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Malavika Neurekar
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How do you graduate (and stay sane) amidst a pandemic? ‘Batch of 2020’ offers some answers
Celebrities including Hrithik Roshan, Deepika Padukone and Anand Gandhi offer advice to a generation running low on hope.
Malavika Neurekar
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Covid-19 lockdown: A mentalist and a storyteller find a way to entertain without leaving their homes
‘Suhani Ki Shaadi’ takes a simple truth of our times – society’s discomfort with single women – and peppers it with a little magic.
Malavika Neurekar
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In short films about Bengaluru’s migrant Metro workers, dreams of home and a better life
The films, made for the 2009 project Behind the Tin Sheets, are being made available to the public.
Malavika Neurekar
Trending
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Microcontrollers in EVMs, VVPATs do not recognise party and candidate, observes Supreme Court
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What Sudhir Kakar (1938-2024) had to say on violence, secularism, and religion in India
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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CAA is a letdown, but Bengali Hindus in Assam are unlikely to ditch BJP
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Coronavirus: As mental health services move online, problems of access and privacy emerge
Even in normal times, mental health services are not easily available to everyone. The coronavirus has deepened the divide.
Malavika Neurekar
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Radio Quarantine: Indian artists are trying to create a space for music and community in lockdown
Web radio stations have started in Bengaluru and Kolkata with similar names and a similar sense of purpose.
Malavika Neurekar
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Coronavirus lockdown: In Goa, panic runs high as household food stocks run low
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has drawn heavy criticism for his handling of the crisis.
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Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Art of Seclusion: Offering free downloads, musicians, writers provide diversion for the housebound
Even chefs are posting cooking lessons online to do their bit to ease the pain of social distancing.
Malavika Neurekar
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Watch: In documentary from 2005, the story of another rape case and another hangman
Joshy Joseph’s 2005 documentary ‘One Day From A Hangman’s Life’ follows Nata Mullick, the executioner of Dhananjoy Chatterjee.
Malavika Neurekar
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This illustrated storybook shows children how to talk about sexual abuse
Protsahan India Foundation’s ‘Can I Tell You Something?’ navigates sexuality, puberty, consent and the all-powerful act of speaking up.
Malavika Neurekar
The Reel
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In ‘Tahader Katha’, the many partitions endured by a freedom fighter
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer