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State Cyber Espionage: A recap

An entire year has come full circle since Edward Snowden made shocking revelations to the world regarding the nature in which the American government conducts digital surveill...

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An Accidental Martyrdom

In April 2010, I returned home late evening to find a family friend had left urgent messages for me to call back. The next morning, before I could return her call, she was on ...

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MODI & KAPIL – THE TRUMAN SHOW?…

”BJP… I dont support ur plan to make Pakistan secular by sending secularists there…..please do not send secularists to Pakistan… they will be killed...

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MISSING, THE IRANI JOINT

As B Merwan opposite Grant Road Station (East) downs it shutters, a flood of memories takes over the locals and regulars at Merwans, as it was commonly referred to. Minoo Shro...

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A Gentleman Rocker

Woodstock and Nandu Bhende are inextricably linked in my memory. When the film was showing at Bombay’s Eros Cinema, teenaged audiences filled show after show for its ent...

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Most Ratified Human Rights Treaty is 25 Years Old

Augustine J. Veliath invites writers everywhere to own and use this powerful tool, the CRC. Nearly 25 years ago, the world made a promise to children: that we would do everyt...

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Is This Our Democracy?

While watching the show Satyamev Jayate hosted by Aamir Khan, running on Sunday mornings on Star Plus, last week, I began to feel faint. Our acceptance of a flawed system tha...

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Content is Queen

I open my piece with the video above. I open with it, because its sets the tone for what all of us need to do, in our own little way – in wherever we are, to save moth...

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Holi Is A Child Protection Festival

When the revelry is over, do remember the colorful Holi is a child protection festival. And so are, Janmashtami, Id-ul-Zuha, and Christmas. At the center of each one of these...

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Over & Underground

Overheard – “These are times of political opportunism, religious intolerance and scholastic Puritanism – and they can be construed as provocative and insensi...

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MOVIES: URBAN TALE OF CASTE BIASES

Prithvi Konanur's 2023 release, "Hadinelenthu", masterfully unveils the deep-rooted cast...

June 12 2024

MOVIES: FAIRY TALE FALTERS IN AJOGYA

"Despite the charm of a fairy tale reference, Kaushik Ganguly's Ajogya struggles with a ...

June 11 2024

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: SHYAM BENEGAL’S MANTHAN

Thanks to the efforts of the Film Heritage Foundation, Shyam Benegal’s masterpiece...

June 9 2024