A three-day trip to Rishikesh turned out to eventful – and full of adventure WHEN SOMEONE mentioned Rishikesh to me, the first thing that came to my mind was ‘spirituality.’ I have heard that people from all over the world visit the place in search of ‘nirvana’ or to attain peace. Known as the ‘yoga […]

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Ayushmann Khurrana starrer Shubh Mangal Zyada Savdhaan depicts a homosexual love story, and finally makes Bollywood give its much-awaited due to the LGBTQ community. Here’s why! “Ek baat batao beta, kab decide kiya yeh banogey? (When did you decide that you want to be ‘that’?),” asks a middle-aged man.  To which, the young boy replies: […]

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Satyarth Nayak’s book on Sridevi celebrates both the phenomenon and the person she was, and gives us an insight into the world of the legendary actor “A ZANY chorus of Tathaiya Tathaiya Ho blared from the speakers. A bunch of garishly dressed dancers bopped before the camera. Sridevi twirled, Jeetendra whirled, surrounded by pots, feathers […]

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As we enter 2020, here’s a flashback – where we’ll take a look at some of the best performances, the most underrated films of the year, which regional films made a mark and how Indian web series created waves across the country Best Performances (Male) l Ayushmann Khurrana: Bollywood’s ‘golden boy’ Ayushmann Khurrana, who also […]

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As we move forward to 2020, a look at the films that defined the year gone past 2019 was a year when a mainstream Bollywood film spoke about India’s prevailing caste system for the first time. It was also the year when mainstream films took up topics like sexual health and sexuality, and explored it […]

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The third edition of Bangla Movie Fest is all set to bring the best of films from Bengal, Assam and Maharashtra, and will be graced by acclaimed members of the film fraternity There was a time when film fans in north India thought Hindi films are the only films being made in India. Whenever people […]

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A unique awareness campaign in social media ‘#CoolNotFool’ – with the aim to promote safe sexual practices and encourage conversations about family planning — has grabbed the attention of millennials How often do children discuss sex with parents in India? Almost never. How often do people talk about safe sex and its importance out in […]

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HBO series Girls shows 20-somethings as they really are – not the good little human beings that society wants them to be “I hope Girls represents a moment in which it became OK for women to show the full range of their complexity — messy, inappropriate, sexual, having dark urges, or acting like a f**king […]

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