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Shubhra Dixit
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The good, bad and ugly flag moments in the movies
The fluttering heart of India, between the sublime and the cringe-worthy.
Shubhra Dixit
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Documentary ‘Glide’ takes the top-angle view on paragliding culture in a Himachal village
Novita Singh’s film explores the impact of the adrenaline-pumping sport on the local community.
Shubhra Dixit
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Watch: The short, strange history of how vibrators came into being
It was born out of a “medical” necessity.
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A jail sentence for Rahul Gandhi in India’s new vishwaguru democracy
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‘Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga’ review: A smart and entertaining thriller
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‘Ready to pay any price,’ says Rahul Gandhi after being disqualified as Lok Sabha MP
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Aata Saata: An age-old custom of bartering brides survives till today in Rajasthan
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A copy of the Bible is expected to sell for $50 million. What makes it so special?
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Watch: Pokémon GO is about to take over you life, though it will mean walking around the city
A mobile phone game that requires actual mobility has taken the world by storm. And it's only been days.
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Watch: Who are the millennials? Are they really as spoilt and entitled as popularly imagined?
Different aspects of the conversation around this annoying demographic group.
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Is 'Lord of the Rings' greater than 'Game of Thrones'? Watch the epic rap battle between the writers
Middle Earth vs Westeros. 'I'm No. 1 and 2, you're under 50 Shades of Grey.'
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Watch: British PM Rishi Sunak plays cricket with England’s T20 World Cup-winning team
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Watch: Tornado swirling up to a height of 120,000 kilometres observed on the surface of the sun
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‘Petulant’: Australian panelist on TV, describing India’s response to High Commission attack in UK
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Watch this video from the cockpit of a glider plane as it crashes into a building
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Watch: This basset hound patiently taught puppy to use the dog door
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Watch the ad that has shaken racists by using DNA tests to reveal people's mixed origins
But the science behind the tests may not be foolproof.
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Watch the making of the Google doodle tribute to animator Lotte Reiniger
The pioneering German artist worked with silhouettes made out of paper and directed the first feature-length animated movie.
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‘Art before commerce’: A video essay on ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ and what made the comic strip so special
Bill Watterson, the creator of the timeless and much loved comic strip, refuses to commercialise it.
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The Reel
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‘Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga’ review: A smart and entertaining thriller
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‘Jubilee’ trailer: Series is set in the Hindi film industry of the 1940s and 1950s
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‘Bheed’ review: Chaos and ambivalence at a check post aimed at tackling the Covid outbreak
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‘Kanjoos Makhichoos’ review: Cheap thrills
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‘Parineeta’ director Pradeep Sarkar dies at 68
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This video for Google’s lego-like Ara phone offers a glimpse of what life with it could be like
The technology will be available in phones for the public in 2017, the company announced.
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Is that Bob Dylan singing... Frank Sinatra in his new album ‘Fallen Angels’?
Back-to-back albums of American classics stripped off their drama in Dylan’s wry style.
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A 1965 British video smugly traces the ‘surprising’ origins of chic cashmere to 'primitive Kashmir'
‘Srinagar – capital of Kashmir and the last place you'd expect to find on a fashion map.’
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The Field
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Swiss Open Super 300, QF as it happened: Satwik/Chirag come-from-behind to defeat Bay/Molhede
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WPL 2023: Issy Wong takes the first Women’s Premier League hat-trick for MI vs UPW in Eliminator
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WPL 2023, Eliminator, MI vs UPW blog: Sciver-Brunt, Wong star as Mumbai Indians reach final
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‘Sultan’: A witty and heartfelt memoir of legendary Pakistani left-arm fast bowler Wasim Akram
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ISSF World Cup Bhopal: Rudrankksh Patil wins 10m air rifle bronze, Ramita narrowly misses podium