Cultural Politics
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Veganism is a political movement, not just a dietary choice
It is about pursuing a variety of strategies to move to a world without routine animal exploitation.
Alasdair Cochrane, The Conversation & Mara-Daria Cojocaru, The Conversation
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Iran’s conservative government is using a pop song to steer the youth away from American culture
‘Hello Commander’ is a state-sponsored effort to unify a beautifully diverse culture.
Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, The Conversation
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Japan is trying a new style of cultural diplomacy to boost soft power. Is the message too exclusive?
Japan is targeting an 'upmarket' audience of wealthy business executives, city professionals, millennial foodies and highbrow arts enthusiasts.
Warren Stanislaus, The Conversation
Trending
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Journalist Sreenivasan Jain quits NDTV
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Evolution doesn’t need millions of years. Tiger snakes on an island have evolved over just a century
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What can we learn about Bengali women’s complex relationship with food from bratas?
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A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors
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Ten students suspended in Ajmer university for watching BBC documentary on Gujarat riots
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Row over Hindi songs during Assam’s Bihu festival spurs heated debate on language and culture
Singer Zubeen Garg was stopped mid-performance during a function to mark the state’s biggest festival last week for singing a Hindi number.
Arunabh Saikia
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The new Brahmaputra: A river festival in Assam draws criticism for promoting 'RSS brand of Hindutva'
According to some, tribal cultures that have grown around the river were ignored.
Arunabh Saikia
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From the Elgin Marbles to the Kohinoor: Why should cultural artefacts be more rooted than people?
Heritage objects may have assumed more prominence for countries that increasingly cannot be defined by their populations and informal culture.
Robert Seddon, The Conversation
Video
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Eco India: How this green school in Jaisalmer is also championing girls education
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Eco India, Ep 212: More than a third of all carbon emissions are caused by construction. How to fix?
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‘Be like a man’: Journalist Anuradha Sharma on how women journalists in India are expected to work
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Watch: Model Kristen McMenamy falls, takes off heels to walk barefoot on Paris Fashion Week runway
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Watch: 2023 Jimmy Kimmel chats with 2003 Jimmy Kimmel for talk show anniversary
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'Authentic' Vande Mataram Library aims to challenge Sheldon Pollock's 'foreign' one
A sensitive Indian would be in pain reading translations of Sanskrit by non-Indians, says head of a project that hopes to compete with the Murty Classical Library.
Mridula Chari
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As Mumbai police refuse concert permission for Pakistani musicians, India has scored an own goal
When will we learn to separate art and politics, ask the organisers of an event that had to be cancelled because it involved artists from across the border.
Jay Visvadeva and Malini Hariharan
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Why exactly is 'Haider' offending India's Twitter nationalists?
Those asking for a boycott of the film don't realise it actually shows the army in a realistic light.
Shivam Vij
The Reel
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Start the week with a film: ‘Force Majeure’ is a chilly satire about modern marriage
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A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors
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‘Gandhi Godse – Ek Yudh’ review: Sincere, plodding effort to debunk WhatsApp myths about the Mahatma
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‘Pathaan’ review: Shah Rukh Khan lights up an entertaining spy thriller
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Oscar-nominated film ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ is cuteness unlimited
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'Open' shouldn't be embarrassed. Even Sonia has a biography invoking Nazi classic 'Triumph of the Will'
A party member wrote a book about the Congress President with that title in 2007.
Mridula Chari
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From Mumbai jail, poet accused of Maoist links writes about life on the run
Sachin Mali of the Kabir Kala Manch will release a new collection of his work next week.
Mridula Chari