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Sustainable Development

In Kenya, Phones Replace Bank Tellers

Pauline Kimari is a pharmacist in Ndaragwa, Kenya, a small town several hours’ drive north of Nairobi. She moved there from rural Muranga, several hours away, to open...

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Trending

Sridhar Rangayan’s Film 'Evening Shadows' Trailer Raises Hopes Of LGBT Community And Parents

The trailer of Sridhar Rangayan’s upcoming feature film Evening Shadows (Surmaee Shaam) which was released recently at the 8th KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film...

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Human Rights

When Will Land Rights For South Asian Women Become A Reality?

While Meghalaya’s ancient culture empowers indigenous women with land ownership, legal protections to own and manage property are missing.In Meghalaya, India’s ...

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Festivals

Goop Festival: Gwyneth Glows Like A Radioactive Swan

With its kale ice-cream, rose quartz eggs and inhouse shaman, Paltrow’s ‘wellness adventure’ is silly and fun. But is it only for rich, white people who a...

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Environment

The River That Tamil Nadu Often Forgets

For four days in July-August, which is the Tamil month of Adi, there is a festival at the temple on the hills just downstream of the Karaiyar dam across the River Tamirabar...

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Festivals

Pixar Shares 'Coco' Secrets At Annecy Animation Festival

An audience of animation students and assorted cartoon enthusiasts went cuckoo for “Coco,” as representatives of Pixar — co-director Adrian Molina and pro...

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Alternative Entertainment

This Indian Documentary Shows Us The Real Price Of Fast Fashion

While fast-fashion is rampant across the country today, few know of its dark implications. This website defines it as “A phenomenon in the fashion industry whereby pr...

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Hollywood

Hans Zimmer To Donate Concert Proceeds To London Fire Victims

Composer Hans Zimmer is donating all proceeds from a London show to the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire. The German film score composer behind such films as Inception, S...

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Thought Factory

So Long, Farewell, It’s Hard To Say Goodbye!

The last time I spoke to Piroj was two days before Nina Goel, her friend called me from Piroj’s mobile phone to inform me of her hospitalization and to tell me that P...

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Alternative Entertainment

This Is Why Israeli Fashion Is So Political

As civil war gripped Ethiopia, an entire community of Ethiopian Jews was airlifted out of the country by the Israeli government in an audacious 1984 covert operation to res...

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