Alternative Entertainment

Six Degrees Of Heroin: Film Shows It's Not "Other People"

Between ubiquitous overdose videos and an onslaught of headlines, heroin seems to be everywhere. But Warning: This Drug May Kill You, which premieres Thursday at the Tribeca F...

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Artist Is Creating A Parthenon Made Of 100,000 Banned Books

With the rise of Far Right candidates in Europe and in America, along with creeping dictatorship in Turkey and authoritarianism in the Philippines, the idea of democracy and f...

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The History Of All Girls Band & The Rock World Which Rejected Them

It was 1964 and singer Genyusha “Goldie” Zelkowitz had a problem. The all-girl band she formed in 1962 with drummer Ginger Bianco, Goldie and the Gingerbreads, had...

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The Handmaids Tale Lifts Hulu With Dystopian Vision

A generation after the book was published and became a movie, "The Handmaid's Tale" has been turned into a jolting TV series, representing a huge step up in class for Hulu. Ma...

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How One Creature Haunts Our Thoughts

A newly-christened species of giant spider was unveiled this week. Kelly Grovier looks at why these creepy-crawlies have long crouched in the dark corners of our imagination. ...

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Kameela Rashid: Who Will Survie In America?

The visual artist on “the stutter” in history, strategic opacity, and Black Women Artists for Black Lives Matter. rhaps, while strolling down the sidewalks of New ...

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Women's Prize For Fiction 2017 Shortlist Announced

The 2017 shortlist for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction has been announced, featuring six novels by female authors writing in English from across the globe. Set up in 199...

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Watch: This Powerful Rap About The Inhuman Practice Of Manual Scavenging

Sumeet touches upon casteism, elitism and the insensitivity which prevails even among the educated crowd about the issue. Manual scavenging is banned by law in India but it is...

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Ghachar Chochar: Vivek Shanbags Book Review

The novel written by Shanbhag, who has been compared to Chekhov, is the first of his works to translated into English Think of great Indian novels since Salman Rushdie set a c...

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Picturing Prince: A Glimpse Into The Purple Rain Star

Prince was such a private figure that any insight into his creativity is greedily welcomed. The latest comes from a former art director that has pulled together shots of the m...

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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