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Human Rights

Tribal Women from Odisha’s Kashipur Block Are Standing up against Exploitation – One Broom at a Time

Salpai Majhi, a proud and confident tribal woman leader, has a wonderful story to tell, “Since ages, we have depended on the forest to run our homes.We have been coll...

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Environment

The Standing Rock protests are a symbolic moment

This past Thursday was Thanksgiving. A time when we remember a feast, the first Thanksgiving, on Plymouth plantation in the autumn of 1621. The tales of pilgrims from the M...

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Festivals

DOC NYC 2016: 13 Movies We Can’t Wait to See at the Festival

New York City’s annual DOC NYC festival kicks off this week, including a full-to-bursting slate of some of this year’s most remarkable documentaries. If you&rsq...

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Alternative Entertainment

A New Google Project Is Unearthing The Untold Stories Of India’s Female Pioneers

Think back to your high school history class. How many women did you learn about?
Whether you studied the Indus Valley civilisation or Soviet Russia, the age of empire...

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Gender

Speaking Out On Sexism And Violence Through Hip-Hop

UN: Young women are beginning to find their voices around issues such as sexism and violence, including through hip-hop, an art form which has a long tradition of fighting ...

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Human Rights

‘Inclusivity, key for rights of the disabled’

On Saturday evening, the Institute of Mathematical Sciences was unusually crowded. A number of students, disabled people, activists and civil rights supporters were troopin...

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Environment

How Green Banks Could Save the World

With environmental groups worried that a Donald Trump presidency could slow the implementation of renewable energy in the US, some clean energy advocates are turning to gre...

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Festivals

Sundance Wish List: 53 Films We Hope Will Head to Park City in 2017

For many filmmakers, this Thanksgiving is poised to be a very happy one indeed, as Sundance typically rolls out its first programming announcements late in November, just i...

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Alternative Entertainment

Three Pink Floyd Songs Played On The Korean Gayageum: Comfortably Numb, Another Brick In The Wall, Great Gig In The Sky

If you come visit South Korea, where I live, you’ll more than likely pass through Incheon International Airport, and there quite possibly witness a variety of display...

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Festivals

Film Festival Roundup: Santa Barbara and Palm Springs Celebrate ‘La La Land,’ Sundance London Announces Dates

The 28th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) will present the film “La La Land” with the Vanguard Award at its annual Film Awards Gala. The ...

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