Last Updated Stories in colours

Luminous - Lighting the Sydney Opera House Sails

Luminous is part of Vivid Sydney, a festival of music, light & ideas, developed by Events NSW in partnership with the City of Sydney, that will be the biggest international music and light festival in the...

PM's terror stand comes back to haunt him

"NEW DELHI: Of all his formulations, the one that has returned most often to haunt Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is the assertion that Pakistan too, like India, was a victim of terrorism. The macabre irony...

Chandrayaan-1 gets back to work

" A day after landing India’s first probe instrument on the surface of the moon, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was on Saturday getting ready to activate eight other scientific instruments on board the country’s first unmanned lunar spacecraft,...

Would you salute a flag of beige?

Ho hum. “There was a perception that life here was," said  Hanna Holborn Gray, former president of the University of Chicago, of her institution,  "— I won’t say gray, that’s hard for me — but...

Meet Aussie the goldfish who swims upside down

"These days pet fish come in all shapes, sizes and colours. Indeed, the ordinary goldfish has come to seem just that. But Aussie, who shares a tank on pub bar, is rarely viewed with indifference. In fact, she is...

Safe sex advice, Bollywood-style

In an effort to help educate the young people of India about safe-sex practices, a Bollywood style condom video has been made by the Nrityanjali academy. It is quickly becoming a hit on YouTube among western...

Taser parties - for all your zapping needs

I've been to a tupperware party - one of my friends is even a tupperware salesperson, but I've never heard of tasering parties before.Dana Shafman, a business woman in the United States, has started a new way for...

It Really IS a Question of Black and White (Cultural significance of colors)

Why is it that black is the color of mourning in the West, but white is customary in Asian cultures?Somber clothes at times of grief go back at least as far as the Old Testament. Rudolph Zehnpfund ("Mourning...

All change for beach huts

"FOR centuries humble wooden beach Huts have dotted the nation's coastline. Many have been treated to a colourful lick of paint but generally they have been ignored by the world of architecture. So when Manchester artist Michael Trainor launched a competition challenging...

George W. Bush : NeoLiberal, Not NeoCon

I personally can't find this humourous any longer but it does offer a ray of clarity.  - The Angryindian-----------------------------------------"President Bush has sent shuddering waves of revulsion and...

An explosion of creativity, arts, performances, the world's largest celebrat...

The world's largest celebration of creativity and imagination. The World Children Festival will show-case children's talent, equip them with communication and...

Beirut "Erotika" show heats up Lebanon

Artists Nayla Karam and Maria Sarkis's art exhibition in Lebanon is not tame. Their expo called Erotika displays Andy Warhol type of colourful pop-art, where sensual images of women's figures, themes of...

Hope you had a nice holi

"Hope you had a nice holi 4th of March was Holi—the festival of colours. I wanted to post this image earlier but just couldn't. I hope al of you had a nice holi. Manu also enjoyed holi with colours and a water pistol. To read more, see more pictures and videos of holi,...

Hindus welcome spring with Holi festival

Check out our awesome slideshow of Holi goers, which will evolve throughout the day. Versions of the Hindu Holi festival (which is also called Phagwah or Dolyatra in some regions) have sprung up all over the...

closeSign in to NowPublic

is reporting from