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Women Use Art, Theater To Find Common Ground

In the days following the November election, some folks buried their heads, argued with others, or swore off social media and avoided communicating with the wider world. Bu...

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Hollywood

Sir Roger Moore Urges British Prime Minister To Ban Wild-Animal Circuses

In a moving article written on behalf of PETA, Sir Roger Moore – the beloved actor, humanitarian, and animal advocate – urges Prime Minister Theresa May to intr...

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Kaleidoscope

The Christie Way

Anthony Horowitz’s own Alex Rider series for young adult readers is successful, but he is also labelled a pasticheur, for writing in the style of other authors, like ...

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Kaleidoscope

Screen To Stage

Sometimes all it takes is a dream. Feroz Abbas Khan wanted to do a play based on the K. Asif classic Mughal-e-Azam for years. Finally the universe conspired and the product...

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Human Rights

Corruption, Caste Keep Poor From Owning Land In Northern India

For decades, Kunta lived in a hut outside Kachhidih village in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state, enduring the insults of higher-caste villagers who claimed her land - w...

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TV

Amma Only, On Prime Time

Never have Indian television channels been subjected to the frenetic pace, frenzied reporting and commentating as they all did on Tuesday, December 6 when J. Jayalalitha wa...

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Gender

No More Khatna: Meet The Five Women Standing Against The Ritual Of Female Circumcision In India

I was browsing through Facebook while sipping chai when a video caught my attention. I hit the play button. “A cut that pierced my life…A small nick, just a pi...

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Hollywood

Socially-conscious children’s films use artistic platform to educate

Hollywood has always been criticized for trying to engineer American society. For example, MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough accused Brokeback Mountain of advancing a “ra...

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Retroscope

Udayer Pathe - A Star Is Born

With Udayer Pathe, a new star was born – the name was BIMAL ROY.
As cinematographer, that star quality was evident after he shot P.C .Barua’s MUKTI. Deser...

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Human Rights

A change called NeHA

Ten years ago, it would have been impossible to imagine a world where tapping a piece of glass in the palm of your hand would allow you to watch a movie, order food, hail a...

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