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Amitabh Bachchan: Now, 50 Percent Of Work Force On Sets Is Female

At the launch of book 'Once Upon A Time In India - A Century Of Indian Cinema', written by film critic-cum-author Bhawana Somaaya, Amitabh, asked by her about the changes t...

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Alternative Entertainment

Bill Gates Lists His Favourite Books Of 2016

Bill Gates has apparently been a big reader all along, even during his Microsoft days. On his site, Gates Notes, he writes, “I’ve been reading about a book a we...

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Gender

27 Nonfiction Books By Women Everyone Should Read This Year

New year, new books. At least, that’s what we wrote back in December, when we were just starting to add titles to our 2017 reading lists. Now that we’re nine da...

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Alternative Entertainment

When A Book Club Lends More Than Just Books

This story is part of an ongoing campaign called the Alphabet of Illiteracy. By using letters themselves—the foundation of reading and writing—Project Literacy ...

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Retroscope

MOTHERHOOD RETOLD

“I remember it being a curiously bewildering phase. A period when I was beginning to feel excluded from the mainstream activities of my family…but it took me a...

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Kaleidoscope

Action All The Way

Matthew Riley’s hero Jack West is one of the world’s five greatest warriors, along with Moses, Genghis Khan, Napoleon and Christ—seriously!—so he is...

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Human Rights

Katherine Johnson: Advanced Human Rights With A Slide And Pencil

When I was growing up, in segregated South Carolina, African-American role models in national life were few and far between. Later, when my fellow flight students and I, in...

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Health

Government School Kid Get A Guide On Healthy Living

To inculcate healthy habits among school-going children, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has launched a booklet, titled 'Healthy Children, Healthy India'. Two lak...

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Kaleidoscope

The Christie Way

Anthony Horowitz’s own Alex Rider series for young adult readers is successful, but he is also labelled a pasticheur, for writing in the style of other authors, like ...

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Bollywood

The Splendid Journey Of Om Puri In Bollywood

Veteran actor Om Puri was one actor who carved his name on the golden book of Indian cinema. The actor has received many prestigious awards for his contribution in films. B...

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