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Celebrating the Women behind the Camera

In this age of Netflix, Hotstar and Amazon Prime, there's a unique streaming service called MUBI which I am sure not many would have heard in India. Unlike the other streaming...

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The First Annual Interplanetary Festival in Mexico

The first annual Interplanetary Festival will draw space enthusiasts from around the world for a two-day celebration of human ingenuity on June 7 and 8, 2018, in Santa Fe, New...

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Good Luck: A Documentary Showcasing the Struggles of Miners

Ben Russell—filmmaker, artist, curator—challenges conventions of documentary representation from within to produce intense, hypnotic, and at times, hallucinating e...

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Aamir Khan’s Paani Foundation to make Maharashtra Drought-Free

Several villages in drought-prone districts like Aurangabad, Sangli, Satara, Dhule, and Jalna have been facing a severe shortage of drinking water since years. The situation w...

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Listen or End up Amidst the Noisemakers. - Ganesh Acharya

"I have never considered myself to be a 'Guru'. I am still a student and I always will be”, revealed the dance maestro, Ganesh Acharya on 6 April 2018 at the cultural hu...

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‘Phubbing’ Severely Disrupts Personal Relationships

Picture this. You are amongst a group of people, conversing. 5 minutes into the conversation someone pulls out their phone and starts texting or checking their Instagram feed....

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Pride in Art to Launch the Vancouver Queer Art Gallery

What is a mark? The Queer Arts Festival ask a simple question. In a settler colonial society, we have a very solidified perception of what “counts” as worthy of ar...

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Spielberg Knows How to Hit the Nostalgia Bone Just Right

Steven Spielberg is an extraordinary director. For anyone whose actual childhood has been marked by Steven Spielberg films about childhood—who has watched it emerge and ...

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Aparna Nancherla on fighting Depression through Humour

You don't expect introverts and shy people to do stand-up comedy because obviously it involves a lot of public speaking and having conversations with your audience. But Aparna...

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AGNIPARIKSHA: An Ordeal Remembered

Orient Blackswan released the English translation of eminent lawyer and Gandhian Hamid Kureshi’s Gujarati book “Agnipariksha” on 1st April 2018 in New Delhi....

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ACTING, LYING, AND THE TRUTH

Monojit Lahiri examines whether acting is truly a form of lying, tracing the provocative...

November 12 2026

MAHARASHTRA’S ENDURING STATE THEATRE COMPETITION

The 65th edition of Maharashtra State Drama Competition by Prof Dr Avinash Kolhe examine...

November 11 2026

RAMAYANA NEEDS MORE EMOTIONAL DEPTH

Epic Spectacle, Elusive Soul: Why the New Ramayana Needs More Heart. Piyush Roy examines...

November 10 2026