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Kaleidoscope

Whirlpool of History

Gurinder Chaddha’s latest film Viceroy’s House was inspired by the charming memoir by Pamela Hicks, daughter of Lord Louis and Edwina Mountbatten, covering her ...

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Kaleidoscope

Savage Harvest

The picture of the little Syrian boy washing up dead on a Turkish beach had woken the world up to the tragedy of the country. People who follow the news, know about the hor...

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Environment

Hundreds Of Whales Die In Mass Stranding On New Zealand Beach

Rescuers are trying to save dozens of whales after a mass stranding on a New Zealand beach thought to be the largest in decades. The Department of Conservation (DOC) discov...

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Gender

'You Can't Stand by and Watch People Die': The Woman Developing an HIV Vaccine

In the 1990s, Dr. Glenda Gray was an activist and medical student, fighting to end segregation in the hospitals of apartheid South Africa and mobilize communities around he...

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Retroscope

Retroscope - Jagjit Singh- A Sweet Recollection

I don’t recall when I first met the two, Jagjit and Chitra Singh. It must be sometime in the early 1970s, when Chitra came round to our tiny apartment on 29th Road TP...

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Retroscope

The Portrayal Of Violence Against Women In Indian Cinema

It has become something of a cliché to claim that the 1950s was the golden age of Indian cinema, and that during the 1950s, we had more women-centric films than at o...

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Health

Why Young Women All Over The World Are Still Dying In Childbirth

By the time the pregnant 17 years old arrives at a hospital in Sierra Leone, it is already too late. Her baby has died—maybe the day before, maybe even longer. She ha...

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Gender

Selfie With Daughter'

The unique intiative by a village sarpanch in Haryana, known for its dismal sex ratio, has taken the state from notoriety to fame, overnight. In January, Narendra Modi laun...

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Hollywood

Geena Davis Warns 700 Years Needed To Reach Gender Parity In Kids? Media

Actress Geena Davis last week told a standing-room only event on gender and the media at the United Nations that the paucity of female characters in entertainment media for...

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Environment

Huge Lake-Effect Snow Expected

As bitter Arctic air continues to spill east, temperatures will plummet to below 0 over the Tug Hill plateau through the overnight hours. Factoring in the winds, it will fe...

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