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Toiling For A Toilet

On June 15, 2016, just off a train ride 1,000 miles south from a brick kiln in Punjab, Ramlal Baghel, along with his three sons and their wives, arrived home to their village ...

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Feminism Is Helping Women Recover From Substance Abuse

Every Wednesday for the past month, from 10:30am to 3:00pm, five women have been meeting in a training room behind St Leonard's Shoreditch Church, London, to discuss feminist ...

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The Fate Of 'America's First River' Is The Focus Of A New Film Series

Home to America's 'First River,' the Hudson region of New York has a well-earned reputation as the birthplace of the country's environmental movement. From the early Hudson Ri...

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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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Women Writers Face Major Hurdles, Especially In Best Selling Genres

Sci-fi and mystery authors speak out about inequality in these male-dominated fields.You’ve probably read the stats: books by women are being reviewed more and more by p...

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Shraddha, Alia, Parineeti Stand In To Support Animals

Bollywood's young actresses like Shraddha Kapoor and Alia Bhatt, are known to be animal lovers. While Shraddha owns a pet dog 'Shyloh', Alia pets a cat 'Edward'. The actresses...

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Maggie Q On A Quest To Save Elephants With The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust

US Actress and wildlife campaigner Maggie Q (Nikita, Divergent, Designated Survivor) has been in Kenya with leading conservation charity The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (DS...

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Why Fashion Needs Cultural Appropriation

Appropriation can be a force for good, creating a cultural exchange and enriching the available vocabulary for creatives of all types. In the age of social media, criticism ca...

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9 Other Superheroines Who Need Their Own Movie Adaptations

This week, director Patty Jenkins made history. She became the first woman director to head up a summer blockbuster ― a big-budget sector of the film industry typically rese...

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Is Menstrual Blood Really Impure? A Scientific Take On Myths & Facts

We as a species are yet to unravel the necessity to menstruate (and in turn procreate) as we do, as often as we do, and for as long as we do. This indeed is a difficult conund...

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THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM AT THE TABLE

As debates around immigration, citizenship and belonging intensify worldwide, Vinta Nand...

June 21 2026

AI, CREATIVITY AND PURPOSE UNITE

From AI-powered filmmaking education and innovative talent recruitment to empathy-driven...

June 20 2026

PRIDE, IDENTITY, COURAGE, FREEDOM, REPEAT

In this Pride Month conversation, Vinta Nanda speaks with Salim Asgarally about identity...

June 19 2026