Carnatic Music Goes From Raga To Rage

They all seem to forget that the Music Academy is as much an independent institution as T M Krishna is an individual musician. In drawing those red lines for the Academy management, they do not......

Oriya novelist, Telugu writer, chosen for Jnanpith awards

Telugu writer Dr Ravuri Bharadwaja and Oriya novelist Pratibha Ray were on Wednesday selected for the prestigious Jnanpith award for the year 2011 and 2012. Bharadwaja, 86, who has to his credit......

We are facing an unprecedented situation: Sahitya Akademi chief

A clueless Sahitya Akademi has now called a meeting of its executive council on October 23 to decide the future course of action. Akshat Kaushal reports. Even as the number of literary......

Mistry, Meera among Sahitya Akademi winners for 2015

Playwright and novelist Cyrus Mistry's English novel Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer and K R Meera's Aarachar in Malayalam are among the works that have won the prestigious Sahitya Akademi......

Kamal Haasan meets Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

A lowdown on what's happening in the Tamil film industry.   All eyes were on Kamal Haasan as he met up with spiritual guru and founder of the Art of Living Foundation, Sri Sri Ravi......