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Secular India under threat: Mira Nair
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], January 25 (ANI): Critically acclaimed filmmaker Mira Nair said that she is appalled to see how a section of the society is threatening the diversity of a secular country like India over Sanjay Leela Bhansali's controversial release 'Padmaavat'.
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Zee Jaipur Literature Festival to begin today
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Jan. 25 (ANI): The 11th edition of Jaipur Literature Festival is set to kick off today.
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Rajasthan govt. ensures security for Prasoon Joshi
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India] January 21 (ANI): Rajasthan Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria on Sunday said the state government will provide all protection to Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) chief Prasoon Joshi during the Jaipur literature festival amid the protests against the relea
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Events to look forward to in Rajasthan this January, February
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 21 (ANI): Heading to Jaipur this winter for a break or for the most sought after Jaipur Literature Festival?
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Mamata Banerjee is now a doctor
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan 11 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been conferred with the honour of Doctor of Literature (D.Litt) by the Calcutta University.
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Google dedicates its doodle to Kannada poet Kuvempu
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): Google on Friday dedicated its doodle to renowned 20th century Kannada poet and author Kuppali Venkatappa Puttappa aka Kuvempu to mark his 113th birth anniversary.
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Google remembers Ghalib on his birth anniversary
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 27 (ANI): Google on Wednesday has dedicated its doodle to one of Urdu literature's most iconic poets, Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan, most commonly as Ghalib, to mark his 220nd birth anniversary.
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Nordic nations to be 'series partners' in Jaipur Literature Festival 2018
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Dec.15 (ANI): The Nordic Embassies in India- Norway, Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Iceland have come together as 'Series Partner' for the upcoming Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) 2018. Norway will also be the 'Country Partner' at Jaipur Bookmark, JLF's publishers event held
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Rakesh Madhotra pens his first novel, says Hindi Literature waiting for it
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India], December 07 (ANI): Rakesh Madhotra being a CEO of such a high scale production house Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment, pens his first novel.
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Sindh's Sufi ethos under siege from militant outfits
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Oct.31 (ANI): Panelists attending the second Sindh Literature Festival here over the weekend have said that the ethos of Sufism is under siege from militant outfits and called for adopting a counter-narrative to defy growing militancy in the region.
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English novelist Ishiguro wins Nobel Prize in literature
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], October 6 (ANI): The Nobel Prize in literature for 2017 has been awarded to the English novelist Kazuo Ishiguro for the great emotional force of his novels.
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Ten-day 'Festival of India', Brasilia showcases Indian history, culture
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 2 (ANI): Commemorating the completion of 70 glorious years of Independence on August 15, 'Festival of India', a ten-day long celebration of Indian history, culture and literature is being organised in Brasilia, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro from August 31 to September
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