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Human Rights

In Northeast India, The Movement For LGBT Rights Is Gaining Visibility

He was only 18. It was the first time he had joined a protest rally against the Supreme Court of India's ruling on homosexuality. ‘’It was the first ever public ga...

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Sustainable Development

Did Children Build The Ancient City Of Amarna?

New evidence from Akhenaten’s capital suggests that a ‘disposable’ workforce of children and teenagers provided much of the labour for the city’s const...

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Environment

The Hidden Valley Villa In Coorg Beckons True Nature Lovers This Monsoon

Tucked in a hidden valley down a winding clay road some 5 kilometres from Karnataka’s town of Madikeri (in the Coorg district) lies the Garden Farm. On the fringes of th...

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Alternative Entertainment

How Online Radio Shows, Podcasts & Blogs Can Be Your Guide To New Music

In the age of algorithmic discoveries, there’s a case to be made for real guides. What better way could there be to expand the horizons of your aural experience? There&r...

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Hollywood

Rihanna And Global Citizen Call On The G20 To Prioritise Education

In July, the G20 will meet in Hamburg, and Rihanna and Global Citizen need your help in the coming month to make sure education is at the top of that list. Last year, Rihanna ...

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Bollywood

Salman Khan Joins BMC's Campaign To End Open Defecation In Mumbai

Salman Khan has lent star power to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)'s campaign to make the city free of open defecation. Yesterday, the star visited Madras Pada sl...

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Movies

True Review Movie - All Eyez On Me

Cast: Demetrius Shipp Jr., Kat Graham, Lauren Cohan, Hill Harper, Danai Gurira Direction: Benny Boom Producer: David Robinson, L.T. Hutton, James G. Robinson Writer: Jeremy...

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Festivals

Metro Vancouver's South Asian Music Festival Brings Back The Bhangra Beat

After a successful start in Vancouver last year, the City of Bhangra Festival is expanding in all the right places. “We are now in the heart of the community that we are...

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Trending

'We Wear Culture' Is Based On The Premise That Fashion Is Culture, Not Just Clothes

For years, Google allowed its engineers to spend 20 percent of their time on personal projects they thought would ultimately benefit the company. The tech giant has since scal...

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Gender

Wonder Woman, Death In The Gunj, Show The Term Female Director Must Get Obsolete

As you read this, Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman is enjoying its run in theatres, already claiming the largest opening ever for a film directed by a ‘female director&...

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BUSINESS: GIG WORK AND CAPITALIST FAILURE

Sharad Raj examines the New Year’s Eve gig workers’ strike to expose how neo...

January 14 2026

POWERFUL PEOPLE: A BEAUTIFUL MIND

Veenapani Chawla’s chance encounter with Naseeruddin Shah culminated in the birth ...

January 13 2026

THOUGHT FACTORY: LISTENING IS THE NEW LOOKING

For years, we were trained to look, writes Vinta Nanda. Now, we are learning to listen&m...

January 12 2026