Come summer holidays, Satara’s Hekalwadi village will witness a unique activity. Children, as young as eight and nine will turn into librarians and story tellers by taking books to other children in their village. […]
A crime thriller about the death of an activist rescuing women from exploitative work conditions in garment and textile factories in southern India has become an unlikely bestseller among those campaigning for workers’ rights. […]
The Madhya Pradesh government claims to have reached the last mile when it comes to providing schools for children under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan as records claim that no student at the primary-level has […]
The former colony now meets Britain as an equal, writes the author of a new book on India and the Empire Many modern apologists for British colonial rule in India no longer contest the […]
In the film Karma, Himansu Rai and Devika Rani took part in a ground-breaking moment for Indian cinema: one of the first on-screen kisses. It lasted a full four minutes. Karma was a landmark […]
India is currently being ruled by the forces of fear, distrust and money, former West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi has said. He was delivering the second V.R. Krishna Iyer Memorial lecture as part of […]
The complete 32-volume set of Encyclopedia Britannica lay strewn over the book counter at Dhananjay Pandey’s stall at the Vijayawada Book Festival. Pandey, owner of the Pratik Book Centre in Mumbai, notes that the printing […]
It’s been five years since fans of “Harry Potter” tearfully said goodbye to the boy wizard they had grown up with, but a new play, book release and spin-off film are casting his spell all […]
A new “Harry Potter” play that opened to swooning reviews and delighted gasps from the audience marks the end of the journey for the beloved boy wizard, his creator J.K. Rowling said at the play’s […]
Copyright © 2011 Voice of India