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Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope - Two To Tango

A new play Mr & Mrs Murarilal has a middle-age man and woman - played by SatishKaushik and Meghna Malik - have a romantic rendezvous in a park. They have a defiant, &lsqu...

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The Law Cannot Be Blind Kaleidoscope

12 Angry Men, written by Reginald Rose in 1957 was a teleplay, converted to a film by the great Sidney Lumet. The play is one of the classics of modern theatre—a powerfu...

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Kaleidoscope - Precious Friendships

Two books about enduring friendships, both beautiful and heartwarming are very different—one about two female friends and the other about four male friends.  The fi...

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Kaleidoscope - An Enduring Romance

A play about marital infidelity has been winning fans over the years, instead of shocking conservative Indians. Bernard Slade’s Tony award-winning romantic comedy Same T...

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Kaleidoscope - Of Human Bondage

In India, where a large section of the population is vegetarian, the hullabaloo over a women refusing to eat meat would seem excessive, but in, South Korean writer Han Kang&rs...

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Kaleidoscope - Kiddie Party

As summer vacations draw to a close, the marvellous season of children’s plays also comes to a halt. Very few groups who work on children’s theatre during the summ...

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Kaleidoscope - Honesty Or Racism?

It’s a hot topic right now—millions of refugees from Islamic countries flocking to Europe and tilting the population balance. Already, prophets of doom are predict...

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Kaleidoscope - Just Not Funny

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article belong to the writer and not indicative or representative of the organization ACEE - The Third Eye The furore over...

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Kaleidoscope - From A Child’s Heart

It has been observed that more often than not books for or about kids have a male protagonist.  Two recent books buck that trend and have girls leading-- and very interes...

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Retroscope - Meena Kumari

I walked carefully through the film set, encountering black coils of electrical wires, plug points, tripods, pedestal lights, noisy fans at every step of the way that made me ...

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POLITICS: A NATION AT CROSSROADS AND APATHY

India stands at a crossroads, grappling with economic disparity, political polarization,...

November 24 2024

GENDER: HOW PATRIARCHY SILENCES RESISTANCE

Patriarchy persists by co-opting privileged voices, masking systemic exploitation in ind...

November 23 2024

KALEIDOSCOPE: BRIDGING THE SACRED AND THE ARTISTIC

A spiritual and artistic celebration that brings the divine essence of Varanasi’s ...

November 22 2024