In its continuous bid to commemorate 70 years of diplomatic relations between Japan and India, the Japan Foundation (JF), New Delhi will present "Japan Music & Film Festival -The World of RADWIMPS and Makoto Shinkai" in four Indian cities -Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, and Bengaluru from November 4 to December 11, 2022. World premiere concert footage of "FOREVER IN THE DAZE TOUR 2021-2022" by the popular Japanese rock band RADWIMPS as well as 6 feature films directed by Makoto Shinkai will be screened to showcase the appeal of Japanese music and anime.
Oct 31, 2022
Ministry for Rural Development Inaugurates The Saras Food Festival-2022
Union Minister of State for Rural Development, Faggan Singh Kulaste has inaugurated 'SARAS FOOD FESTIVAL, 2022'.
He also launched the e-commerce portal www.esaras.in for better and more effective marketing of Saras products prepared by women of self-help groups.
It will be conducted from 28th October to 10th November, 2022 at Handicraft Bhawan, Baba Kharak Singh Marg, CP, New Delhi.
It is a unique example of women's empowerment.
Oct 29, 2022
Prime Ministers' Museum Readies Gallery on Modi, to Open for Public in January
The Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya (the Prime Ministers' Museum) is readying a gallery on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A ministry statement said that the gallery is scheduled to open for public viewing in January 2023.
Inaugurated by PM Modi in April 2022, the museum at Delhi's Teen Murti Murg displays the life and contribution of the country's 14 Prime Ministers — from Jawaharlal Nehru to Manmohan Singh.
Oct 28, 2022
Kenya's Samburu Warriors Still Practise a Rock Art Tradition that Tells their Stories
The Samburu people in northern Kenya's Marsabit county are pastoralists. They migrate from place to place in search of pasture and water for their cattle, goats, sheep and camels.
As part of their lifestyle, Samburu boys go through an initiation period when they live in rock shelters, learning how to take care of their animals and how to become warriors.
During this time the young warriors, called lmurran, express themselves by painting images on the rocks. This is one of very few ongoing rock art traditions in the world, but it has gained almost no attention among rock art researchers.
Rock art has been made for more than 60,000 years and it exists on every continent except the Antarctic.
Papua New Guinea and parts of Australia are among the few other places where new rock art is still being created, maintained or repainted like at the Samburu sites.
Oct 26, 2022
Satyajit Ray's 'Pather Panchali' Declared Best Indian Film by International Federation of Film Cr...
Legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray's feature "Pather Panchali" was declared the best Indian film of all time by International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI).
The 1955 film received the number one slot in the top ten films in the history of Indian cinema list, which was declared after a poll conducted by the India chapter of FIPRESCI.
Based on Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay's 1929 Bengali novel of the same name, "Pather Panchali" was Ray's directorial debut. It starred Subir Banerjee, Kanu Banerjee, Karuna Banerjee, Uma Dasgupta, Pinaki Sengupta and Chunibala Devi.