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Carving a niche: Indian films nominated for Toronto International Film Festival

Grabbing a spot each in the world premiere for Toronto International Festival are films Omerta, Mukkabaaz and The Hungry. Omerta is directed by director Hansal Mehta, Mukka...

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Thought Factory

Stop Killing Your Grandmother For The Nth Time!

A recent tweet by a web developer, Madalyn Parker about her CEO’s response to her email has sparked an important conversation about mental health. Parker, who suffers...

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Bollywood

Breaking Silence: Actor Abhay Deol Advocates Anti-Racism

A five-minute de trop commercial break in the middle of your favorite show projects a flood of graphically designed promotions of some magical products that claim to have b...

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Festivals

Blonde Redhead Kicks Off This Year's Bicycle Film Festival

The 17th Annual Bicycle Film Festival [do not type 'rolls' do not type 'rolls'] returns to NYC next week with over 50 short and feature length films from over 25 countries,...

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Festivals

When Otis Redding Delivered The 20 Best Minutes Of Pop Ever

Late on the evening of June 17, 1967, as Saturday night turned to Sunday morning, the San Francisco–based rock group known as the Jefferson Airplane concluded their 4...

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Festivals

10 Reasons To Love The Edinburgh International Film Festival

Edinburgh is host to the world's longest continually-running film festival, which has had its fair share of milestones since launching in 1947. Ahead of the 2017 event, MAR...

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Environment

Dogs & Wolves Share Sense Of Fair Play

The sense of fair play is an important human trait, but new research suggests that it's a key behaviour for dogs and wolves as well. In tests, if one animal was given a mor...

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Sustainable Development

School Funding: Do Poor Children Get Their Fair Share?

Research suggests increased spending on education can improve student outcomes, especially among low-income students. This means that targeted increases in funding could he...

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Festivals

Skjaldborg Festival Is Fuelling Creativity In Patreksfjordur

If there is one thing Icelanders are masters at, it’s organising a festival. Music, film and art fairs pop up regularly on the country’s event calendar, and tho...

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Human Rights

Seven Women Get Real About What It's Like To Be Dark Skinned In India

Every time I go to Delhi, one of the only active things that are a part of my ‘I’m-home-now-let-me-slumber’ routine is accompanying my housekeeper/life-lo...

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