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Carol Opens Kashish Film Festival

Carol today kick started the seventh Kashish Mumbai Queer Film festival. Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett-starrer 2015 lesbian drama “Carol” today kick started the s...

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Retroscope

Meena Kumari - A Legend

Meena Kumari’s rags to riches saga has a poignant edge to it. Dubbedthe greatest tragedienne of the Indian screen, her doomed personal life flashing with deep tragedy...

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Retroscope

Durga Puja Special

For many years now I have enjoyed Puja in Bombay, the city of our adoption like thousands of probasi Bengalis. The Bengali community was once close, everyone knew ...

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Retroscope

The Portrayal Of Violence Against Women In Indian Cinema

It has become something of a cliché to claim that the 1950s was the golden age of Indian cinema, and that during the 1950s, we had more women-centric films than at o...

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Festivals

The Cork Film Festival Launches Its Diamond Jubilee

It hardly seems possible, but the Cork Film Festival really has been going since the 1950s. Keeping heads above water involved quite a bit of struggle in the early days, bu...

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Festivals

Cate Blanchett Film Carol Among Premieres For Adelaide Film Festival

Cate Blanchett’s latest film Carol, which got a standing ovation at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, will have its Australian premiere as part of this year&rsq...

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Sustainable Development

India’s New Economic Model: Sustainable Development The Buddhist Way

Over 2500 years ago, Siddharth Gautam, a 29 year old man from India undertook a spiritual quest. His 6-year-old journey took him from Kapilvastu, then in India, to Bodh Gay...

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Hollywood

Hollywood glamour for a good cause at King's Academy, Coulby Newham

Students at King’s Academy, Coulby Newham took the catwalk to raise £1,200 between three charities The glamorous awards season may be in full swing in Hollywood...

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Festivals

Day 3 Of The 16th Mumbai Film Festival Ends On A High Note

Mumbai, October 16, 2014:  After two cinema and celebrity packed days, the 16thMumbai Film Festival is growing on city’s ci...

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Environment

Air pollution caused fall in monsoon rains, says study

Emissions produced by human activity over the past 50 years have caused decline of the annual monsoon rainfall, on which billions of people - including in India - depend, a...

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