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After Farhan, Now Vidya Balan Says ‘Bus Ab Bahut Hogaya’

After actor Farhan Akhtar, Vidya Balan extended her support to the campaign ‘Bus Ab Bahut Hogaya — Enough is Enough’ which is led by Population Foundation of...

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Hollywood

Alliance For Women In Media Foundation Presents The 42nd Annual Gracie Awards

This week, the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWMF) handed out the 42nd Annual Gracie Awards to a packed house at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. ...

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The Old Man And The Tree

This octogenarian is the last surviving master craftsman of the fading Likhai woodwork tradition of Kumaon A million wrinkles crease his face; his eyes are clouded with age. B...

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20 People Who Are Creating The Future

MICROSOFT WILL BUILD computers even more sleek and beautiful than Apple’s. Robots will 3-D-print cool shoes that are personalized just for you. (And you’ll get the...

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Festivals

Freida Pinto To Be Felicitated At Maui Film Festival

Freida Pinto, actor Pierce Brosnan and American actress-singer Connie Britton have joined Karen Gillan among the honourees of the upcoming 18th edition of the Maui Film Festiv...

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Alternative Entertainment

The Ballet Boys Of Mumbai

Sooni Taraporevala’s first virtual reality film captures the journey of two boys from Mumbai’s chawls to a ballet school in the US We first see Manish Chauhan, 21,...

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Bollywood

Indian Cinema, At Home And In The World

For the 2nd edition of our monthly salon, Lounge Lounge—where we bring together thought leaders for a deep dive—we deliberate on India’s current status in wo...

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Hollywood

Scene By Scene, This Is What Makes The Babadook Such An LGBT Icon

When I first saw The Babadook, I wrote that the monster therein was, to my eyes at least, a metaphor for grief. What I apparently missed was that all that tapping and flapping...

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The UN Will Give You $15,000 To Help Address Climate Change

This is an opinion piece by Erik Solheim, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme. During an extraordinary year in Bern, Switzerland, a young German sci...

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Festivals

Second Scout Film Festival Hits Stowe This Weekend

Those darned whippersnappers and their smartphones and television screens! Don’t they know that back in the day, we read books for entertainment! We went out and played ...

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OSCARS RETURN INDIA ENTRY EMPTY-HANDED AGAIN HOME

India’s 2026 Oscar hopes fade again as its official entry returns home, sparking d...

February 8 2026

BHARAT RANG MAHOTSAV 2026 OPENS MUMBAI STAGE

The 25th Bharat Rang Mahotsav arrives in Mumbai on February 7, celebrating global theatr...

February 7 2026

TWO-CHILD NORM ENDANGERS CHILDREN AND DEMOCRACY

A shocking murder in Maharashtra exposes the dangers of India’s two-child norm, as...

February 6 2026