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Thought Factory

So Long, Farewell, It’s Hard To Say Goodbye!

The last time I spoke to Piroj was two days before Nina Goel, her friend called me from Piroj’s mobile phone to inform me of her hospitalization and to tell me that P...

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Alternative Entertainment

This Is Why Israeli Fashion Is So Political

As civil war gripped Ethiopia, an entire community of Ethiopian Jews was airlifted out of the country by the Israeli government in an audacious 1984 covert operation to res...

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Festivals

Identity Keepers

Sridhar Rangayan, festival director and founder of Kashish, on the recent edition of the queer film festival, being inclusive, and opening up discussions on sexuality When ...

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Bollywood

Jacqueline Bats For Ban On Animal Testing Of Cosmetics

Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez loves animals so much so that the actor is urging people to sign a petition for a global ban on animal testing of cosmetics and ingredi...

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Alternative Entertainment

How Online Radio Shows, Podcasts & Blogs Can Be Your Guide To New Music

In the age of algorithmic discoveries, there’s a case to be made for real guides. What better way could there be to expand the horizons of your aural experience? Ther...

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Festivals

Metro Vancouver's South Asian Music Festival Brings Back The Bhangra Beat

After a successful start in Vancouver last year, the City of Bhangra Festival is expanding in all the right places. “We are now in the heart of the community that we ...

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Gender

Wonder Woman, Death In The Gunj, Show The Term Female Director Must Get Obsolete

As you read this, Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman is enjoying its run in theatres, already claiming the largest opening ever for a film directed by a ‘female direct...

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Alternative Entertainment

"If You Are Not In The Obit, Eat Breakfast" Finds Vigour After 90

In this era full of baby boomers caring for frail parents, we’ve seen plenty of documentaries, plays and memoirs about dementia, infirmity, loss. But in the HBO docum...

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Festivals

Park City Moto Union To Roll With It's Motorcycle Film Festival

The Park City Moto Union is a local riding group on a mission to educate the general public about motorcycles. "We want to break through the stigma of motorcycle riding and...

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Alternative Entertainment

Adoor Gopalakrishnan: Blockbuster Movies These Days Hardly Show Real India

With the melodious tunes of the saxophone, Danish saxophonist, composer and conductor Lars Moller opened the afternoon session of the third day of the fifth international c...

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