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Human Rights

Why Tagore Would Have Been Branded Anti-National Today

Yes, you read it right. Rabindranath Tagore, the poetic force of our national anthem was against the idea of nation and nationalism. To him, it was merely a machine that in...

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Festivals

Berlin Film Festival 2016 Roundup: Serious Gems And Stylish Risks.

The Coens splashed out, Cynthia Nixon channelled Emily Dickinson, Ivo Ferreira shone with his poignant docudrama on war in Angola – and Meryl Streep marshalled a hard...

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Festivals

European Film Festival Features 'Movies That Matter'

It is peak award season for the film industry, and some fans will be left wanting more. Those who didn’t get their fill of movies this year that focus on meaty topics...

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Human Rights

Two Children Drown Every Day On Average Trying To Reach Safety In Europe

In a joint statement, issued in Geneva, UNHCR, UNICEF and the IOM warned that the number of child deaths was on the increase and called for more measures to increase safety...

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Festivals

Shifting Perspectives At Non-Fiction Film Festival

Urgent global issues get personal at Doc Fortnight, the Museum of Modern Art’s annual program of international non-fiction film.Many selections in the festival, which...

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Alternative Entertainment

Brooke Bond Red Label's Happy Hijras Return With 'Sab Rab De Bande'

Hindustan Unilever (HUL)'s happy hijras (Hindi slang for eunuchs) are back, this time with Sonu Nigam, and a much higher branding quotient. 'Brooke Bond Red Label 6 Pack', ...

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Festivals

Berlin Film Festival: Director Defends Eight-Hour Movie That Features Hour-Long Lunch Break

‘It’s not slow cinema, it’s cinema,” says Lav Diaz, director of historical drama A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery, shown at the Berlin film festiv...

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Hollywood

Ben Stiller Visits Refugees With UNHCR.

Ben’s private briefing, organised by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, brought him face to face with three families who had lost everything because of war. With their liv...

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Festivals

PREVIEW-Berlin Film Fest Opens With Clooney - And Eye On Refugees

George Clooney will be in town on Thursday when "Hail, Caesar!" opens the annual Festival, and Meryl Streep is the competition jury president, but the politically attuned s...

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Festivals

Europe's Migrant Crisis Has A Starring Role At The Berlin Film Festival

BERLIN — Europe's migrant crisis will play a starring role at the Berlin International Film Festival that opens this week, a reflection of Germany's own leading perfo...

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