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Wanted: Content For Change

Back in the 1990s, I was at a lesser known Irani bakery in Pune; other than the famous Shrewsbury biscuits, this one was also famous for bread rolls. My aunt made several v...

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Kaleidoscope

Smoke And Mirrors

Pankaj Kapur returned to the stage last year, with a charming one-man show, Dopehri. Kapur is an illustrious alumnus of the National School of Drama and did quite a few pla...

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Alternative Entertainment

Gender-Bending Shakespeare And Rough Magic In “The Tempest”

Eight times a week, in a rowdy, devastating, gender-bending production of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” at St. Ann’s Warehouse, directed by Phyllida L...

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Sustainable Development

This Augmented Reality App Tells Indigenous Stories In Canadian Cities

Wikiupedia aims to be a digital network of Indigenous knowledge. Adrian Duke showed me his phone while we stood outside Vancouver's Skwachàys Lodge. An animated rave...

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Alternative Entertainment

The Revolutionary Journey Of Dalit Literature

We recently celebrated the 180th birth anniversary of Savitribai Phule and this makes for a good occasion to reflect upon Dalit literature and its political outcomes. Savit...

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Bollywood

Bollywood Supports Stronger Anti-Smoking Campaigns, But Not Curbing Creative Expression

Bollywood will whole-heartedly support stronger anti-smoking campaigns, but static dislaimers where actors are shown smoking in films will have to be removed. Remember the ...

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Gender

Why The Gender Pay Gap Is Not A Myth

When I hear the gender pay gap denounced as a myth, the critic typically claims that the gap is imagined by those who like to play victims. If the critic is rather well-rea...

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Gender

Who’s The Boss? India’s Women Farmers Take Charge Battling Traditional Gender Roles

For Hira Kanjarya, a 17 hour day is the norm as she gets up before dawn to cook for her five children, do the washing, milk her two buffalos, and also run the family’...

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Human Rights

How Our Cities Are Violating The Rights Of Children

Air pollution, piles of garbage, open electrical wires and chaotic traffic are just a few of the hazards that children in India's cities negotiate every day. While these pr...

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Festivals

Documentary Film Festival Showcases Myriad Human Lives

With themes ranging from caste and culture, the cries of disgruntled Maruti workers to the lives of literary giants, the fifth Chennai Short Film and Documentary festival p...

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