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Gender

All-Women TV Channel Zan TV Makes Waves in Afghanistan

Zan TV, an all-women TV channel has been taking the Afghani media by storm. The first TV station to be made for, and run entirely by women, it consists of a team of 50 wome...

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Thought Factory

So Long, Farewell, It’s Hard To Say Goodbye!

The last time I spoke to Piroj was two days before Nina Goel, her friend called me from Piroj’s mobile phone to inform me of her hospitalization and to tell me that P...

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Alternative Entertainment

Chris Cornell & The Grunge Gods Gone To Soon

Soundgarden and Audioslave frontman Chris Cornell died unexpectedly at age 52. Here, The Daily Beast remembers him and other grunge-rock icons. Chris Cornell is undisputedl...

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Powerful People

Aruna Raje Patil: Committed To Feminism

Aruna Raje Patil passed out of FTII with a gold medal in 1969 becoming the first trained woman technician in the industry.
At the beginning of her career Aruna Raje w...

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Hollywood

'American Gods' Just Aired TV's Most Explicit Gay Scene Ever

American Gods has been called, by various critics, “the most important show on TV,” a show that “couldn’t be more timely,” and, by The Daily B...

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Festivals

Vietnamese Films To Screen At Cannes Film Festival 2017

Culi Khong Bao Gio Khoc (Sloth Monkey Never Cries) and Vi (Taste) will compete in the category of L’Atelier, which targets and gives production and funding opportunit...

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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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TV

Wanted: Content For Change

Back in the 1990s, I was at a lesser known Irani bakery in Pune; other than the famous Shrewsbury biscuits, this one was also famous for bread rolls. My aunt made several v...

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Alternative Entertainment

This Initiative Is Helping Rural Artisans Create Masterpieces By Collaborating With Modern Artists

India has a rich tradition of folk art that has been woven into the daily lives of many. Creating beautiful paintings on the mud walls or singing songs on a festive occasio...

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Environment

Off-grid solar to help Myanmar bring electricity to all by 2030

Four feet in length, of aggressive disposition, and deadly poisonous: you don’t want to stand on a Russell’s viper in the dark. Especially if there’s no a...

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