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India’s First Sign Language Dictionary To Be Released In March

How often have you played a game of Charades, frantically motioning to your friends hoping they’ll get the gist of what you’re trying to say? That frustration you ...

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These 10 Powerful Images Shut Down All Who Blame Women’s Clothes For Sexual Assault

Usually when the gory details of molestation, sexual harassment, and rape cases become news in India, some people end up erroneously dissecting the clothes worn by the victims...

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Locals Are Knitting Giant Sweaters For Rescued Elephants In This Mathura Village

Winter isn’t winter, if you aren’t all snuggled up into your own version of a blanket burrito, with some hot chocolate to keep you company. The weather has been in...

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Bill Gates Lists His Favourite Books Of 2016

Bill Gates has apparently been a big reader all along, even during his Microsoft days. On his site, Gates Notes, he writes, “I’ve been reading about a book a week ...

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Theater Community Pledges To 'Be A Light' For Social Justice

The Ghostlight Project's national "Be A Light" campaign was observed by the local theater community Thursday night at Marjorie Lyons Playhouse on Centenary College's campus in...

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‘Walls of Kindness’ Are Popping Up Across India & They’re Making Winter Warmer

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but these murals mean much, much more to those in need. ‘Walls of Kindness’, an initiative that first sprang up in Ir...

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When A Book Club Lends More Than Just Books

This story is part of an ongoing campaign called the Alphabet of Illiteracy. By using letters themselves—the foundation of reading and writing—Project Literacy exa...

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Maker Of Grand Spectacles

Almost two decades have elapsed since director and scenographer Deepan Sivaraman graduated from his alma mater, the University of Calicut’s School of Drama in Thrissur. ...

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Theatre In Karnataka Needs To Map Social Issues

Theatre in Karnataka is not focusing on social issues instead is obsessed with visual details which doesn't bode well for the growth of the theatre movement and society, felt ...

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Striking Photo's Of A Ballet Program Bringing Strength To One Of Africa's Biggest Slums

Fredrik Lerneryd spent the last year and a half photographing a group of ballet dancers in the Kibera neighborhood of Nairobi, Kenya, one of the largest urban slums in Africa....

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TRENDING: TIMELESS LIGHT AND LIVING MEMORIES

At Piramal Gallery, NCPA, I revisited Bombay’s cultural past through the lens of t...

October 16 2025

BOLLYWOOD: ARYAN KHAN BREAKS BOLLYWOOD RULES

“I am in love with your wife (Maya)!” — a line from Kabhi Alvida Naa K...

October 15 2025

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: AND THE LEGACY LIVES ON

Khalid Mohamed in conversation with Ramu Aravindan, founder of a Documentation Centre an...

October 14 2025