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part of India's diverse culture

India is broadly a country of immigrants, which explains its tremendous diversity. The question now arises is whether these immigrants who came into India have all preserved their original different identities, or a common culture has eme [...]

Posted On : Jun, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

A Grand addition to Karachi’s food culture

The anticipation of many avid food lovers finally came to an end, as the massive food and entertainment enclave at Port Grand was inaugurated on Saturday by Governor Sindh Dr Ishratull Ebad. Port Grand will officially be open to the [...]

Posted On : May, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Promoting culture: Giving credit where it is du

Government agencies dealing with culture, creative arts, scholarship and other such intellectual matters may not have played the progressive role they were supposed to, or could have, even remaining within the strait jacket of their state [...]

Posted On : May, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Asian Festival showcases arts, culture

Wu Chun-Te rolled a piece of putty made with flour and rice into a ball. Within minutes, he had cut and colored it to resemble a tiny rabbit holding a carrot. The dough figurines Chun-Te makes, which resemble animals, flowers and cartoon [...]

Posted On : May, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

Pop Culture Odds: What’s Oprah Going to Do Now?

So apparently Oprah Winfrey isn’t doing her show anymore. This was news to me, until it was suggested we put together some betting lines about what she’d do next. These props, I was told, would create a lot of buzz. A littl [...]

Posted On : May, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Inside Brazil's toxic drug culture

Just after sunset, two skinny young men in their twenties sit in shadowy corner of a park in this city. They have a cigarette lighter, hand made pipes, and a small, yellowish-white coloured rock. They ask that their full names not be [...]

Posted On : May, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Welts' revelation won't change pro sports culture

Here's hoping that, by revealing he is gay, Phoenix Suns president and chief executive officer Rick Welts has brought more happiness to his life. But if he thinks he's made some culture-changing announcement, he hasn't. &qu [...]

Posted On : May, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Zimbabwe Culture Week kicks off

In 2011 and beyond the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe, is calling on artists, corporate sectors, government and people in Zimbabwe to unite and focus on “towards professionalising the arts,” which is this year’s Cultu [...]

Posted On : May, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Arts & culture in the Myrtle Beach area

ALABAMA THEATRE, at Barefoot Landing in North Myrtle Beach. "One the Show," and guest events such as Paula Deen's "Southern Cuisine Cooking Experience" Saturday and Eddie Miles' "Salute to Elvis and Countr [...]

Posted On : May, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

British sport's boom and bust culture

There were two major events in London's Battersea Park on Wednesday night: the first was the Sport Industry Awards and the second was Sky Sports News presenter Charlotte Jackson's dress. Enjoyed by hundreds of party-goers and talk [...]

Posted On : May, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Free fete focuses on culture

The biggest arts and culture festival you've never heard of is coming to your neighbourhood, the city down the road, and scores of other towns, villages, and metropolises across Canada. Vancouver artists and performers sang and d [...]

Posted On : May, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Vietnamese culture on display in France

A cultural space featuring the people and landscapes of Viet Nam has opened at an international fair in Tours, 220km southwest of Paris, kicking off a series of cultural events in the Viet Nam Month held in various localities in France. A [...]

Posted On : May, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Pakistan shares world’s richest heritage, culture: Marri

Sindh Electric Power Minister Shazia Marri said that Sindh and Pakistan have world’s great heritage and cultural sites which can be promoted and brought before the world by holding photo-exhibitions inside the country and abroad. [...]

Posted On : May, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Lady Gaga's 'Judas' Video: A Pop-Culture Cheat Sheet

Love her or hate her, you've got to admit that Lady Gaga knows how to make a music video. Her clips always have been a mixture of high-art posturing and knowing nods to pop-culture ephemera, and "Judas" is no different. Whil [...]