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Amitabh, Anushka To Launch Narendra Modi Govt's 'Darwaza Band' Campaign To Make India Open Defecation Free

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan and actress Anushka Sharma will on Tuesday launch the Narendra Modi government's `Darwaza Band` campaign aimed at making India open def...

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Festivals

Skjaldborg Festival Is Fuelling Creativity In Patreksfjordur

If there is one thing Icelanders are masters at, it’s organising a festival. Music, film and art fairs pop up regularly on the country’s event calendar, and tho...

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Health

Junk Food Ban Is Not Enough: Schools

On Monday, the Maharashtra government issued a resolution instructing schools to stop serving junk food in their canteens, to stem health problems and aid learning. Foods b...

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Alternative Entertainment

Catastrophe' Makes Male Vulnerability Funny

The image of a crying man is a misandrist's dream. On Amazon's Catastrophe, however, it's an opportunity for empathetic laughs, and it might elicit some tears from the audi...

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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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Sustainable Development

Matt Damon: Children Are Drinking Water So Dirty, It Looks Like Chocolate Milk

Jetlagged after a flight from Australia, Matt Damon is wearing a smart dark suit with a crisp white shirt as he sits at the headquarters of the World Bank in Washington. He...

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Kaleidoscope

Bollywood Then And Now


Vijay Tendulkar had some sharp observations about life in Mumbai, which included the underbelly of the film industry, that is the murky world of strugglers and unpaid...

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Human Rights

Why I Don't Like Going To Bars As A Disabled Person?

From inaccessible bathrooms to weird looks, drinking with your friends at a pub isn't such a piece of cake. Since I started this column six months ago, I've written on sex ...

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Gender

India Issues Pro-Trans Public Accomodations Guidelines

India‘s government has asked all states to let transgender people use any public toilet of their choice. The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation issued guidelin...

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Sustainable Development

This Device Pulls Drinking Water Straight Out Of The Air — And It Runs Entirely On The Sun’s Energy

A new kind of water-capturing device could be a game-changer for some of the world’s driest places. It can pull water vapor out of the air at humidity as low as 20 pe...

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