Culture

BY MADHULATA CHAURASIA PATNA—Do you still recall the famous oldie ad in which actor Shammi Kapoor makes a polite request to Ashok Kumar, “Ham itna chahte hain ki app baratiyon ka swagat paan parag se Karen (We just want you to…
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LUCKNOW—Lockdown enforced to check Coronavirus spread in India has brought unbelievable changes in the society. Villagers from Uttar Pradesh were pleasantly surprised when a 19-year-old girl covered 80 km-long journey from Kanpur to…
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PATNA—A host of Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders have cancelled the “Holi Milan” programmes this year in Bihar amid the deadly Corona virus spreading very fast. Much to the relief of the masses, the virus hasn’t claimed any life in…
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PATNA: Authorities in Bihar have suggested lovers to gift plants, instead of roses on Valentine’s Day which falls on February 14. The novel idea nicknamed “a plant of love” has been launched by the Department of Environment and Forest,…
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PATNA: In a lovely gesture, a Muslim woman from Uttar Pradesh has been working overtime to translate Ramcharitmanas, one of the most sacred books of Hindus written by Tulsidas, into Urdu. Nazneen, a resident of Varanasi town who has been…
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PATNA: People in Bihar are shocked over rejection of the tableau idea put forward by the state government for the Republic Day parade. The reason for their shock is that it is for the fourth time in a row that they will see their state…
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RAJGIR/PATNA: Hundreds of Sikh pilgrims are arriving here to attend the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Devji in Rajgir and 353rd birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singhji in Patna. Guru Nanak was the founder of Sikhism and the…
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PATNA: Paag, a cultural symbol of Mithila region in Bihar, now features in Macmillan Dictionary with a definition- ‘a kind of headgear worn by people in the Mithila belt of India’ with an example- Save the Paag Campaign was launched by…
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Gadhimai, Nepal- Animal campaigners from Humane Society International (HSI), India at the Gadhimai festival in Nepal claim to have have witnessed harrowing scenes of animal suffering as the world’s largest animal sacrifice event got…
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