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Thought Factory

Yesterday He faced Starvation; Today He’s a Star in his Own Right on the Art Firmament

The bustling town of Vadodara – familarly known as Baroda – houses a count of nearly 2,500 artists. Of them, there are the globally feted masters, a rapidly-rising...

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Trending

Sri Lanka beckons Indian film ‘Evening Shadows’

After successful screening in several film festivals in USA, Canada and Europe as well as India, the feature film Evening Shadows will now travel to our neighbouring country S...

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Alternative Entertainment

The Game Changers: A Documentary that backs the Vegan Movement

One doesn't need to question whether a film is worth watching if the name James Cameron is associated with it. The Titanic and Avatar director has executive produced a new doc...

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Sustainable Development

France builds an Alzheimer’s Village for Patients to Live Comfortably

I read in an article on CNN that there is no test that doctors can use to conclusively determine whether someone will get Alzheimer's disease. "If you are in your 20s or 30s a...

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Retroscope

Bareilly Kaifiyat that throbs in the Bone, Pulse and Heartbeat of a Doctor: Dr Brijeshwar Singh

On April 24 2016 while being car-driven from Delhi to Bareilly I was already in Bareilly Kaifiyat (State of Mind). Driver Roop Singh was an expert on the wheels and a fabulous...

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Gender

An Encyclopaedia of Women Philosophers and Scientists

Although male and female students take philosophy undergraduate courses in almost equal numbers, the number of women who pursue a career in philosophy is much lower. The Guard...

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Health

India spends a meagre Rs 3 a day on its Citizen's Health

A recent study conducted by the British medical journal, The Lancet, found out that Indians were the sixth biggest out-of-pocket health spenders in the low-middle income group...

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TV

Sharp Objects – A Labyrinthine Chase

Sharp Objects is a novel adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s work that goes by the same name. The book is a craft- the author’s foray into writing novels and that positi...

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Bollywood

Manoj Bajpayee's ‘Gali Guleiyan’ on a Film Festival Journey

Manoj Bajpayee‘s Hindi psychological drama – Gali Guleiyan (In the Shadows) is on a film festival journey and boy, does the film continues its film festival journe...

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Environment

Indonesian Beach Club first to take the UN ‘Climate Neutral Now Pledge’

In December 2015, the whole world came together to sign the Paris Agreement, a global climate change agreement that laid the groundwork for a low-carbon future. The agreement ...

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SHAMMI KAPOOR: BOLLYWOOD’S ETERNAL REBEL

Saluting The Memories Of Bollywood’s Timeless Rebel Star - Shammi Kapoor!! On his ...

August 19 2026

KASTOORI: CINEMA, DIGNITY AND SELF-RESPECT

Binod Kamble’s film Kastoori begins with a stark scene of cleaning a dirty toilet....

August 18 2026

THE JUST: POLITICS, MORALITY, VIOLENCE

Prof Dr Avinash Kolhe reviews The Just, Albert Camus’s powerful political-moral pl...

August 17 2026