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Aruna Raje Patil: Committed To Feminism

Aruna Raje Patil passed out of FTII with a gold medal in 1969 becoming the first trained woman technician in the industry.
At the beginning of her career Aruna Raje w...

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Sustainable Development

Public Toilets Will Soon Be Equipped With Instant Feedback Devices In 11 Indian States

In an attempt to improve the nation’s sanitation experience and tackle the poor hygiene of public toilets, representatives from the Ministry of Urban Development in I...

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Bollywood

Taapsee Extends Support To Women-Run Cafe In Mangalore

For actor Taapsee Pannu, the Pink (2016) effect is clearly, still on. Despite six months having gone by since the film’s release, Taapsee still gets messages and emai...

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Kaleidoscope

Solo Power

Alyque Padamsee’s Broken Images, starring Shabana Azmi, the English version of Girish Karnad’s Kannada original Odakalu Bimba completed 101 shows recently.
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Human Rights

Prisoners Of A System

Terror suspects find themselves jailed for long periods without trial, and when proven innocent, find that the country does not make any kind of reparation On January 15, 1...

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Health

Medical Care Ventures Don't Have To Be In The City To Be Commercially Viable

When you traverse the streets of rural Karnataka, you are likely to encounter several girls called Vaatsalya (Sanskrit for ‘affection’). Many of them have one t...

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Gender

Color Purple - The Aravani Art Project

Today, a few members of the transgender community will take over a wall in Dharavi, a slum cluster in the heart of Mumbai, and transform it into a riot of colours, as part ...

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Alternative Entertainment

Theatre In Karnataka Needs To Map Social Issues

Theatre in Karnataka is not focusing on social issues instead is obsessed with visual details which doesn't bode well for the growth of the theatre movement and society, fe...

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Human Rights

With GIS Map Data, State Looks To Rationalise Schools

Karnataka has taken a big leap in the digital space by mapping all its 76,000 schools on a geographical information system (GIS) platform. This will now allow the governmen...

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Alternative Entertainment

MY VIEW: English Theatre Has A Loyal Fan Base In India. But Is It Easy To Make A Career In Theatre?

Students in India are often introduced to English theatre in the form of Shakespeare’s plays. And it usually ends there. Indian dramatists like T P Kailasam, Habib Ta...

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