Alternative Entertainment

Dhauli-Kalinga Mahotsav: A Classic Confluence

The unique annual Dhauli-Kalinga Mahostsav , an arts festival presented at the Buddhist heritage site of Dhauli hills near Bhubaneswar has been an exemplary public-private par...

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The Gender Identity Crisis for Today’s Children

It’s been almost a year since I wrote about the issue of transgender students and bathrooms in schools, and it is time to revisit the subject. One week ago, the Trump ad...

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Let Your Next Corporate Gift Also Help India’s Rural Artisans

Thank a client, reward an employee, or celebrate new and continuing business. Celebrate a colleague’s success, reward a team player, pamper a client, or simply make a sp...

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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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A Chhattisgarh Farmer Took It Upon Himself To Educate Visually-Challenged Children

Barun Kumar Pradhan may be a farmer, but for the people in his village in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, he is no ordinary man. Through a free residential school, Pradhan has been abl...

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This Couple’s Stunning Documentaries Are Taking Space Dreams to Rural Kids in India

A complex, fascinating, and ever-evolving subject, astronomy encompasses mathematics and physical science, culture and history, myth and imagination, and more. It has been stu...

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A New Indian Website Is Helping Sexual Assault Survivors Heal

The Internet is a curation of all things wonderful, or terrible, depending on which side of it you wander into. A group of young Indians have attempted to do their own bit, by...

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UK Theatre Uses Play To Address Sexual Assault And Scrutiny In A Social Media World

University of Kentucky Department of Theatre and Dance takes on a very important and difficult topic the next several days as it presents "Good Kids," a play centered on the s...

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Censor Board Bans ‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’ For Being Too ‘Lady Oriented’

Censorship might be a constant problem we face, when it comes to our speech, our news, and media, but the film industry is one that often bears the brunt of it all. With their...

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How Stories Configure Human Nature

It is in our nature to need stories. We arrive “biologically prepared” for them. They were evolutionarily crucial. We feel and think in story-logic (story-causalit...

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QUEER MOTHERHOOD BEYOND STEREOTYPES

Prof. Dr. Avinash Kolhe: Vikram Phukan's Some Mothers, Other Mothers explores queer moth...

July 7 2026

CHASING SHADOWS IN A LOVELESS WORLD

Brij Bhushan, journalist and author, reviews Khalid Mohamed's Not Quite Family: An Intim...

July 6 2026

PRITAM AND PEDRO REVIEW VERDICT

A convention-bound cyber thriller that never quite acquires the unmistakable Hirani magi...

July 5 2026