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Festivals

The Festival Guy who turned his Hobby into his Lifestyle

He knew that the festival culture, in all its whimsy, was for him, the first time he attended a music festival. At first, he was a bit enchanted but also a little horrified. T...

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‘Sonyachi Jejuri’: A Festival that paints the Town Gold

India is a land of colours and festivities.  A small town in Maharashtra, actually lives up to the name every August, with a whole lot of bright yellow turmeric thrown al...

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Ambubasi Mela: A Festival that Celebrates Fertility and Rejuvenation

Guwahati’s Kamakhya Temple organizes the Ambubasi Mela (also pronounced as Ambubachi Mela) which is a four-day annual fair. Legend has it that an angered goddess Shakti ...

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The Meltdown Festival: A Panel on Mental Health Awareness included in honour of dead Singer

BBC News reported that after a frantic 48-hour search, police confirmed on May 11 2018 that they have found the body of Frightened Rabbit singer Scott Hutchison. The 36-year-o...

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Shanghai International Film Festival: What’s Around This Year?

There are not many countries in the world with a culture as distinct as China. The country also offers the thriving Shanghai; one of China’s largest, busiest and most vi...

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Punjabi Singer Ranjit Bawa is the Sunday Night Headliner at the Surrey Fusion Festival

Internationally Known Punjabi Singer Ranjit Bawa To Headline For Surrey Fusion Festival Surrey Fusion Festival is the ultimate celebration of food, music, and culture. a large...

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Exceptional and Soul-stirring Films at the 5th Illuminate Film Festival

For most people, films are the idea of entertainment. Be it rich or poor to educated and uneducated, films influence each and every one in positive and negative (mostly positi...

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9th Jagran Film Festival receives over 3000 Entries

India’s largest travelling film festival - Jagran Film Festival, which is in its 9th edition this year, has received movie entries across 116 countries. The festival h...

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Talented South Asian Filmmakers at the Locarno Film Festival

Sanjeewa Pushpakumara’s latest film project ‘Amma’ has been selected as one of the eight projects in the Open Doors section, which is the Prestigious Locarno...

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Uttarakhand to Host India's First Ever Butterfly Festival

India houses more than 1200 species of birds and 1300 species of butterflies. While bird tourism is already on a roll in India, butterfly tourism is slowly and steadily catchi...

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Uff, that dance of chaos

Khalid Mohamed reviews the political askew Tandav, the heart-tugging Tribhanga and the p...

January 22 2021

Thank you Mr. Kamath - Better late than never!

Following the news of ASCI banning surrogate ads of 12 liquor companies, Dr. Sandeep Goy...

January 21 2021

That’s Entertainment!

How do I start writing about a man’s love affair with Hollywood and the movies? Es...

January 21 2021