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Human Rights

In 'Hunger', Roxane Gay Unravels The Repercussions Of A Rape

In 2012, Roxane Gay, the founding essays editor at The Rumpus, published an essay ostensibly about about The Hunger Games. Those on Twitter who followed Gay — already...

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Kaleidoscope

Long Arm Of Fear

It’s taken a while for this 2012 to come out in an English translation, but it was worth the wait for readers of Japanese crime fiction (Keigo Higashino is already a ...

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Bollywood

After Farhan, Now Vidya Balan Says ‘Bus Ab Bahut Hogaya’

After actor Farhan Akhtar, Vidya Balan extended her support to the campaign ‘Bus Ab Bahut Hogaya — Enough is Enough’ which is led by Population Foundation...

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Kaleidoscope

Thirty-Seven Years Later

Today, the media is full of crimes against women, victims are coming forward to file complaints, there are many more arrests and even few convictions even if they are not a...

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Gender

A Conversation Between A Woman And Her Rapist

Twenty years ago, when she was 16 years old, Thordis Elva was raped by her then-boyfriend, Tom Stranger, who was 18 at the time. Thordis had been drinking rum before their ...

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Bollywood

Priyanka Chopra Dismayed By Child Sexual Abuse In Zimbabwe

Priyanka Chopra says she is dismayed by the level of sexual violence against children in Zimbabwe, with government officials there telling her many young girls are ‘a...

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Trending

Why 47 Companies Stopped Competing And Started Collaborating For Good

In 2014, my creative agency Mekanism launched a campaign in partnership with non-profit Civic Nation called It’s On Us. The intention was simple but lofty: to end rap...

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Trending

13 Reasons Why: Netflix Series Considerations For Educators

Schools have an important role in preventing youth suicide, and being aware of potential risk factors in students’ lives is vital to this responsibility. The trending...

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Bollywood

Bollywood Is An Ideal Secular Structure, Says Raveena Tandon

The mast mast girl of Bollywood, Raveena Tandon, was in the capital recently, but unlike her usual happy-go-lucky self, this time she was in a pensive mood, talking about r...

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TV

Afternoon Is The New Prime Time

Doordarshan has already been there and done that. In the mid-90s, the mandarins at Mandi House came up with an unprecedented move to create an Afternoon Prime Time, wherein...

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