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A Forgotten Chapter

The caste system is still a contentious issue in most of India; in Maharashtra the Brahmin-Dalit problems persist, years after the flaring up of the anti-Brahmin movement f...

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Festivals

Setting Sun Short Film Festival 2017

A comedy about a support group for Autocorrect victims, a claymation about altruistic insects, and a film noir fantasy about a mythical city. Expect all of these at Setting...

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Health

People Reveal Why It Is So Difficult To Seek Professional Help For Mental Health In India

There's a fair chance that you already know someone who needs help for mental health. According to one recent study, only one of five of the 150 million Indians with mental...

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Alternative Entertainment

Why I Wrote A Play About William Wordsworth

I wrote a PhD on the poet William Wordsworth many years ago. More recently I returned to the subject to write a play about him. It opens at The Theatre by the Lake, in Kesw...

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Kaleidoscope

The Stars Foretell

Lucinda Riley’s The Shadow Sister is like reading two novels in one--it’s a thick tome, and for fans of romance and history, an absorbing read. It is the third ...

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Thought Factory

Varanasi: A Journey Beyond The Within

The first impression of this “holy” city were singular moments of “unholiness” tied together by exasperation and a tense feeling of confusion. As we...

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Alternative Entertainment

This Couple’s Stunning Documentaries Are Taking Space Dreams to Rural Kids in India

A complex, fascinating, and ever-evolving subject, astronomy encompasses mathematics and physical science, culture and history, myth and imagination, and more. It has been ...

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Trending

Millennials And Myth Of Gender Equality

I recently ran into a former schoolmate around Raffles Place, and, after we exchanged the requisite pleasantries, he asked: "How come you're not wearing heels and makeup? I...

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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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Kaleidoscope

Fearless Alex

Stephenie Meyer, author of the immensely successful young adult books has gone adult with her new thriller, The Chemist. Meyer’s Twilight novels were turned into hit ...

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