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A 19th Century painting by iconic artist Raja Ravi Varma has become the most expensive Indian artwork ever sold, setting a new auction record. The painting, Yashoda and Krishna, was sold for 1.67bn rupees ($17.9m; £13.6m) at a Saffronart auction in Delhi on Wednesday. It beat the previous record set by MF Husain's Untitled (Gram Yatra) which fetched $13.8m last year. The surge in sales and records highlight growing demand for Indian and South Asian art, with collectors pushing prices to new hi ...Read More >
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Yashoda and Krishna, Raja Ravi Verma. Image Courtesy/ Saffronart April 2026. Mumbai. The gavel falls at Saffronart's Spring Live Auction, and with it, every record in Indian art history is erased. Raja Ravi Varma's Yashoda and Krishna has sold for ₹167.2 crore, approximately $18 million, making it the highest-value work of modern Indian art ever sold at auction. The buyer? Cyrus S. Poonawalla, the Pune-based founder of the Serum Institute of India. Until this week, Poonawalla was better known ...Read More >
Bollywood and Punjabi cinema lost a quiet pillar of legacy when Satyajit Singh Shergill, father of actor Jimmy Shergill, passed away on October 11, 2025, at the age of 90. In a statement released by the family, they confirmed the Antim Ardas (final prayer) would be held on October 14 at Gurudwara Dhan Pothohar Nagar in Santacruz West, Mumbai. Satyajit Shergill was not a public figure in the conventional sense, but belonged to a family steeped in art, culture and heritage. Media reports point ou ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jan 17 (PTI) Veteran journalist and writer Humra Quraishi, who died due to heart failure and diabetic complications, was known as an advocate for truth, justice and as a champion for the marginalised. Quraishi breathed her last at a hospital in Gurugram on Thursday, her daughter Sarah Quraishi told PTI. She was 70. Also Read | Indian Army's 'Sambhav' Smart Phone Used During China Border Talks for Secure Communication. Born in Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh on April 25, 1956, Quraish ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jan 17 (PTI) Veteran journalist and writer Humra Quraishi, who died due to heart failure and diabetic complications, was known as an advocate for truth, justice and as a champion for the marginalised. Quraishi breathed her last at a hospital in Gurugram on Thursday, her daughter Sarah Quraishi told PTI. She was 70. Born in Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh on April 25, 1956, Quraishi worked as a Delhi-based writer and columnist. Having spent long years covering Kashmir as a journalist, ...Read More >
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