How Reading Harry Potter Can Reduce Prejudice

A study found that reading the fantasy novels improves tolerance of stigmatized groups across a range of demographics Frequenters of social media may have found a surprisin...

Film4Climate contest winners showcase effects of climate change

Hundreds of young people raised their voices for climate action in the Connect4Climate Film4Climate Global Video Competition, showing that it is possible even in the remote...

Marrakech Climate Talks: Giving The Fossil Fuel Lobby A Seat At The Table

As the world gathers in Morocco for the historic first meeting under the Paris agreement – called “COP22” but now also “CMA1” &ndash...

Manoj Bajpayee To Kickstart South Asian Film Festival Of Paris

Actor Manoj Bajpayee  will kickstart the South Asian Film Festival of Paris (FFAST) tomorrow in the French capital. The festival which is in its 4th edition has invite...

Animated Film Festival By Alliance Française

The Alliance Française de Pune is organising a series of screenings of animated films from October 19 to 22, on the occasion of the 1...

'Link Up Public Health With The Climate Change Agenda'

The global health and climate community met in Paris last week to highlight the insidious link between health and climate change and demand more explicit recognition of thi...

Abbas Kiarostami Died: Martin Scorsese Pays Tribute

'He was one of those rare artists with a special knowledge of the world' Revered Iranian auteur Abbas Kiarostami died today in Paris at the age of 76. A cinephile's favouri...

Paris Bans All Cars Made Before 1997 To Reduce Pollution

The ban, which aims to reduce air pollution in the City of Light, came into effect Friday and makes Paris the first city in the country to officially establish a "limited t...

“An artclass on the footpath…”

Interns Pranoy Shaiva and Shreyas Nair contributed both words and photographs for this writeup.

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