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Why Are Women Worldwide Not Using Contraceptives—Even Though They Don’t Want a Pregnancy?

Significant numbers of women worldwide don't use birth control due to fears of side effects, negative beliefs about contraception, and because they don't think they need it...

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Festivals

Foreign Language Film Directors Discuss Common Ground, Rivalries At Palm Springs Contenders Panel

Five directors of films on the 2017 Best Foreign Language Oscar shortlist share their thoughts on the state of the world and where film fits in it.Regardless of country, la...

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Health

Evidence From Vidarbha: Psychological First Aid Prevents Suicide Among Farmers

A suicide prevention programme in Maharashtra’s Vidarbha region involving community health workers has reduced the prevalence of depression and suicidal tendencies in...

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Gender

How Tattoos Help Sexual Assault Survivors Reclaim Their Bodies

When Marti was 18 years old, she was raped by multiple men at a frat party. She was a virgin. "It happened in the beginning of my first semester freshman year," she recalls...

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Alternative Entertainment

Ads For Thought: Six Heartwarming Commercials That Project The Changing Face Of Indian Advertising

The advertising sector in India has been showing several signs of having evolved for the better, these days. There has been a spurt of recent commercials that manage to sel...

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TV

2017: Year Of Change

Star Plus brought in 2017 with a telecast of the Star Screen Awards. The other channels continued with their weekend programming. The fallout of demonetization, I wonder? E...

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Kaleidoscope

The Christie Way

Anthony Horowitz’s own Alex Rider series for young adult readers is successful, but he is also labelled a pasticheur, for writing in the style of other authors, like ...

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Gender

Olympic Athlete Krishna Poonia Saves Two Girls From Molesters And Wins Our Hearts

Olympic athlete Krishna Poonia recently turned into a superhero when she chased down men who were harassing two girls in Churu district of Rajasthan. The incident took plac...

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Human Rights

Women Farmers In Northern India Battle Tradition, Self-Doubt To Own Land

Anjali has worked on the land nearly all her life, first with her tenant-farmer parents, and then alongside her husband in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. But s...

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Festivals

Banff Mountain Film Festival Brings Adventure To GP

The spirit of independent film is that there are no constraints. Directors, writers, and actors are able to create a visual, thought provoking, emotional journey that will ...

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