Culture

For those think the Commonwealth Games have been all about the art of swindling, here's some news. An art project is aiming to create a memory of the Games and Delhi, in the tradition of "memory making" through photographs, postcards and souvenirs. The Delhi Commons project includes a series of mail/ public art projects including a mobile photo studio, a Delhi souvenir project and a postcard series. As creative practitioners, the artists hope to add to the discourse on mega events such as the...

The Fairy Queen, the oldest surviving functional steam engine in the world, is once again ready to haul a heritage train from India's capital New Delhi to Sariska National Park in Rajasthan state. This train, which is a great attraction among steam engine lovers across the globe, will run between Delhi Cantt. Station and Alwar from October 23 this year to March 12, 2011. However, the Northern Railway division of Indian Railways plans to run an additional trip on October 9 during the Commonwealth...