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Bollywood

Is Indian Cinema Finally Empowering Its Female Characters?

What is it about women and weapons that fascinate us? Why is it that the idea of an empowered woman is tied to that of her wielding a destructive object or super power? Eve...

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Thought Factory

The Many Faces Of Media

Panoramic landscapes of rock formations on face of the earth are not the only structures that present the spectacle of erosion. What takes infinite centuries to change the ...

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Thought Factory

Top 5 New Media/Web Platforms For Change

I recently read an article by Sean Parker, the founder president of Facebook and the man behind the revolutionary Napster,that took the music world by storm, speaking about...

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Festivals

Venice Film Festival Reveals 2015 Juries

Competition jury includes Elizabeth Banks, Lynne Ramsay, Diane Kruger and Hou Hsiao-hsien. The Venice Film Festival (Sept 2-12) has revealed the members of its three intern...

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Thought Factory

Of A Biased Media, Yakub Memon And Baby Crows!

So as I walked into the elevator that would take me to my apartment on the 7th floor after work last evening, in walked with me a lady well over 75 years of age.

I ...

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Environment

Tiny Marine Organisms At The Base Of The Food Chain Are Eating The Plastic We Toss In The Oceans

Tiny marine organisms sitting at the very bottom of our food chain are ingesting the plastics that humans are tossing by the ton into the world's oceans, say researchers in...

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Hollywood

Robin Roberts, Patricia Arquette To Speak At Texas Conference For Women.

The 2015 Texas Conference for Women announced today that “Good Morning America” co-host and author Robin Roberts will appear as a keynote speaker at the 16th an...

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Environment

Rising Fossil Fuel Emissions Will Screw With Carbon Dating

There are many reasons why we need to cut down fossil fuel emissions: pollution, climate extremes, irreparable damage to our natural world. Now there?s another to add to th...

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Sustainable Development

Rising Fossil Fuel Emissions Will Screw With Carbon Dating

There are many reasons why we need to cut down fossil fuel emissions: pollution, climate extremes, irreparable damage to our natural world. Now there’s another to add...

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Festivals

Women Set To Dominate At London Indian Film Festival 2015

From the tale of a persecuted rights activist hounded from her home to Shabnam Sukhdev’s moving study of her father, this year’s programme foregrounds work by a...

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