Kolkata production pays tribute to female impersonators on stage
Kolkata, Apr 22 (IBNS):A theatre production in Kolkata is paying a tribute to an era when female characters were impersonated by the male actors on the stage, either due to lack of female artists or may be social ostracism.
MARG Architecture College opens admissions for 2016 batch
Bangalore, 22 Apr (IBNS): MIDAS - a Telugu minority institution, affiliated to Anna University, Chennai and approved by Council of Architecture (COA), New Delhi opens admissions for Bachelor degree in Architecture (B.Arch) 2016 batch.
Sikkim Manipal University invites applications for MBA, MCA and other Programs for 2016-2017
Bangalore, Apr 22 (IBNS): Sikkim Manipal University, Directorate of Distance Education (SMU-DE), is inviting applications for its Postgraduate and Undergraduate Programs – MBA, MCA, BBA, BCA, M.Sc. (IT) and B.Sc. (IT).
Rupankar Bagchi to judge auditions and shortlist performers for Harrow Music Festival
Kolkata, Apr 22 (IBNS) Kolkata's popular lifestyle store Starmark, in association with London Sharad Utsav, London Kalibari and KOLKATA today.com, will host the auditions for solo performers from the UK here on Saturday.
Google celebrates Earth Day, dedicates a doodle
Mountain View, Apr 22 (IBNS) Google on Friday celebrated Earth Day by posting a series of doodles on its home page.
Hitech mobiles signs Arjun Kapoor as brand ambassador
Kolkata,Apr 21 (IBNS): Hitech Mobiles, one of the fastest growing Indian Mobile Handset brand, has signed Bollywood superstar Arjun Kapoor as their brand ambassador for tenure of two years.
M F Husain: Economy of lines his forte
M. F. Husain’s favourite city Kolkata recently paid tribute on his birth centenary year with a multi-layered event ‘Husain 100’. Uttara Gangopadhyay reports
Kolkata corporate communicator excited about Cannes date for role in short film
Kolkata, Apr 21 (IBNS) Mahul Brahma, a Kolkata-based senior editor tuned corporate communicator, is on cloud nine these days. He is soon to fly down to Cannes Film Festival for his role in a short film by a Delhi based banker friend, which has been chosen for screening in one of the most prestigious film festivals of the world.
Operationalisation of new IISER at Tirupati
New Delhi/Tirupati, Apr 20 (IBNS) Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) will now be able to function from a temporary campus in Tiruapati until its permanent campus is ready, it was announced on Wednesday following an approval from the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Pune chef Shobha Indrani holds 2-Day Cookery Workshop in Kolkata
Kolkata, Apr 20 (IBNS): A two-day Cookery Workshop by the well known Pune based chief Shobha Indani was organized in Kolkata recently by PR firm Media Connect.
Shakespeare more popular abroad than in the UK, finds survey
London, Apr 20 (IBNS) Four hundred years after his death, bard William Shakespeare continues to make a significant contribution to the UK’s prosperity and influence globally, according to new research commissioned by the British Council and conducted by YouGov.
Global audience for 400th anniversary revival of David Garrick’s Ode to Shakespeare
London, Apr 19 (IBNS) The University of Birmingham is helping Shakespeare aficionados around the globe to mark the 400th anniversary of his death with an online performance of an historic ode starring renowned British actor Sam West.
Award winning play ‘Dinner with friends’ to be performed in Mumbai
Mumbai, Apr 19 (IBNS) The Indian adaptation of the Pulitzer award winning play by Donald Margulies, ‘Dinner with Friends’ to be performed this weekend.
Not going to attempt a trilogy any more: Novoneel Chakraborty
Kolkata, Apr 18 (IBNS) Author Novoneel Chakraborty, who was in Kolkata on Friday to launch his new book 'Forget Me Not, Stranger', the last in the 'Stranger Trilogy', said that he is not going to write another trilogy any time soon.
Gauhar, a play, was recently staged in Kolkata organised jointly by Master Minds Theatre and Weavers Studio, Kolkata, bringing alive the history of recorded music in India on the one hand, and the story of a woman whose life seems like pages out of a film script. Shoma A. Chatterji reports