Sustaining Sanitation

With the Prime Minister riding high on the publicity of the Swachh Bharat Mission, clean India seems to be an achievable dream today, but statistics say otherwise.

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Cross Country Cinema

Bengali director Kaushik Ganguly's Bishorjon opens with Padma, a Hindu Bangladeshi, finding a wounded Nasir Ali, a Muslim Indian lying unconscious on the banks of ...

Mosquito Maladies

The days when malaria could be called a fatal disease are past now, but we still have a long way to go.

Research towards combating the disease has evolved at a trem...

Celebration of Bimal Roy's Cinematic Legacy

The Bimal Roy Memorial Committee and Film Society, which completed 21 years this August, celebrated the event by hosting an event in Thane on Saturday, the 19th of Septembe...

Summer Movie Showdown

Summer movies are supposed to be the cream of the year, but this year, Hollywood's summer deliverables have more or less been a disaster. Multiplex chains saw a cumulative ...

Modern-Day Slavery

The National Crime Agency of the UK reports revealed that a subtle form of slavery is rampant across the country even today, and is ‘far more prevalent than thought e...

Mooting over Marijuana

The Union Women and Child Development Minister, Maneka Gandhi recently suggested that the government legalize the use of marijuana, which sparked off a debate on the pertin...

WOMAD Music Festival

The WOMAD Festival, which stands for World of Music, Arts and Dance took place in Wiltshire, England from 27th to the 30th of July 2017.

WOMAD was originally founde...

Stephen Lang to Return as Villain in Avatar sequels

Actor Stephen Lang is to reprise his role as on-screen villain Colonel Miles Quaritch in Avatar sequel.James Cameron, director of academy-award winning film Titanic confirm...