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Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro

Comedy, for some odd reason, has not been a favourite genre for Indian film makers. There is a marked preference for sentimental romances, love stories, family melodrama, g...

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Hollywood

Angelina Jolie: Refugee Policy Should Be Based On Facts, Not Fear

Refugees are men, women and children caught in the fury of war, or the cross hairs of persecution. Far from being terrorists, they are often the victims of terrorism themse...

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Environment

Tesla Moves Beyond Electric Cars With New California Battery Farm

From the road, the close to 400 white industrial boxes packed into 1.5 acres of barren land in Ontario, California, a little more than 40 miles from downtown Los Angeles, l...

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Gender

How Girls In Kerala Took Down An Illegal Liquor Store Near Their School

Every day the girls of Holy Angels School in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, have to pass a roadside liquor store while going to and fro from classes. It left them feeling vuln...

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Hollywood

Ed Sheeran Leads A Host Of Huge Names Supporting Red Nose Day

The world-famous singer-songwriter joined Comic Relief on a visit to the Liberian capital Monrovia, where he met children living on the streets, many of whom had been orpha...

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Festivals

Crowdfunded LGBTQ Film From India Is Hoping For A Cannes Premiere

Sisak, which claims to be the country's "first silent LGBTQ film," is a wordless love story that unfolds between two strangers aboard local trains in Mumbai. The film's tra...

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Alternative Entertainment

Girl Power: A Major Exhibition Features 40 Female Artistes Who Have Elevated Knitting, Weaving, Sewing And Crochet To A High Art Form

It has been a week dominated by politics, with the swearing in of President Trump and huge women’s marches in the US, London and around the world. Many women marching...

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Gender

Why Mary Tyler Moore's Legacy Matters More Than Ever For Young Women

I’m not sure how old I was when I started watching The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Although the last episode aired more than 12 years before I was born, I regularly tuned ...

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Health

YouTube Videos On Contraceptive Implants Mostly Accurate, Mostly Positive

The internet is not necessarily a bad place to find information about long-term birth control implants, a study suggests. Young women looking online for information about t...

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Bollywood

Kalki: Indians Have Confidence, & They Value Their Diversity

Kalki Koechlin has time and again talked about various social causes - from education to women's empowerment and gender equality. But these days, she is busy urging people ...

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