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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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Sustainable Development

Tiny Silk Batteries Dissolve Within Weeks

A flexible battery made of gauzy silk films could power electronics and then melt away after a preset number of days (ACS Energy Lett. 2017, DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.7b00...

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TV

Repeats, Ad Nauseum

With the Dalai Lama’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh doing the news rounds, there can be no better a time than this for Epic Channel to telecast the first two episodes of...

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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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Alternative Entertainment

Ai WeiWei To Build Fences Throughout New York To Exhibit Immigration

With Donald Trump’s vowing to build walls and shut down borders, artists have continued to make powerful political statements, defiant against the President. In timel...

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Festivals

Tribeca Film Festival 2017: Women to Support At Tribeca Film Festival

Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) will take place  today and will take place April 19 – 30, 2017 in New York City.  It is one of the largest and most diverse film...

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Hollywood

Cycle For Survival Raises A Record-Breaking $34 Million In One Year To Beat Rare Cancers

Cycle for Survival, the movement to beat rare cancers, raised $34 million in 2017 through its indoor team cycling events — the most raised in a single year in the his...

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Human Rights

Women, Cities, And Opportunity: Making The Case For Secure Land Rights

Land and property lie at the center of many of today’s pressing development challenges. Consider that at most 10% of land in rural Africa is reliably registered. At t...

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Festivals

CIFF 2017 Wrap: Attendance And Fundraising Records Broken Yet Again

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Year after year, the Cleveland International Film Festival plays like the best kind of broken record: It always breaks its own attendance and Challenge Ma...

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Bollywood

10 Of The Most Interesting Female Directors In South Asia

With every international film festival held, the question gets more pressing. Where are the female directors? Numerous studies on the representation of women in film keep s...

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