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Kargil war hero's parents remember their son 'Naughty'

A blank cheque hangs on the wall of the Kalia home, the last testament of their son Saurabh Kalia who signed off as it were from life itself with that penned flourish the day he left for Kargil.......

Will India ever get its treasures back?

'Does a thousand-year-old sculpture worshipped in a thriving religion belong to a foreign museum or the temple from which it was extracted?' Congress MP Shashi Tharoor asked angrily.'They......

PHOTOS: The world's 10 quirkiest museums

Ever wondered what an elephant’s phallus looks like or want to know the history of gelato? In honour of International Museum Day, on May 18, here’s a look at the wackiest, weirdest and......

Sreenivasan named chief digital officer of NY's Met musuem

Indian American education expert and journalist Sreenath Sreenivasan has been appointed as the first chief digital officer of Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, musuem’s director and CEO......

J&K: Rare manuscripts destroyed by hardliners

Years of turmoil in the Kashmir Valley have not only cost hundreds of human lives, but also eroded the ancient historical and cultural ethos of the state in the form of thousands of rare books and......

Lessons of Paris's Louvre need to come to India!

Adding oomph to an ageing brand? When the first wrinkles appear, the search for the fountain of youth must begin! Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com. Francois Mitterrand, president of France......

Bharat floorings: The floor beneath India's feet for 95 years!

Nikita Puri finds out what makes the company, which has tiled palaces, homes, restaurants and even railway stations, relevant for millenials, too. IMAGE: Besides places like Mumbai's Bhau Daji Lad......

Heavy taxes hit art business

The financial meltdown and heavy taxes on works of art imported or sold in India has caused many art galleries to shut down in recent times.Speaking on the sidelines of the international symposium......

Football Briefs: Former Man United manager Ferguson out of intensive care

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: Sir Alex Ferguson in the stands. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters Former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson is out of......

Mohanty, Prasad named in BCCI technical committee

Former India medium pacer Debashish Mohanty of Orissa and ex-stumper M S K Prasad of Andhra have found a place in the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s nine-member technical committee,......

Sussex musuem honours Ranjit Singhji

A part of the Sussex Cricket Museum, in the English city of Hove, was dedicated in the memory of late cricketer, K S Ranjit Singhji. This section of the museum was inaugurated by acting Indian......

Anand rounds off year with another title

Viswanathan Anand rounded off yet another brilliant year with a title-winning effort at the Paul Keres Memorial rapid tournament in Tallinn, Estonia, over the weekend.The NIIT Brand Ambasssador......

Maradona museum opens in Buenos Aires

A travelling museum depicting the brilliant career and turbulent life of former Argentina captain Diego Maradona opened to the public in the Buenos Aires on Thursday.The musuem, organised by the......

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