Month: January 2013

Movie Review : Race 2

Do you all remember how Race had your adrenalin pumping as each twist made you gawk before you even had a chance to think? Well, Race 2 might lose the race against your mind this time but the director duo of Abbas-Mustan has a lot more on mind. Let’s start with the main plot. A rare remnant from Race, the […]

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Celebration of Arabic & Indian Literary Cooperation @ DSC Jaipur Literature Festival

DSC Jaipur Literature Festival  yesterday saw a unique cultural collaboration between two diverse countries. At Asia’s largest literature festivals, vice-president of Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Syed Shahid Mahdi, unveiled the Arabic version of the Ramayana translated by famed Lebanese poet, Wadi-al-Bustani. The book, titled Ramayana, will promote cross-cultural understanding and appreciation of each other’s spiritual heritage. […]

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MTV Coke Studio takes Jaipur by storm

MTV Coke Studio arrived at Jaipur under the musical festival for Jaipur Literature Festival. The performing artists on 26th Jan were Shilpa Rao and Papon. Shilpa has performed with Shankar Mahadevan and is currently singing jingles for advertisements and Bollywood films. Shilpa Rao has performed for Karsh Kale in Season 2 of Coke Studio @ MTV. […]

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MAN BOOKER INT’L PRIZE 2013 at JLF

         Kannada writer U.R Ananthamurthy nominated as the finalist from India January 24th 2013: The finalists for the fifth Man Booker International Prize 2013 were announced on the first day of the DSC Jaipur Literature Festival. Ten finalists have been chosen by a team of five judges for the £ 60,000 award. […]

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Jaipur Literature Fest 2013 : Day 1

Asia’s largest literary festival had a great start today with huge crowd. The Diggi Palace is again honored with writers, speakers and poets all over the world. The Registration and security check points were flooding with people with cameras in there hand. Jaipur Literature fest is more a fashion street wearing classy attire, where people […]

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DSC Jaipur Literature Festival 2013 Kicks off with Mahasweta Devi’s keynote speech – ‘O to Live Again’

 Ashok Gehlot – CM of Rajasthan and Margaret Alva – Governor of Rajasthan graced the inaugural event with their valuable presence The 2013 edition of the DSC Jaipur Literature Festival started with an inaugural speech by eminent author and social activist Mahasweta Devi. She reflected her long and illustrious life and writing career in a […]

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Review : Barbeque Nation, Jaipur

Its been almost 4 years since Barbeque Nation started its operations in Jaipur. A restaurant that started with the innovative concept of Live grill for the first time in India, took some time to find its bearing in Jaipur. The concept of unlimited veg and non-veg starters, lavish buffet with salads and deserts was indeed a […]

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