New York: It`s as though Cleopatra lives and breathes once again in the pages of Stacy Schiff`s exquisitely researched and well-written ‘Cleopatra: A Life.’
The book injects the Egyptian queen with a complexity and humanity that has long since been forgotten.
Schiff`s Cleopatra is no Elizabeth Taylor, who played her in the 1963 film of the same na ... Read more »

Ahmedabad, The dying art of terracotta pottery making has got a new lease of life here with the Gujarat government training artisans to fine tune their art with modern needs.
The state government-promoted Matikam Kalakari and Rural Technology Institute (MKRTI), with the help of Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute and designers from National Insti ... Read more »

The language of the humble bamboo flute is universal and more sought after than other classical instruments like the sitar and sarod, says flute maestro Hari Prasad Chaurasia who was born into a family of wrestlers and used to practise music secretly.
"One can find a simple wooden bansuri (flute) anywhere. It is an everyday thing - a bamboo pipe w ... Read more »

 

It’s the last chance to catch artists Sumita Acharya and Sheela Padmanabhan’s art works The Marketplace and Glimpses of Kerala, respectively, at a duet show that ends today in the city of Mumbai.
Sumita has a marketing background. She quit her job to pursue her dream as a painter. Her exhibition, The Marketplace, is about ... Read more »

 

It is the first time she worked on a three dimensional canvass — a barrel — and it proved to be truly rewarding. "It was fun working on a barrel, and to share a story and an experience in a 3D way,” says artist Sheyna Baig.
Sheyna was the only Indian artist who made it to the finals of an art competition. "The idea was fresh ... Read more »

 

Well-known playwrights have been performed on stage with great enthusiasm and applause every now and then, but a very few short stories and its characters have been put to life in a seamless thread of extraordinaire brilliance and pleasure. This was what each single entity sitting at Sri Ram Centre in Delhi was going through ... Read more »

 

We all love to find out what is in store for us in our future. Here, astrology comes in as very handy. But astrology as many know it, is not just restricted to planetary movements; there are a number of branches to it. You have stock market and handwriting analyses, face and cup readings, etc. DNA asked few experts from the field to ... Read more »