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Gender

Japan’s Gender-Bending History

I’m an anthropologist who grew up in Japan and has lived there, off and on, for 22 years. Yet every visit to Tokyo’s Harajuku District still surprises me. In th...

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Sustainable Development

Amritsar’s Golden Temple Leads by Example, Offers Organic Food From Its Farm To 1 Lakh Pilgrims

In Amritsar, at the kitchen of the famed Golden Temple, there has been a quiet yet very healthy revolution taking place. Those who come to the temple to pray have turned to...

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Human Rights

Remembering Savitribai Phule, Who Fought For Women’s Rights In 19th Century India

Today is the 186th birth anniversary of Savitribai Jyotirao Phule, considered to be one of India’s renowned social reformers and educationists. Phule, who was born in...

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Gender

Chattisgarh Cop Crowd Funds Medical Treatments For The Needy Using Her 7 Lakh Followers On Facebook

Twenty-four-year old Smita Tandi is a policewoman who puts her proficiency in social media to good use by serving people from disadvantaged backgrounds. The Chattisgarh-bas...

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Bollywood

Akshay Kumar, Aamir Khan Wish Soldiers And The Video will Bring Tears To Your Eyes

Aamir Khan, Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan took to social media and posted their heartfelt message to soldiers ahead of Diwali. The #Sandesh2Soldiers initiative was started b...

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Environment

How Google Is Using Big Data To Protect The Environment

For many people, Google is simply the gateway to a vast archive of facts and memories. For those who pay closer attention to its business dealings, the company also invests...

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Festivals

A New Horror Film Festival At Cinema Village

Horror fans are in for a macabre menu of varying flavors when 
FearNYC, a new film festival, makes its debut on Friday, Oct. 21, at Cinema Village. Among the offe...

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Alternative Entertainment

Poetic Justice Offers Free Class On Theater-Based Approach To Social Change

Now celebrating its 16th season of serving the community, the Poetic Justice Theatre Ensemble offers a free five-week class on its world-renowned social-change theater tech...

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Alternative Entertainment

Cinema Under A Bridge Provides Bollywood Escape For The Poor In Delhi

A makeshift cinema hall under a 140-year-old bridge in the Indian capital is allowing poor rickshaw pullers and migrant labourers to escape daily hardship and sweltering he...

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Festivals

One In One Thousand: Paste At The 2016 Florida Film Festival

Nestled into the urban sprawl that is the Greater Orlando area is a gem of a movie theater calledthe Enzian. For over 30 years, this member-supported nonprofit has provided...

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