Kartik Purnima Festival Kartik Purnima (Kartika purnima) is a Hindu, Sikh and Jain holy festival, celebrated on the Purnima (full moon) day or the fifteenth lunar day of Kartik (November–December). It is also known as Tripuri Purnima and Tripurari Purnima. It is sometimes called Deva-Diwali or Deva-Deepawali – the festival of lights of the gods. Karthikai Deepam is a related festival celebrated in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka,TamilNadu, Kerala and SriLanka. Kartika […]
Indira Gandhi was born Indira Nehru on 19 November, 1917, in Allahabad to Kamala and Jawaharlal Nehru. Indira’s father, Jawaharlal was a well-educated lawyer and an active member of the Indian Independence Movement. She passed her Metric from Pune University and went to Shantiniketan in West Bengal. She later went on to study in Switzerland and Oxford University in London. Indira Gandhi was an Indian politician and the only female […]
The trailer Kadvi Hawa comes as a harsh reminder of the gravest reality of the contemporary world — climate change. The film deals with climate change and its dire consequences and is touted to be India’s first feature film on the issue. Every scene in the trailer hits you hard, especially the one where the children in the village do not even recognise monsoon as a season because they have […]
Bihar girl wins International Acclaim for up lifting uplift the Musahar community A 20-year-old Bihari girl has won international acclaim for her efforts to uplift the Musahar community. Musahars are traditionally rat-catchers and found in the eastern Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and north Madhya Pradesh. The Musahars of Bihar are marginalized and work mainly as landless labourers. They suffer from abject poverty, near-total illiteracy and lack of personal hygiene and sanitation. […]
Thumri queen Girija Devi passes away at 88 Doctors at Kolkata’s BM Birla Nursing Home said she suffered a cardiac arrest. Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled her death, saying the singer’s music appealed across generations and her pioneering efforts to popularise Indian classical music would always be remembered. Devi made her public debut on All India Radio Allahabad in 1949. She was given all three Padma awards – she was […]
How a Determined IAS Officer’s Wife Transformed an Underdeveloped Bihar Village The term ‘village head’ generally brings to minds images of stout kurta-clad men with impressive moustaches and turbans. The mukhia of Singhwahini village in Bihar is a notable exception. Petite and pertinacious, Ritu Jaiswal has been leading the development of this nondescript, flood-affected village for the past few years. Married to IAS officer Arun Kumar, the 40-year-old mother of […]
Did you know Diwali is an official holiday in 10 different countries, not counting India. And did you also know that the festival of lights is celebrated in a big way in at least 25 nations with major Hindu, Buddhist, Jain and Sikh populations. Celebrating the Deepavali by millions across the world is understood. But to declare a public holiday for Diwali, takes it to a whole new level. […]
Panchlait teaser 2017 The teaser of Prem Modi’s Panchlait has been released. The film is based on a story by Phanishwar Nath Renu, one of the pioneers of modern Hindi literature. Set in a small village in Bihar, the film brings back memories of the original story by aptly recreating the characters and the setting. Starring Amitosh Nagpal, Anuradha Mukherjee, Rajesh Sharma, Ravi Jhankal and Brijendra Kala among others, the […]
Say No to Crackers! Diwali is the festival of lights, energy, and joy. On the other hand, it is the festival of getting hazy under the influence of air and noise pollution. Those flashy crackers and zestful rockets are the reason why children and adults alike enjoy the festival to its fullest but what about the environment and surroundings that we are living in? Is it pollution free? The answer […]
When was the last time you watched a trailer and kept beaming for the next hour-and-a-half? If you haven’t, then rest assured; the trailer of Vidya Balan’s upcoming film Tumhari Sulu is an absolute delight. The visuals, the texture, the performers, the soundtrack, and the situations make for a wholesome entertainer which reminds you of an old Hrishikesh Mukherjee or Basu Chatterjee film that revolved around real, ordinary middle-class people […]
