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Human Rights

Why Is Central Africa Missing From So Many Maps? 

You’ve probably had the following experience: You are reading along when a map, shaded in a procession of pastels, interrupts the story. Your eyes travel first to you...

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Retroscope

Rediscovering Hidden Treasures : Hirak Rajar Deshe

The most renowned Indian film maker internationally, doubtless, is Satyajit Ray. His advent with the iconic debut, PatherPanchali (The Song of the Road) heralded an outstan...

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Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope: Theatre A La Carte

Just a month into the new year, and quite a few noteworthy things have already happened on the theatre scene—Pankaj Kapur returned to theatre with a new play Dope...

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Festivals

Mumbai Film Festival Will Have Simultaneous Screenings Across India

Connoisseurs of Indian and world cinema are rushing to register for the week-long Mumbai film festival which begins tomorrow January 28. The opening ceremony will take plac...

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Gender

Year In Review: The Biggest Stories About Gender Inequality At Work

Gender inequality in the workplace continued to be a subject of contention this past year. Companies from Netflix to Goldman Sachs sought to make their paid-leave programs ...

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Bollywood

Amitabh Bachchan: Challenge To Make Films Matching Global Standard

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says it is a “challenge” to make films that match programmes of international standards which viewers are used to watching on televisi...

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Hollywood

George Clooney Visits Charity Cafe In Scotland

George Clooney visited a cafe in Scotland today that gives 100% of it’s profits to charity. The actor took the time to visit Social Bite in Edinburgh, a soc...

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Festivals

Malatya Unrolls 6th Film Festival With ‘Black Carpet’ Gala

Turkey’s Malatya welcomed the sixth edition of its annual
international film festival on Friday night with a black carpet gala,
honoring the count...

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Thought Factory

Environment, Development And The Paradox Of Progress

The wisdom of ancients was cast in proverbial stone when the Atharva Veda extolled believers to worship the environment, and consequently immortalized the message of preser...

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Hollywood

Solo Sailor Jessica Watson Visits Syrian Refugees.

The United Nations World Food Programme’s (WFP) Youth Ambassador Jessica Watson has visited Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan where she witnessed their remarkable...

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