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Jacqueline Bats For Ban On Animal Testing Of Cosmetics

Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez loves animals so much so that the actor is urging people to sign a petition for a global ban on animal testing of cosmetics and ingredient...

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50 Years After 'Loving', Hollywood Still Struggles With Interracial Romance

Fifty years ago, on June 12, 1967, the Supreme Court’s decision in Loving v. Virginia legalized interracial marriage. Just two weeks earlier, shooting had been completed...

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She Photographed Jimi Hendrix Without Knowing His Name

In 1967, Elaine Mayes was living in a Haight-Ashbury commune and piecing together work as a photojournalist. With national media swarming the neighborhood, she saw firsthand, ...

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How Online Radio Shows, Podcasts & Blogs Can Be Your Guide To New Music

In the age of algorithmic discoveries, there’s a case to be made for real guides. What better way could there be to expand the horizons of your aural experience? There&r...

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Rihanna And Global Citizen Call On The G20 To Prioritise Education

In July, the G20 will meet in Hamburg, and Rihanna and Global Citizen need your help in the coming month to make sure education is at the top of that list. Last year, Rihanna ...

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Salman Khan Joins BMC's Campaign To End Open Defecation In Mumbai

Salman Khan has lent star power to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)'s campaign to make the city free of open defecation. Yesterday, the star visited Madras Pada sl...

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Metro Vancouver's South Asian Music Festival Brings Back The Bhangra Beat

After a successful start in Vancouver last year, the City of Bhangra Festival is expanding in all the right places. “We are now in the heart of the community that we are...

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'We Wear Culture' Is Based On The Premise That Fashion Is Culture, Not Just Clothes

For years, Google allowed its engineers to spend 20 percent of their time on personal projects they thought would ultimately benefit the company. The tech giant has since scal...

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"If You Are Not In The Obit, Eat Breakfast" Finds Vigour After 90

In this era full of baby boomers caring for frail parents, we’ve seen plenty of documentaries, plays and memoirs about dementia, infirmity, loss. But in the HBO document...

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'The Villainess' To Open New York Asian Film Festival

The US premiere of Jung Byung-gil’s revenge thriller and recent Cannes Midnight screening The Villainess will close the 16th New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF), set to...

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THOUGHT FACTORY: CELEBRITIES AND RIGHT TO PRIVACY

From Mystique to Masses: How Modern Media Transformed Stardom into Spectacle. Monojit La...

November 26 2024

POLITICS: A NATION AT CROSSROADS AND APATHY

India stands at a crossroads, grappling with economic disparity, political polarization,...

November 24 2024

GENDER: HOW PATRIARCHY SILENCES RESISTANCE

Patriarchy persists by co-opting privileged voices, masking systemic exploitation in ind...

November 23 2024