The News Review:
- Librarians say book festival future is bleak
- Fervour marks Karthigai Deepam festival
- Bhavan’s festival begins
- Festival of traditional art forms begins at three venues
- Holidays focus of December festivals in Southeast
- Bodies of Singaporean rowers recovered at Cambodian festival – Summary
- Romanian film wins top award at Stockholm international film festival
Librarians say book festival future is bleak
News & bserver – Nov 25, 2007
comp –>Librarians say book festival future is bleak. comp –>By Craig Jarvis Staff WriterComment on this storyFrom Barbara Kingsolver’s keynote speech to the intriguing match-ups of literary kin it seemed that the N. Festival of the Book couldn’t get any better than the 2006 event based at Duke University. UNC-Chapel Hill is passing on its turn as host of the biennial festival in 2008 and the other university librarians who have organized the event say it may no longer be practical to pull it off.
Fervour marks Karthigai Deepam festival
Hindu – Nov 25, 2007
TIRUCHI: A large number of devotees witnessed the ‘Tirukarthigai deepam’ lit atop the Rockfort Sri Thayumanaswamy Temple here on Saturday and offered their worship to the presiding and processional deities on the occasion. The temple authorities made elaborate arrangements for the ‘deepam’ for the past three days. About 6000-metre-long cloth rolled together with 800 kg of cotton was kept immersed in about 1000 litres of ‘illuppai’ gingelly oil and ghee in a huge copper cauldron atop the Rockfort according to the executive officer of the temple M.
Bhavan’s festival begins
Hindu – Nov 25, 2007
Radhakrishnan inaugurating the All Kerala Bhavan’s Cultural Festival at Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan in the city on Saturday. Kozhikode: The 14-th All Kerala Bhavan’s Cultural Fest began at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan School Chevayur here on Saturday. The two-day fest was inaugurated by C. Radhakrishnan novelist.
Festival of traditional art forms begins at three venues
Hindu – Nov 25, 2007
Traditional art-forms and temple and ritual arts will be performed and music concerts held till March 29. The venues are the Vasco da Gama Square at Fort Kochi the Town Hall at Muvattupuzha and the Government Boys’ Higher Secondary School at Aluva. The performances will be held from 6.
Holidays focus of December festivals in Southeast
Times Picayune – Nov 25, 2007
Celebrate Victorian-styleholidays in Canton Miss. or a country-style Christmas inNashville Tenn. Enjoy an underground light and water showin Childersburg Ala. and closer to home the annualFestival of Lights in Natchitoches and the Festival of theBonfires in Lutcher.
Bodies of Singaporean rowers recovered at Cambodian festival – Summary
Earthtimes – Nov 25, 2007
The five young men had been missing since their dragon boat capsized Friday during the annual races in the capital Phnom Penh municipal police chief Touch Naroth said. “The search began again early this morning and we found all five bodies at the confluence of the three rivers less than 2 kilometres from where they fell into the water” Naroth said. He said the bodies had been recovered after Cambodian police enlisted the help of local fishermen familiar with the area’s notoriously dangerous currents in a search hampered by poor visibility in the muddy waters. “Their bodies were in good condition and had no obvious injuries.
Romanian film wins top award at Stockholm international film festival
People's Daily nline – Nov 25, 2007
execCommand(“saveAs”)>. "4 month 3 weeks and 2 days" which won the top prize at the 60th Cannes International Film Festival earlier this year was awarded the Bronze Horse for Best Film 2007 at this year’s 10-day Stockholm film festival ending Sunday. The film directed by Romanian director Cristian Mungiu depicts how a girl accompanied by her female companion sought an abortion by visiting illegal doctors and ended up in trouble. "This film expresses the impact of societal repression on its characters with honesty and devastating humanity" a member of the jury said. "With its opinionated use of long takes and off-screen space Cristian Mungiu understands the power of simplicity.