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By Tishani Doshi As the author engages with the late Bhupen Khakhar's art, she finds a clear and strident message serving as a warning for those being peddled nostalgia into supporting Britain's estrangement from Europe Some days ago I visited the Tate Modern in London to see the Bhupen Khakhar retrospective “You Can’t Please All”. I went with an agenda: to love the show. My friend and teacher, the choreographer Chandralekha, had shared many stories with me about Bhupen. When I began dancing with her in 2001 she told me about his incomparable wit. She said that he was a homosexual with a toothy smile, that they were always laughing together and that his paintings were marvellous and playful and ribald. She must have said more, but this is what I remember. When he died in August 2003, after a battle with prostate cancer, I found Chandra sitting outside her house in Madras, staring into space. “They’re all going,” she said. She was 74 then, losing friends steadily. I had only

1. ISRO launches record 20 satellites in a mission i. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched a record 20 satellites in a single mission from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.  ii. The launch has been made by using Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C-34, carrying India’s latest earth observation satellite Cartosat-2 along with 19 co-passengers satellites from US, Canada, Germany, Indonesia and two Indian academic institutions.  iii. With 20 satellites, the ISRO has beaten its previous record of placing 10 satellites into orbit in a single mission in 2008. While, Russia holds the world record for placing the most number of satellites in a single launch. Its Dnepr rocket launched 37 satellites in 2014. 2. Vice President inaugurates a two-day international conference on Yoga i. Vice President Hamid Ansari has inaugurated a two-day international conference on 'Yoga for Body and Beyond' in New Delhi. ii. About 70 internationa

1. International Yoga Day : 21st June i. India and the whole world are celebrating the International Day of Yoga, or commonly and unofficially referred to as Yoga Day annually on 21st June since its inception. This resolution was adopted under the agenda of ‘Global Health and Foreign Policy’. 21st June was selected because it represents summer solstice (one of the two solstices) and it is the longest day in the Northern Hemisphere which has special significance in many parts of the world.  ii. The theme for 2016 International Day of Yoga is “Connect the Youth”. This is the second edition of the International Day of Yoga. iii. In India, the Union Government organized the event titled 'The National Event of Mass Yoga Demonstration' at the Capitol Complex in Chandigarh in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, where he also performed yoga. 2. Union Government approves 100% FDI in Aviation, Defence and e-commerce sectors i. The Union Government has radically liberalized

If all Indians spoke just the one language, you might need to designate it official status. But the nation is too diverse and decentralised to suggest that embracing one language will improve employment prospects. Roughly a week ago, Union minister Jitendra Singh made an  announcement that the government was going to undertake measures to popularise Hindi in the Southern and North-Eastern States of India, a move, according to the minister, which would make the language a common medium of communication for the whole country, and improve young people’s chances of landing better corporate jobs. As expected, the news drew varied and mixed reactions, from flak to favour. The first thing that came to my mind when I read the news, though, was a very specific scene from the 80s tamil film, Indru Poi Naalai Vaa . One of the main characters, in a bid to get closer to the girl of his dreams, decides to learn Hindi from her father, a Hindi teacher with a short fuse. The closer he gets to the fat

By Shruti Radhakrishnan/Shubhashree Desikan The notion of Time travel has always fired up our imagination. There is something about being able to navigate and interact with events — before or after they happen. Is it theoretically possible though? What does it even mean? Who doesn’t dream of time travel at some point or the other. Everyone has regrets in their life that they want to go back and change, or go into the future and change things there too. Ask Ronald Mallett, a famous proponent of the possibility of time travel, who latched on to the obsession of going back in time because he wanted to save his father, whom he lost at age 10, from dying. While the invention of time travel has to be the coolest Fathers' Day gift ever, it's worth pondering if this is at all possible. Mallett, backed by the science of no less than Albert Einstein, thinks so. And what if it is possible? Many ideas, in film and fiction, have explored the possibility of time travel and how play

Today everyone is celebrating International Yoga Day, an initiative started by Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. Yoga is not a new thing, Yoga culture is very popular from ancient times and it is believed that it's roots were present in India. But now it has come to limelight with specifying a separate day for it. There have been many monks, Yog gurus who are spreading Yoga culture all around the World. Now Yoga is internationally famous and many countries are conducting Yoga camp and sessions for their locals. It's a matter of pride for India that everybody is following the path of good health and disease free world. Let's hope Yoga will make your life more pleasurable  and stress Free. Jai Hind Jai Bharat

1. 20 June : World Refugee Day i. World Refugee Day was observed on 20 June 2016.  ii. It is observed annually to draw attention to the plight of refugees, celebrate their courage and resilience and renew commitment to solving refugee problems. It also recognises contributions of the refugees made to the countries that host them. iii. The UN General Assembly via its resolution 55/76 on 4 December 2000 decided to observe the World Refugee Day on 20 June every year.  2. PM Narendra Modi, Sri Lankan President inaugurate Duraiappah stadium in Jaffna i. Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena have inaugurated Duraiappah Stadium in Jaffna which was renovated by India.  ii. Sri Lankan President Sirisena was present at the stadium in Jaffna while PM Narendra Modi joined the event through video-conferencing from New Delhi. iii. The newly renovated Duraiappah Stadium has been named in honour of a former Mayor of Jaffna late Alfred Thambirajah Dura