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Sustainable Development

Weaving A Story Of Change

C. Sivagurunathan has spent all his life listening to the sound of the loom. “My parents would take turns and weave on a handloom that occupied much of our one-room h...

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Gender

Female Directors Are A Pain, I Love It - Diane Kruger

It was on the set of Disorder that Diane Kruger embraced social media. Her hunky Belgian co-star, Matthias Schoenaerts, advised the actress to set up two Instagram accounts...

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Gender

Only 37% Of Over 10,000 Pay-To-Use Toilets In Mumbai Are For Women’

Few things in life are as compelling as a full bladder. Last month, it made 22-year-old Laxmi Pandit plead, bargain and fight with the hard-nosed attendant of a toilet near...

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Gender

At This Home For Juveniles, Inmates Get Training In Gender Sensitivity And More

AT A time when the country recalls the ghastly December 16 rape case in New Delhi and people are debating over whether or not the juvenile involved in the crime should have...

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Gender

Changing The World Frame By Frame: Syrian Teen Wins Two Awards For Her Short Film

Sixteen-year-old Wala’a is haunted by a terrifying memory—being assaulted by a soldier as she fled the war in Syria. One of more than 700,000 refugees...

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Bollywood

‘Vidya, Deepika, Kangana, Anushka And I Stand Against Disparity Shown Towards Male And Female Actors’ – Priyanka Chopra.

Female actors in Bollywood have time and again spoken about disparity shown against male and female actors in the industry. Not only in terms of pay, even when it comes to ...

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Environment

How Mobile Phones Are Enabling Quality Maternal And Child Healthcare

In 1996, Aparna Hegde was a resident doctor at Sion Hospital, one of Mumbai?s largest public health facilities, when a woman who had just delivered a baby was rushed into e...

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Festivals

How Toronto International Film Festival Is Planning To Expand Its Global Footprint & Widen Its Focus

Two years ago, after the screening of the Partition drama Qissa at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Irrfan Khan sat down with his co-stars and director for a...

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Hollywood

Child Hunger In America Is An Overlooked Problem': Scarlett Johansson Recalls Food Struggle

Actress Scarlett Johansson has made an appeal to end hunger in the US, and drew on her own experiences in a public service announcement to raise awareness of the issue. &ld...

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Hollywood

Michael Sheen pens article on charity trip to Guatemala

Actor Michael Sheen has written a newspaper article detailing his recent trip to centres for victims of sexual abuse in Guatemala. The Masters of Sex star flew to the count...

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