Introduction to the Centres of Excellence The Ministry of Education has sanctioned the creation of five Centres of Excellence dedicated to the Classical languages of Assamese, Bengali, Marathi, Pali, ...

The Ministry of Education has approved five Centres of Excellence for Classical Assamese, Bengali, Marathi, Pali and Prakrit across five states. The centres will focus on research, digitisation, ...

Recently, New York City’s Drive East Festival showcased accomplished performers of classical Indian dance and music. For many observers, this was an unprecedented opportunity to see just how uniquely ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The choreographer Akram Khan’s “Gigenis,” based loosely on a character in the Mahabharata, represents a kind of homecoming for him. By Marina Harss A ...

Through fourteen foundational Sanskrit texts, The Greatest Books of Ancient India explores a rich knowledge tradition ...

The Education Ministry’s Higher Education Department has given nod for setting up Centres of Excellence (CoEs) for five ...

Recently, at the Joyce Theatre, I attended a war. The war was a dance, “Gigenis: The Generation of the Earth,” directed by the British dancer and choreographer Akram Khan, loosely inspired by the ...

NEW YORK—An ensemble of classical Indian musicians, half of whom were Westerners, performed recently at an event in Manhattan to raise awareness about the persecution of Falun Gong in China. Event ...

Ten years ago Rohan Narayana Murty hoped to do for Indian literature what the Loeb Classical Library—those lovely little hardbound books, green for Greek and red for Latin—has done for the Western ...