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Alternative Entertainment

‘Walls of Kindness’ Are Popping Up Across India & They’re Making Winter Warmer

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but these murals mean much, much more to those in need. ‘Walls of Kindness’, an initiative that first sprang up in...

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Health

Contraceptive Cruelty: How patriarchy Determines Birth Control Use In India

A month or so before her wedding, 23-year-old Rituparna’s mother suggested that they go to a gynaecologist for a ‘normal check-up’. Once there however, he...

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Alternative Entertainment

When A Book Club Lends More Than Just Books

This story is part of an ongoing campaign called the Alphabet of Illiteracy. By using letters themselves—the foundation of reading and writing—Project Literacy ...

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Gender

Color Purple - The Aravani Art Project

Today, a few members of the transgender community will take over a wall in Dharavi, a slum cluster in the heart of Mumbai, and transform it into a riot of colours, as part ...

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Human Rights

Soon Tags To Track Children At Large Gatherings

In a unique initiative to keep track of children, especially in large gatherings, the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has drafted a set of gu...

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Sustainable Development

3D Printing Membranes Could Change Water Treatment As We Know It

3D printing has come a long way in the past few years. Printers that once could only produce thick plastic can now churn out flexible material, metal, and now even semi-per...

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Alternative Entertainment

Maker Of Grand Spectacles

Almost two decades have elapsed since director and scenographer Deepan Sivaraman graduated from his alma mater, the University of Calicut’s School of Drama in Thrissu...

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Bollywood

Shilpa Shetty Kundra To Host A Charity Event To Fund For Orphans

While Shilpa Shetty Kundra doesn’t seem to have any plans of returning to Bollywood, the actress loves her role as an entrepreneur and she also likes to work for the ...

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Festivals

Indian Short Film To Be Premiered At The Prestigious 67th Berlin International Film Festival

A great film is always dependent on the vision of the director, but if the right minds are keen to support that very vision, that is a true endorsement for any art form. Read More

Alternative Entertainment

Theatre In Karnataka Needs To Map Social Issues

Theatre in Karnataka is not focusing on social issues instead is obsessed with visual details which doesn't bode well for the growth of the theatre movement and society, fe...

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