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Bengali music fest to mesmerise Mumbai
The 15th Banga Sanskriti Utsav, a Bengali music fest organised by the Presidency College Calcutta Alumni Association, Mumbai was announced on Wednesday in Kolkata.Renowned singer Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta and sitar maestro Purbayan Chatterjee were present at the occasion. ´Banga Sanksriti Utsav´ consist of a wide range of artist from West Bengal including Sawagatalaxmi Dasgupta, Purbayan

Goa's carnival festivities in limbo due to polls
Panaji: The March 3 Goa assembly polls have cast a pall of uncertainty over the famed carnival festivities.A poll official in the state said repeated reminders sent by them to the Election Commission

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Hindus laud Hungary for Gypsy film

Reno, Nevada, Feb 5 (IBNS) A Hindu group in USA has applauded the Hungarian Government for funding "Csak a sze'l (Just The Wind)", a film about Roma (Gypsy) killings, which is premiering and competing at "62nd Berlin International Film Festival", starting February 9.

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Making Rushdie's visit public a tragic mistake: JLF producer

New Delhi: With much ruckus created over Salman Rushdie's visit that never happened, the producer of the Jaipur Literature Festival believes it was a 'tragic mistake' on the organisers' part to have

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Knot an issue

When she was asked at the Jaipur Literature Festival why she had not married, Oprah Winfrey responded by saying she “wasn’t the marrying kind” and that “marriage called for

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Bursting the beautiful bubble
The standoff at the Jaipur Literature Festival mirrors the crisis of Indian writing, says Mihir S Sharma. Both are unworldly and fragile.

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