - 261 artists from all over the world have put their thoughts on 300 canvases in one of the biggest women\'s art exhibitions at the Art Mall here. ...[Art & Culture] M.F. Husain surrenders Indian passport in Qatar
New Delhi, March 9(IANS) Iconic artist Maqbool Fida Husain, who has been granted Qatari citizenship, has surrendered his Indian passport to the Indian embassy in Doha, an official said. ...[Art & Culture] National language meet calls for linguistic survey
Vadodara, March 9 (IANS) Eminent linguist and the founder director of the Central Institute of Indian Languages D.P. Pattanayak Monday urged the central government to conduct the long overdue linguistic survey in the country. ...[Lifestyle] Here's a hair-raising trend, thanks to celebs!
By Manpreet Kaur---- New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) If you are worried about a receding hairline, don't go into hiding. Just follow in the footsteps of Bollywood actor Salman Khan or cricketer Virender Sehwag - get your crowning glory back through a hair transplant. ...[Art & Culture] Agra music legend struggles to survive
By Brij Khandelwal----- Agra, March 9 (IANS) One of the last exponents of the Agra Gharana of Hindustani classical music, 86-year-old Ustad Akeel Ahmad Khan is not only unwell but is also a disenchanted man. He has no government support and says this city "honours only the dead"....
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