Quizmaster Siddhartha Basu back in the spotlight with Sony Liv’s ‘Quizzer Of The Year’

Quizmaster Siddhartha Basu back in the spotlight with Sony Liv’s ‘Quizzer Of The Year’

Siddhartha Basu | Photo Credit: Special arrangement When the history book on quizzing on television in India is written, Siddhartha Basu will be remembered as the man who popularised the famous catchphrase “I’ve started, so I’ll finish” as he volleyed questions to contestants on various shows for nearly 40 years. Basu first captured the imagination […]

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IIT-Madras’s Centre for Memory Studies celebrates Anglo-Indian history

IIT-Madras’s Centre for Memory Studies celebrates Anglo-Indian history

Ever heard Elvis Presley’s ‘Jailhouse Rock’ coming through like a shot in the still summer night from your pocket radio while you lay under a mosquito net on a bungalow lawn, the air heady with frangipani? When the names of those who had requested the song — Peter and Paul D’Souza, Tricia and Lorraine Fletcher […]

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IIT Madras, BHU collaborate as knowledge partners for ‘Kashi Tamil Sangamam’

IIT Madras, BHU collaborate as knowledge partners for ‘Kashi Tamil Sangamam’

The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) today collaborates with the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) to serve as a knowledge partner for the ‘Kashi Tamil Sangamam’, an initiative of the Government of India. The initiative aims to bring the academic, economical, social and cultural relationship between Varanasi and Tamil Nadu to light. Interested candidates can register […]

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