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Watch Filmmaker Anand Patwardhan Talk About His 40-Year-Long Battle With...
By Anugraha Hadke: Filmmaker Anand Patwardhan is widely known for raising issues through his films that can be seen as 'testing the limits' of freedom of expression. He is not afraid to focus on...
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And The Winner Of The (Medieval) Bad Sex In Fiction Award Is…
By David Clark: The winner of the Literary Review's 2015 award for Bad Sex in Fiction will be announced on December 1, and the nominated extracts include the usual mix of overly specific descriptions,...
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Why I Think Akshay Kumar’s ‘Airlift’ Could Be That ‘History Film’ Bollywood...
By Ankita Mukhopadhyay: History is a subject many Bollywood films like to play with. But the Indian film industry's romance with history has mostly stuck to the medieval ages or great figures in...
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Let’s Take A Selfie! But Is It Right To Take One, All The Time?
By Kamini Shevgaonkar: Many individuals I have come across in society try being defined by an invisible tag of appreciation for whatever they are, whatever they look like, whatever they have achieved...
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You Wouldn’t Believe What This ‘Beatles’ Fan Found In Rishikesh!
By Parul Doshi: As my friend and I landed at the Jolly Grant airport in the city of Dehradun around noon, it occurred to me that she presented the perfect picture of an Indian-American tourist; with...
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The ‘Blasphemous’ Musical That’s Made A Comeback 25 Years After It Was Banned...
By Nivedita Singh: In a time when things are only being banned, the famous Rock Opera 'Jesus Christ Superstar' was staged in Pallikoodam School, Kottayam district of Kerala 25 years after it was...
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How An Art Festival Aims To Help Chennai Emerge Stronger After The...
By Vidisha Saini: How does a city get over a catastrophe? How do we find a stable ground? Is there a stable ground after such great loss of life and property; when everything has been put on hold?...
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Why We All Need To Keep Up With The Kardashians
By Meredith Jones: Kimposium!, an academic symposium I organised about all things Kardashian, sold out. And why would it not, given the levels of interest that this family generates? But there is some...
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The Crap We Throw In The Ocean Is Now Coming Back To Bite Us In The Ass
By YKA Staff: According to WWF, almost every marine organism, from the tiniest plankton to whales and polar bears, is contaminated with man-made chemicals, such as pesticides and chemicals used in...
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Research Says TV Crime Shows Can Influence How We Think Of Rape And Sexual...
By Abhishek Jha: There are many kinds of rape myths that feminists have busted, for example, 'she was asking for it'; 'if someone is drunk, they were responsible for their rape'; 'you should not go...
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Harry Potter Fan? This Movie Trailer Is Probably What You’ve Been Waiting For!
By YKA Staff: Sometimes anticipation can drive you nuts. And if you’re a Harry Potter fan (even though you might have graduated to Lord Of The Rings when you ahem… grew up, once a fan, always a fan!),...
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‘Star Wars’ Loses Out To Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Dilwale’, And Twitter Fans Are Not...
By Lipi Mehta: When the world will be watching 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' on December 18, touted as 'the' movie event of the year, most in India will have little choice but to watch 'Dilwale' and...
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Watch The Gripping Trailer Of ‘Neerja’, The True Story Of An Airplane Hijack...
By Ankita Mukhopadhyay: In 1986, PanAm flight 73, heading to New York from Mumbai, via Karachi and Frankfurt was hijacked at Jinnah International Airport. Of the 400 passengers on board, the lives of...
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For The 1st Time In India, A Team Is Trying To Climb 2 Frozen Waterfalls....
By Anchit Thukral: You know you are truly alive when you’re living among lions. Our lions are the two massive 200-plus feet frozen waterfalls of Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh. Welcome to 'The Fall'....
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Not Just ‘Cat Videos': 10 Social Media Trends Of 2015 That Supported Good Causes
By Shruti Sonal: Social media and its evils are often highlighted by many (especially parents). Be it sleep deprivation, the "selfie mania" taking lives or the trend of abusive trolls not allowing...
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10 Films Of 2015 That You Shouldn’t Have Missed At All!
By Rohini Banerjee: [envoke_twitter_link]2015 has truly been a great year for Indian indie cinema[/envoke_twitter_link]. Powerful, small-budget and independent films received not just widespread...
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[Y]Ral: This Moroccan Woman’s Response To The Man Who Pinches Her Bottom Is...
By Lipi Mehta: [envoke_twitter_link]A man pinched a woman's bottom on a street in Morocco and oh, she so did not take it lying down[/envoke_twitter_link]. She turned around and in one clean punch,...
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Why Do Aamir Khan And Sheena Bora Become ‘News’ In A Country Where Millions...
By Prashant Ghabak: The image (left) of journalist Narayan Pargaien was taken during the Uttarakhand Floods in 2013. To recall, the Uttarakhand floods resulted in a loss of close to 5700 lives, which...
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If You Can Ignore The ‘History’ In Bajirao Mastani, Its Message On Love Is...
By Shruti Sonal: There are movies that preach and there are movies that entertain. Then there's Bajirao Mastani that does both, leaving the theatre buzzing with claps and muffled sniffs in equal...
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Why Is ‘Feminism’ A Bad Word For Priyanka, Sonam, Parineeti And Others In...
By Shiva Sharma: Movies are one of the strongest mediums of conversations. As a young undergraduate in the United States, watching Hindi movies was not only a way to get a taste of back home but...
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