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Akshay Kumar's Idea Gets Life: Web Portal To Donate Money To Martyred Jawans Launched By Govt

Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar, about three months back,conceived an idea for general public to donate money to the families of the martyrs of central paramilitary forces who ge...

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Four Successful Female Directors On Gender Disparity In Hollywood

Most women directors don’t like to talk about gender. They’d rather just get on with their work. “I never think of myself as just being a female director,&rd...

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Academy Launches Inclusive Mentorship Program

The film academy is launching a new mentorship program for students and young professionals from “underrepresented communities,” AMPAS said on Wednesday, called Ac...

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How Can You Help Get More Women Enter India's Music Industry?

Like almost any other industry in India, it comes as no surprise that barriers to women’s entry into the Music industry are sky high. For those wanting to be producers t...

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Beyond Sterilisation: The Need For Sex Education And Contraceptives In India

For decades, India has put controversial sterilisation drives at the heart of its efforts to combat population growth. But last year, the country’s top court ordered the...

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Trans People Would Love To Adopt As Shown In The Powerful Vicks Ad, But They Legally Can't

If you are among the ones, like yours truly, who got a little teary-eyed after watching the Vicks ad that surfaced on your Facebook timeline, you have company. There's a good ...

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The secret of sustainable success

All over the globe, from traditional behemoths to smaller start-ups, companies are striving to be more sustainable and eco-conscious. This is not just about hitting flimsy cor...

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New Study Shows Worrisome Signs For Greenland Ice

As humans put more heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere, like carbon dioxide, ice around the planet melts. This melting can be a problem, particularly if the melting ice st...

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Muslim Film Festival Returns For Third Year In Milwaukee

The third annual Milwaukee Muslim Film Festival begins Monday with another wide-ranging sample of movies made in the Muslim world. The festival, a project of the Milwaukee Mus...

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Is It Wrong To Group Together LGBT Art?

Billed as ‘the first major exhibition dedicated to queer British art’, Tate Britain's brand new show, which covers gay art from 1861 to 1967, joins a host of other...

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ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: LOOKING FOR THE MAHANAYAK

Srijit Mukherji’s Oti Uttam is a film hard to dislike. And no, it’s not just...

April 27 2024

POLITICS: PEOPLE WILL DEFEAT AMIT SHAH

Vinta Nanda spent two days with Sonal Patel and returns to tell us that the Congress Par...

April 26 2024

THOUGHT FACTORY: DISCOVERING MAHARASHTRA'S COOL RETREATS

Beat the Heat: unveiling Maharashtra's chilling hideaways for a refreshing summer escape...

April 25 2024