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Pyaasa (1957)

Guru Dutt (1925 - 1964) : Unsung Auteur, Resurrected Genius

The most celebrated films in the Dutt oeuvre -  Pyaasa (1957) and Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959), explored themes of unfulfilled love, societal alienation and the struggles of the human spirit, making him  the unsung  poet of Indian cinema. TIME magazine included Pyaasa in its ‘100 Best Films of All Time’

Why we sleep and dream?

Thus, to produce happy and productive dreams one needs to be active mentally and physically during waking hours. Whatever memories we make during daytime are reflected in our dreams, including prophetic dreams. Probably solution dreams of great inventors also came because of the very active prepared mind during waking hours.

Bangladeshi Women Fight Back Patriarchal Backlash: Need For Regional Solidarity Stressed

Shireen Huq, chair of the reform commission and founder of Naripokkho, said, “We had an uprising, a regime change, but the culture of misogyny, the brutalisation of women, and the public assertion of male dominance, all remain intact and hegemonic.”

Yoga in the Pacific: A Nautical Saga of Two Indian Navy Veterans, #AndhraPradeshyoga, #Telugus

The cceans, comprising 70 percent of the surface of planet earth, are  a medium of connecting peoples across the world, rather than at times mistakenly being viewed as great natural barriers. Nothing proves this more emphatically than the tiny Tystie's passage across the Indo-Pacific which is aptly relevant to this year's theme for the International Day of Yoga - 'Yoga for One Earth One Health'.

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Preserving India's world-famous Ajanta Cave art for posterity

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Manipur's 500-year-old all-women's market reopens after eleven months

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Pakistan’s continued love, hate for all things Bollywood

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Celebrated Pakistani designer highlights anti-dowry campaign through fashion

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New dates for Kathmandu Triennale

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Indian woman, P Sameera Khan, with Himalayan ambitions

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Kolkata Book Fair to be dedicated to Bangabandhu

The 45th edition of the International Kolkata Book Fair, to be held in July this year, will be dedicated to Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and Bangladesh will be the country-in-focus of the event, said the organisers

Sri Lanka sets up Technical Advisory Committee for cricket development

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Breaking down barriers; Bangladeshi transgenders to pursue higher studies

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Remembering Ritwik Ghatak on his 45th death anniversary: A filmmaker’s filmmaker

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Once beggars, they are now picking up vocational skills in a reformed life

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Couple tie knot, exchanges garlands underwater in Bay of Bengal

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Nepal bans two Indian mountaineers for 10 years

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Modi gives new life to Arunachal's local art

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