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Alternative Entertainment

It Was Nearly Impossible To Make This Queer Indian Drama

'Loev' is a sumptuous, provocative Netflix film that takes on queer intimacy in a nation where homosexuality is illegal.
Set and filmed completely in India, Loev is a ...

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Bollywood

Prabhas Is The Poster Boy Of Women Rights In Baahubali 2, Here’s Why I Say So

I was appalled when I saw the Baahubali: The Beginning’s scene where Prabhas strips Tamannaah and then drapes her in what he thinks suits her more (read: Stereotyping...

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Kaleidoscope

The Ganpati Story

How did Lord Ganesha get his elephant head? The myth is part of Indian folk lore—Shiva came home one day and a little boy prevented him from entering the house becaus...

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Movies

True Review Movie - Meri Pyaari Bindu

Director: Akshay Roy

Stars: Ayushmann Khurrana, Parineeti Chopra

Runtime: 2hr 25mins

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Gender

Priyanka Chopra: Breaking Stereotypes In Hollywood

Priyanka Chopra has amassed millions of fans playing agent Alex Parrish on ABC’s hit drama Quantico — but being a woman in Hollywood hasn’t come without i...

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Health

India Wants To Be TB-free By 2025, But Patients Suffer Due To Stigma, Lack Of Counselling

Yasmeen (name changed) was freshly out of teens when her marriage was fixed with Shameem—a tall and handsome boy, just like she had imagined for herself. Elated and e...

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Alternative Entertainment

Ghachar Chochar: Vivek Shanbags Book Review

The novel written by Shanbhag, who has been compared to Chekhov, is the first of his works to translated into English Think of great Indian novels since Salman Rushdie set ...

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Bollywood

Bollywood Could Bring Feminism To The Masses. Why Doesn't It?

A few days before the release of 2016 Bollywood hit “Dangal” (“Wrestling Bout”), which is based on the true story of two medal-winning Indian female...

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Human Rights

One Step Forward, Two Back – India’s Uneven Progress In Correcting Gender Imbalance

India’s sex ratio at birth – or the number of girl children born for every 1,000 boys born – has improved slightly over the last 10 years. But there are n...

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Gender

I’m a Sex Worker Who Is Sick of Female Misogyny

So you’re a feminist, ey? You tell your kids that girls and boys are equal? That little ladies can grow up to be firefighters and astronauts, that boys can play with ...

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