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Gender

Japan’s Gender-Bending History

I’m an anthropologist who grew up in Japan and has lived there, off and on, for 22 years. Yet every visit to Tokyo’s Harajuku District still surprises me. In the e...

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Health

Introducing Gynopedia: The Wikipedia For All Your Sexual Health Needs

It’s Sod’s Law. You have no gynaecological complaints for months – then the second you step off the plane en route to your exotic hotel or far-flung hostel, ...

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Human Rights

Growing Child Labour In India's Cities Is Just The Tip Of The Iceberg, Say Activists

Urban India is employing an increasing number of children - many under nine years of age - in producing everything from pickles to fireworks, working in tourism and labouring ...

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Sustainable Development

Scientists Just Confirmed The Hottest Day In Antarctica

Scientists from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced a new record high temperature of 63.5 degrees Fahrenheit for the continent of Antarctica. The temperature...

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Environment

Watching Birds Near Home Eases Sadness & Worries

Watching birds around your home may help overcome sadness and worry, a new study in UK has found. Researchers from the University of Exeter in UK, the British Trust for Ornith...

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Festivals

Taiwan Film Takes Second Place In Indian Short Film Festival

The Taiwanese film "Way Back Home," directed by graduate student Cheng Tang-jung (程堂榮), has won second place for Best Short Fiction at the 4th Chennai International Shor...

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Alternative Entertainment

Amitabh Bachchan Bats For Gender Equality In A Powerful Twitter Post

Amid worldwide debates and discussions on gender equality, equal rights for men and women both at workplace and otherwise, gender pay gap etc, Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachc...

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Bollywood

Violence In Any Context Not Justified: Swara Bhaskar On Ramjas Row

Bollywood actress Sawara Bhaskar has condemned the Ramjas College incident, saying no amount of explanation can justify violence. Last week, Delhi University's Ramjas College ...

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Hollywood

Smurfs Team Up With United Nations For A Happier, More Peaceful And Equitable World

The popular Smurfs characters are encouraging children, young people and adults to make the world happier, more peaceful, equitable and healthy with a campaign launched today ...

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Trending

World’s first Facebook Live Pitch by Salt Brand Solutions

1ST March 2017: Salt Brand Solutions responded to Nearbuy's call for a creative pitch by presenting also on Facebook Live in the process making it the world’s first Face...

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ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: THE RIVER OF LIFE

OP Srivastava takes us on the banks of Gautam Ghose's film. Paar, crossing the river of ...

April 24 2024

KALEIDOSCOPE: ANURAG ANAND - THE STORYTELLER ARTIST

‘I am a storyteller with art and writing as my mediums,’ says Anurag Anand, ...

April 23 2024

BOLLYWOOD: CHORI MERA KAAM OR CHOR-EO-GRAPHY

Monojit Lahiri investigates Bollywood’s skilled art of plagiarism down the decades...

April 22 2024