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Superpower Dreams: On How India Must Respond To A Low HDI Rank

India’s rank of 131 among 188 countries on the UNDP’s Human Development Index for 2015 and its ‘medium’ performance pose the uncomfortable question:...

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Sustainable Development

New AI Algorithm Beats Even The World's Worst Traffic

The height of individual vs. collective irrationality has to be automobile traffic. We build roadways around the assumption that we as individual human actors will behave i...

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Festivals

Film Festival Opens In Cinema-Less Saudi Arabia

The Saudi Film Festival opened Monday with 58 homegrown cinematic works to be screened in the ultra-conservative kingdom that continues to ban public cinemas. "Welcome to a...

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Alternative Entertainment

13 Artist Residencies Around India Worth Checking Out

For the aspiring artist today, the road is long and winding — and, often, lonely. For these wandering mavericks then, artist residencies are sanctums of peace; forwar...

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Gender

Cycling Cross-Country For Gender Neutrality

For 27-year-old Shruthi Shivashankaramurthy, there was more to life than being known as the daughter of a former vice-chancellor of Mangalore University, or earning a hands...

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Festivals

Film Festival Focuses On Social Themes, Targets Young Talent

The 9th Nashik International Film Festival(NIFF) turned out to be a big platform for several budding artists aspiring to make it big in the world of cinema. The festival co...

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Bollywood

Radhika Apte: India Ashamed Of Sexuality, Physicality

Actress Radhika Apte, who has often been under the scanner for her 'bold' approach in her films, said anything remotely associated with human body can turn out to be a prob...

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Human Rights

Festivities At Candolim Beach Await Wheelchair Users

Wheelchair users who haven't experienced Goa's beaches and waters will soon feel the wind in their hair and the sand in their toes. The first of its kind wheelchair accessi...

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Sustainable Development

The Quest To Turn The Arctic Into A Clean Energy Outpost Has Begun

The Canadian government's 2017 budget, released on Wednesday, funded a climate disaster mitigation fund and pledged billions to clean energy. It committed $21.9 billion to ...

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Alternative Entertainment

On Parwati Dutta’s Journey To Introduce Arts Education To The Deprived

Parwati Dutta travels across Marathwada to engage with the grass roots and introduce arts education to the deprived There are dancers who travel the world, win laurels, bri...

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