April 18 is observed as International Day for Monuments and Sites. It is also referred to as World Heritage Day
“This was a film that needed to be made, so thank you,” said award-winning Indian filmmaker Anand Patwardhan, who helped bring After Sabeen to Indian audiences and whose own film ‘Reason’ highlights such killings in India.
Ultimately, it comes down to standing firm for what is pure and ethical, and standing against what is impure and unethical in our society today. Such conflicts can be resolved only at the level of higher understanding — the very foundation of what may be called Higher Morality.
What makes the book powerful is its refusal to romanticize either side of the debate. It acknowledges that local language education, when disconnected from global opportunities, can also reproduce exclusion. But it also warns against treating English as a silver bullet, instead framing it as one tool among many for dismantling structural inequalities. The book’s central contribution is to show, through stories and analysis, how subaltern learners themselves are redefining English, not as a colonial burden but as a means of agency, solidarity, and leadership.
India’s museums and heritage institutions are at a crossroads. The digital age offers incredible tools to preserve and promote culture, but it also demands clarity, intention, and collaboration. The future lies in building a community of professionals who understand both the value of tradition and the power of technology.
April 18 is observed as International Day for Monuments and Sites. It is also referred to as World Heritage Day
In a show of its bowling prowess, Pakistan has become the first team in Twenty20 International cricket to claim 1000 wickets
Eminent Assamese singer Vitali Das passed away on Wednesday evening. She succumbed to COVID-19 at the Kalapahar COVID-19 hospital in Guwahati
In the birth centenary year of Indian cinematic great Satyajit Ray, the maestro’s work will be revisited again and again by admirers and critics
Iconic Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh, who had tested positive for COVID-19, died on Wednesday
Young musician Abdullah Siddiqui has become the latest Pakistani to make it to the Forbes 30 under 30 list, Tribune reported
Miss Universe Bangladesh Tangia Zaman Methila will not participate in Miss Universe 2020 pageant in USA in May due to the Covid 19 induced lockdown and travel restrictions in her country, Dhaka Tribune reported
Sri Lankan cricket legend and Sunrisers Hyderabad spin coach Muttiah Muralitharan has been released from hospital after undergoing a successful coronary angioplasty at a Chennai private hospital
For the first time in the history of the police in Pakistan’s Sindh province, a Hindu woman will join the force as a high-ranking officer, The News reported
Former Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, who is in India for the Indian Premier League (IPL), was admitted to a hospital in Chennai for angioplasty on Sunday
When India was grappling with the Covid-19 crest in mid-2020, an ancient treasure - about 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments dating 2nd century BCE to about 480 CE - was quietly catapulted into the 'future world history', but the epochal event went virtually unnoticed in the country
Opposition parties in Pakistan came hard on the government for inking a deal last year with the Tareek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), a radical Islamist group responsible for recent violent protests, reported Dawn
Legendary Bangladesh actress Sarah Begum Kabori, who also starred in famed Indian filmmaker Ritwak Ghatak’s masterpiece Titas Ekti Nadir Naam, has died of COVID-19 in a state-run hospital in Dhaka, bdnews24.com reported
Pakistan has indicated that behind-the-scenes talks were under way with India, but said Kashmir remained central to any meaningful engagement with India, Dawn reported
Pakistani actress Meera, who has also dabbled in Indian films, has claimed that she was taken to a psychiatric facility in USA and released only after the intervention of senior minister of her country, Tribune reported