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Sustainable Development

Child, Bride, Mother

In Guatemala, the legal age of marriage is 14 with parental consent, but in Petén, in the northern part of the country, the law seems to be more of a suggestion. Und...

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Festivals

Chaitanya Tamhane's 'Court' Acquired By Zeitgeist Films For U.S. Distribution

–Zeitgeist Films has distributed films such as Abbas Kiarostami’s ‘Taste Of Cherry’, Christopher Nolan’s ‘Following’, and ...

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Sustainable Development

Never mind growth, Davos delegates – how about a World Development Forum? Lawrence Haddad

This year’s gathering at Davos discussed inequality more than ever before. The latest Oxfam report has focused us all on one figure: 1% of the world’s populatio...

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Thought Factory

OF MISOGYNY, MENTAL HEALTH, STORYTELLING AND ALL INDIA BAKHCHOD!

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius - and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring. ~ Marilyn Monroe

It has now been a long time that I ...

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Thought Factory

“To Be or Not To Be”

Nature gives the gift of life.

Law gives the right to life.

Who is to grant, not to live?

It is often a cause of wonderment why human ashes are grey...

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Movies

Hawaizaada

Critics rating: 1.5 Stars

Cast:  Mithun Chakraborty, Ayushmann Khurrana, Pallavi Sharda.

Direction:...

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Top 5

Television’s Otherwise Abled People

When it comes to portraying a mentally imbalanced person on the screen, and I am referring to television, there is a misconception that any character that has retardation i...

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Festivals

“The Eichmann Show” Co-produced by Sheetal Talwar garners rave reviews

Mumbai, 23rd January, 2015: Acclaimed British actor who was last seen in ‘The Hobbit’ recently showcased his latest feature ‘The...

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Environment

Shareholders challenge BP to confront climate change risk

Over 150 investors, including Environment Agency and Church of England, demand that BP test whether their business model is compatible with international pledge to limit gl...

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Environment

Five ways to achieve climate justice Helena Kennedy

We are learning to see climate injustice. We see it in the distressing stories of lives destroyed, epic droughts, floods and typhoons, and families and whole peoples uproot...

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