Alternative Entertainment

Censor Board Bans ‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’ For Being Too ‘Lady Oriented’

Censorship might be a constant problem we face, when it comes to our speech, our news, and media, but the film industry is one that often bears the brunt of it all. With their...

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How Stories Configure Human Nature

It is in our nature to need stories. We arrive “biologically prepared” for them. They were evolutionarily crucial. We feel and think in story-logic (story-causalit...

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The Power Of Movies To Change Our Hearts

When I was a child in Georgia, my mother would say, “drink some water now,” and “use the bathroom before we go,” so that when we got downtown, we would...

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Martin Scorsese On How 'Diversity Gaurantees Our Cultural Survival' In Film & In Everything Else

When Federico Fellini died in 1993, New York Times obituary writer Bruce Weber made a confession: “I never cared for his movies.” In a declaration of “raging...

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21 Social Justice Documentaries On Netflix To Watch

Although documentaries come in all forms and cover countless subjects, it seems the ones that receive the most notoriety are those that focus on social justice. Whether the is...

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From a Village in Kutch, Pabiben Rabari Created a Global Brand to Empower Local Female Artisans

Kutch is celebrated for its art, crafts, music, dance, and people. Smt. Pabiben Rabari, founder of Pabiben.com, one of the first Women Artisan enterprises, and based in Bhadro...

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Gender-Bending Shakespeare And Rough Magic In “The Tempest”

Eight times a week, in a rowdy, devastating, gender-bending production of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” at St. Ann’s Warehouse, directed by Phyllida Lloy...

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The Revolutionary Journey Of Dalit Literature

We recently celebrated the 180th birth anniversary of Savitribai Phule and this makes for a good occasion to reflect upon Dalit literature and its political outcomes. Savitrib...

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How Ramjas College Is Fighting Sexism Through Poetry Sessions And Seminars

Gender has become a topic of widespread discussion, especially when it comes to younger generations, who are breaking away from age-old notions of gender identity. Being accom...

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The Gender Imbalance In Art Cannot Be Glossed Over

The systemic prejudicial gender imbalance of male/female artists perpetuated in both public and private galleries (The art gap, G2, 7 February) could be remedied. Publicly fun...

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GENDER: HOW PATRIARCHY SILENCES RESISTANCE

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

November 23 2024

KALEIDOSCOPE: BRIDGING THE SACRED AND THE ARTISTIC

A spiritual and artistic celebration that brings the divine essence of Varanasi’s ...

November 22 2024

POWERFUL PEOPLE: USHA UTHUP - THE QUEEN OF POP

Celebrating Usha Uthup’s five-decade journey as a musical trailblazer, cultural am...

November 21 2024