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Haider: A Painfully Beautiful Movie That Dares To Challenge The Mainstream...
By Heeba Din: Putting a highly politicised story on the big screen and amidst #boycotthaider trending on twitter, Vishal Bhardwaj’s adaptation of the Shaekesperan play “Hamlet” has managed to stand out...
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By Arpita Pande: Feminism is a widely circulated concept, or more of a belief in the contemporary society. However, at many places, women were not even recognized as individuals till two centuries...
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Book Lovers In Raipur Have Found A Perfect Place And They Do More Than Just...
By Surabhi Singh: “If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.” The idea of starting the state’s first Libro Cafe began with a simple desire to break monotony of a couple of restless...
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How A Story Of 4 DU Students Searching For A Mythical Form Of Hash, Explores...
By Shambhavi Saxena: Imagine driving through the mountains in a dusty jeep so far from your home in South Delhi, that the mist in the trees makes you forget the sound of traffic. The feeling of being...
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Meet Shubhangi Joshi, An Unlikely Combination Of A Musician, A Poet And A...
By Surangya Kaur: It’s a non-working weekday and Shubhangi is making the most of it away from work, trying to figure out the lyrics for a new song. She is twenty five and has released her first...
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A Photo Project That No One Wanted To Cover Because It Was ‘Explicit’ And...
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Why Has It Been A Century And A Year Since An Indian Received A Nobel Prize...
By Atharva Pandit: On 9th of October, Patrick Modiano, the second French writer in six years and the sixteenth since Nobel Prize in Literature was established, was announced as the winner of the...
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The Conflicting Narratives And Biases Of The Media Coverage Of Gaza
By Mirza Arif Beg: Forty nine days of vociferous shelling, and pounding of rockets; close to 2,200 killings, and massive infrastructure losses. Well, this is what the latest confrontation between Hamas...
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Vishal Bhardwaj’s ‘Haider’ Sent Chills Down My Spine, But For All The Wrong...
By Manas Sen Gupta: The talent of Vishal Bhardwaj is neither supererogatory, nor lilliputian. Being the only director in Bollywood, who has the ability to both man the camera, and play with notes (he...
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In Search Of ‘Chutzpah’: Connecting The Dots Between Haider, AFSPA, Irom...
By Shamim Zakaria: On 2nd November, 2000, with the rising sun, chirruping of birds, the serene valleys of north-east India, one perhaps espied the day to be mere wonted. Unfortunately, the day remained...
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How A YouTube Channel Is Helping Viewers Around The World Understand And...
By Surangya Kaur: “What is not art?” “Not much.” -Sarah Urist Green, Host and Curator, The Art Assignment The first image that comes to mind at the mention of the word art could be perhaps a painting...
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By Kavya Singhal: “Yaar tera superstar, desi kallakaar…” sang the group of the seven-twelve year olds with a smile on their face so big that I wouldn’t have been surprised if their cheeks decided to...
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8 Reasons Why The ‘Millennium Trilogy’ By Stieg Larsson Is One Of The Best...
By Priyambada Bhagawati: Stieg Larsson’s millennium trilogy, namely, “The girl with the dragon tattoo”, “The girl who played with fire” and the “Girl who kicked the hornet’s nest” is a powerful read...
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How The Art Of Traditional Oral Storytelling Is Dying, As We Witness Loss Of...
By Amrita Garg: Jagjit Singh, in one of his most famous songs, evoked a sense of nostalgia: “Muhalle Ki Sabse Purani Nishani, Wo Budhia Jise Bache Kehte The Naani, Wo Naani Ki Baaton Me Pariyon Ka...
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Love Alternate Cinema? Here Are 10 Films That You Must See Before 2015
By Shambhavi Saxena: Do you feel that mainstream Bollywood’s melodramatic plotlines and choreographed dances (that everyone from the hero, to the street vendors miraculously seems to know) can only be...
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8 Things You Just Can’t Miss In The Movie ‘B.A. Pass’
By Chinmaya Shah: ‘From the shallow corners of the tethered human desires, the carnal voice surges to push that moment to zenith. The moment, which seeks nothing but warmth and compassion from the...
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Honey Singh’s “Daaru Anthem” That I Refuse To Sing, And Why
By Artika Raj: My first draft of this piece had me very consciously keeping those claws in, lest the article turn into yet another rant on how yet another song by bhai Honey Singh is an assault on the...
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Here’s Why Dan Brown’s Delhi Lecture Was A Big Disappointment
By Asees Bhasin: Date: 11th November 2014. Venue: Sri Fort Auditorium, New Delhi. The Penguin Random House Annual Lecture promises intellectual stimulus, heated discussions, and either change or...
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The Dirty Picture: 8 Images Of The Dark Life Behind Jharia’s Sacrifice For...
By Shibayan Raha: Case: Jharia Name: Jharia Coal Fields Alternate Names: The Living Pyre, Hell on Earth Location: Dhanbad District, Jharkhand, India Population: 81,979 (2001 Census) Future: Unknown...
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