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John Abraham, Dia Mirza, Kalki Koechlin and many more at the Mumbai Marathon

The 12th Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon was held in the city early Sunday morning. Athletes and amateur runners strapped on their shoes and hit the Mumbai streets runni...

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Movies

I Movie Review

Critics rating: 2 Stars

Cast: Vikram, Amy Jackson

Direction: Shankar...

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Bollywood

Bold messages from Bollywood in an era of intolerance

Until this year, the line of dialogue that for me best encapsulated India’s mix of chaos and tolerance was not from a contemporary Bollywood film but a four-year-old ...

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Thought Factory

THE ROMANCE OF KITES

In mid January, the skies over Gujarat and Maharashtra are gaily speckled with kites, diving, soaring and getting at each other. This day marks the solar ingress into Capri...

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TV

SMALL PACKAGE, BIG SURPRISE

Even as 2015 is still young, there are a few young actors who have sprung a surprise with their performances. These young thespians aren?t mouthing cute coached lines, whic...

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Sustainable Development

India’s bride markets grow, while trafficking convictions decline

The shortage of brides in some states with skewed sex ratio has made human trafficking a lucrative trade The Indian predilection for aborting or killing the female child ap...

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Festivals

Athena Ashton’s Topical New Play ‘The Missionary Position!!’ To Be Staged In India

Theatre NW1 London

        Athena Ashton’s Topical New Play ‘The Missionary Position!!&rsquo...

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Sustainable Development

The truly dictatorial ordinance didn’t come from Modi: it came from Rajasthan

Laying down educational qualifications for panchayat and zila parishad elections endangers democracy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has received plenty of flak for resorting...

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Sustainable Development

Lexicon of democratic literacy

The introduction of educational qualifications as eligibility criteria for contesting panchayat elections has shocked and angered rural Rajasthan, including supporters of t...

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Bollywood

Salman Khan donates 300 lenses to the disabled

Salman Khan’s charity doings have always been an inspiration and here’s the latest donation from his Being Human kitty. The ever-giving actor was recently in Sr...

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