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Festivals

Women Face Long Odds At US Film Festivals: Study Finds

The lack of opportunities for women has been an important issue facing studios in recent years, but a new study of American film festivals, which have long served as talent sp...

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Alternative Entertainment

Martin Scorsese Doesn't Have The Answer To Life's Meaning

It's telling, perhaps damning, that a Martin Scorsese film now feels like an audacity. With tentpole movies reliably and surgically extracting billions from the box office, fu...

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Bollywood

Salman, Deepika And Other Stars Who've Eradicated Stigmas About Health Battles

Salman Khan showing no inhibitions in stating that he suffered from facial nerve disorder has encouraged many to discuss health issues more openly - especially the ones that a...

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Trending

The Elders Welcome Iran Election Result As Spur For Peace And Tolerance

The Elders welcomed the re-election of President Hassan Rouhani in Iran as a sign that the Iranian people clearly desire peaceful relations with the outside world and a more t...

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Trending

Google's AI Future: So Impressive, It's Scary

Google this week held its developer conference for 2017, where it teased some of the brand new features coming to its products and services. What we saw on stage was undeniabl...

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Gender

How Safe Are Sanitary Pads In India

Since only 12% of menstruating women in India use sanitary napkins, questions haven’t been raised on hygiene and safety standards and practised by the makers A woman ent...

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Health

Missing Women: In India Child Sex Ratio Has Worsened

An extension of attitudes that leads to missing girls translates into missing women from the workforce and missing women in leadership roles.“More than 100 million women...

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Human Rights

Lou Reed Song 'Take A Walk On The Wild Side' Accused Of Transphobic Lyrics

Friends and collaborators of the late Lou Reed have reacted with utter disbelief after a student body claimed that his 1972 hit 'Walk on the Wild Side' contained transphobic l...

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Sustainable Development

Four Indians Who Are Using Cannabis Oil As Medicine

What if you were told that there was an ingredient that could cure cancer, treat people in remission, keep anxiety at bay and help mitigate epilepsy? A mystical elixir of life...

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Environment

Chinese Appetite For Totoaba Fish Bladder Kills Off Rare Porpoise

Only 30 vaquita are left in Gulf of California as pirate fishermen net them when fishing for highly valued totoaba maws The world’s rarest marine mammal is on the verge ...

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WEST BENGAL’S DEMOCRATIC HOSTAGE CRISIS

Satyabrata Ghosh examines West Bengal’s 2026 Assembly Election, voter deletions, A...

May 1 2026

STUDENT CITY PART 2

In Part 2 of Prof Dr Piyush Roy’s nostalgic campus saga, rivalries intensify, frie...

April 30 2026

RAGHU RAI TRIBUTE THROUGH LENS

A personal tribute by film critic and author Utpal Datta to legendary photographer Raghu...

April 29 2026