Recent controversy over cartoon in NCERT book has re-ignited the debate of the freedom of speech in media, society and moreover in the Parliament. Fachcha.com has talked in detail with Ravi Shankar Etteth, Executive Editor, The Sunday Standard. Prior to this organization he has been associated with several organizations as a cartoonist, including India Today group. He revealed the different dimensions of the debate on the issue. Excerpts:
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The first Tagore Memorial Award will be presented to the noted sitar mastreo Pt. Ravishankar. A cash prize of rupees one crore will be presented apart from citation and momento. This has been announced today by the Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee during his address at closing ceremony of 150th birth anniversary celebrations at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. According to him the award will be presented by the President of India in a special function.
He also announced to give rupees 150 crore for Vishwa Bharti University, founded by Rabindra Nath Tagore, for rennovation and development works.
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India will open its cultural centres in Australia, Canada, France and USA. Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) is in process of opening eight new cultural centres abroad. Read the rest of this entry »
By Chandan Sharma
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My sleepy eyes suddenly stuck on a beautiful painting in the morning and they stopped scaning of the news items as they encountered with an ‘artefact’ appeared in a ‘national daily’ today. Read the rest of this entry »
By fachcha.comVyjayantimala Bali, Prabha Atre, Zia Fariduddin Dagar, Ghulam Mustafa Waris Khan, B. Rajanikanta Rao, Sabari Khan are among 50 top artists of the country, selected for Tagore Ratna Award. Read the rest of this entry »
By Chandan Sharma
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India is known for the two major festivals, Diwali and Holi. Both the festivals are celebrated by Indians with full zeal in India and abroad without exception. What is more important about these festivals is that mood of the people and environment of surroundings too influenced by the mood of the festival or better to say that provide support to the mood of the festivals. Read the rest of this entry »