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Vidya Balan Speaks Up In Support Of Gurmehar Kaur

Gurmehar Khan, the Delhi University student, recently created a stir online with her post against the ABVP student organisation. While the daughter of an Indian Army martyr...

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Bollywood

Actress Speaks Out Against 'Casting Couch Culture'

In a note that she titled "Needs to be said", South Indian actress Varalaxmi Sarathkumar opened up on Twitter, about the issue of sexual harassment within the film business...

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Gender

'Moonlight' Writer Dedicates Film To All POC And Gender-Nonconforming

The 89th Academy Awards on Sunday weren’t lacking in high-key socio-political statements, one of which came from “Moonlight” playwright Tarell Alvin McCra...

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Iceland Fixed Its Teen Substance-Abuse Problem By Giving Them Something Better To Do

In 1992, Iceland had all its 14, 15, and 16-year-olds fill out a survey about their experience with drugs and alcohol. 25% smoked daily, and over 40% had gotten drunk in th...

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Health

Impact Of Budget 2017 On Healthcare Sector: High On Ambition, Low On Vision

Much has been written and spoken about India’s healthcare system, its creaking facilities, its shortage of doctors, its lack of insurance coverage and the rising burd...

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Alternative Entertainment

Censor Board Bans ‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’ For Being Too ‘Lady Oriented’

Censorship might be a constant problem we face, when it comes to our speech, our news, and media, but the film industry is one that often bears the brunt of it all. With th...

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Alternative Entertainment

Martin Scorsese On How 'Diversity Gaurantees Our Cultural Survival' In Film & In Everything Else

When Federico Fellini died in 1993, New York Times obituary writer Bruce Weber made a confession: “I never cared for his movies.” In a declaration of “rag...

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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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Health

Here’s Why India Is Struggling And Failing To Control Tuberculosis

TB is continuing to devastate lives in India because of the government’s inability to regulate an exploitive private health sector, and to fill gaps in the supply of ...

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Sustainable Development

Matt Mitchell Is Arming Underserved Communities With Anti-Surveillance Tools

Matthew Mitchell had one of his first encounters with surveillance in the 1990s. At General Electric, his work usually involved repairing computers. But after a sexual hara...

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