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David Bowie: An Avid Reader

For a man who left Bromley Technical High School with just one 'O' level (in art), David Bowie ended up a remarkably well-read man. Bowie, who died aged 69 on January 10, 2016...

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Schools fail to give Quality Education to our Children

If asked who would perform better in academics between urban and rural area children, the answer one would generally speak out would be urban. It is expected that with better ...

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Celebrity Circus and Media

Andy Warhol famously said that everyone in the world would be famous for fifteen minutes. Hyperbole perhaps but in a digitally connected world, fame and notoriety are more in...

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Oscar Winning Film 'A Fantastic Woman' resonates with Trans viewers in Chile

‘Transgender history was made at the Academy Awards on 4th March 2018 when ‘A Fantastic Woman’ nabbed the Oscar for Best Foreign Film. Directed by Sebasti&...

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AI to help foresee Epidemic Disease Outbreaks

There have already been some powerful indicators of Artificial Intelligence’s influence to help monitor and predict health epidemics around the world, and in one case a ...

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Asha Bhosle shares Anecdotes from her 75-year long Career

The legendary singer, Asha Bhosle, at 85, with a legacy of over 12,000 songs appeared as young and as energetic as the students of Whistling Woods International (WWI) at ...

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Indian wildlife film wins at the UN Big Cats Film Festival

Indian wildlife conservation film “Gyamo - Queen of the Mountains” produced by Riverbank Studios, written & directed by Doel Trivedy and Gautam Pandey wins top...

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Rise: Art Sells, Are You Buying?

Latterly, Hadi Eldebek’s compelling talk ‘Why Must Artists be Poor’ canvassed a significant yet easily imperceptible question of why the hands that wrought a...

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Depicting Disability with Grace and Sensitivity

When I think about Bollywood portraying disability, it always comes out in a poor light. We have the famous Golmaal and Houseful series which have earned hundreds of crores so...

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Mother Nature adds to the woes of the Sex Workers

Bangladesh, home to over 160 million people, was the sixth most affected country by global warming between 1997 and 2016, and scientists calculate that more trouble is to come...

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LAST WEEK’S ARTS, CINEMA AND CULTURE PULSE

From Berlinale’s politically charged opening to India’s expanding global pre...

February 16 2026

INTERGENERATIONAL CINEMA COURAGE CREATIVE DIALOGUE

At the Self-Discovery: Rediscovering India Festival 2026, led by Neville Tuli, emerging ...

February 15 2026

POWER, PRIVILEGE, AND OUR SILENCE

A searing reflection on the Epstein revelations and what they expose about unchecked pow...

February 14 2026