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On Manto’s 108th birth anniversary

“The more I sit thinking of Manto’s genius, I recall  my  meeting his grandnephew Abid Hasan Minto, in  New Delhi&rd...

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Alternative Entertainment

A touch of class

Review of Season’s Greetings, a short film which probes sexual identities

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Bollywood

CELEBRATE CINEMA 2019

Mumbai, September 23, 2019: Jubilance, enthusiasm and festive fervour prevailed over the last two days at Whistling Woods International (WWI), ...

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Kaleidoscope

Murder, He Said

The Gujarati play Shaatir, starring Tiku Talsania in a role quite different from the comic roles he is known for, has been running successfully...

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Whose Life Is It, Anyway?

Deepa Gahlot writes in her review of Jodi Picoult’s, A Spark of Life, “Women’s reproductive rights have always been under thr...

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Human Rights

Iranian human rights lawyer jailed for 38 years and sentenced to 148 lashes

Iran has sentenced 55-year-old lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh to 148 lashes and 38 years in prison over her defense ...

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Human Rights

11 years and zero prosecutions: Justice, a forsaken promise in Kashmir

The Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS), a human rights organisation in the state, has compiled the data of 108 cases of ...

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Business and Politics

Let's keep the #JungJaari for Equality and Justice - CJP's Human Rights Manifesto for Election 2019

The upcoming general election is critical for human rights in India, given the recent surge of violations of rights that are constitutionally guaranteed for all Indians. Wi...

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Human Rights

Prominent Human Rights Lawyer Wang Quanzhang sentenced in China

A court in Tianjin, a city in northern China has sentenced prominent human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang to 4 1/2 years in prison for subversion...

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Bollywood

Veteran Actor, Scriptwriter and Dialogue Writer Kader Khan No More

Kader Khan the most popular Afghan-Canadian-Indian film actor who has given big hits in the 80’s and 90’s has featured in more than...

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