Kerala
Category: Arts, Culture & Entertainment
** I wanted ‘Mandela’ to have an African flavour: Composer Bharath Sankar
Composer Bharath Sankar breaks down the individual songs in his recently-released debut album, ‘Mandela’, and discusses its African connection
** The rising Korean wave in India
Join the Korea Tourism Organization India and The Hindu in an online discussion on the rising Korean wave in India — from K-Beauty, K-Drama and K-Pop, to Korean food and more — and how it will influence post-pandemic travel to South Korea.
** Krithi Karanth becomes first Indian woman to get ‘Wild Innovator Award’
Dr Krithi K Karanth, Chief Conservation Scientist at Bengaluru-based Centre for Wildlife Studies (CWS), has been chosen as the first Indian and Asian woman for the 2021 ‘WILD Innovator Award’.
** Indian-origin author, playwright Ronnie Govender dies of age related illness in South Africa
Govender’s debut book, Cato Manor Stories, won the 1997 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for best first book in the Africa section
** Mango museum to come up in Lucknow
The Mango Museum is coming up at the Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture (CISH) office at the Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture (CISH) office at Rehmankhera in the Kakori block of Lucknow.
** Thayil Kandathil Mammen Varghese, chief editor of Manorama Weekly, passes away
** Renowned sitar player Debu Chaudhuri is dead
** Noted Tamil cinematographer-cum-director KV Anand dies at 54
** Meet Pubarun Basu who won the Youth Photographer of the Year 2021 at the Sony World Photography Awards
The 20-year-old photographer from Kolkata won the award for his photograph, No Escape from Reality
“There were 3,30,000 entries from around 220 regions around the world. I am the first Indian to win this title. I am humbled by the recognition,” he says.