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He Taught India How to Laugh at Itself: Reflections on Johnny Walker's Birth Centenary

Impressed by Kazi’s mimicry and raw acting skills, Dutt took a gamble on the bus conductor, cast him, and renamed him after his favourite Scotch — Johnny Walker.

Empowering Grandmothers in India and Africa: Sanjit 'Bunker' Roy, a Life of Relentless Rural Empowerment

Between 2005 and 2011, 140 African women, most of them grandmothers, traveled to Tilonia from villages in Africa to be trained as solar engineers. None of the women could read or write, nor could speak Hindi. So, they were taught using sign language and colour codes during their six-month-long training. By the time they finished the course and returned to their African villages they were qualified to install, maintain, and operate household, solar-powered lighting systems

Monetizing Folklore in Bangladesh's Modern Cultural Economy

Today, Bangladesh's young game designers and animators are going back to their roots. They are creating immersive gaming worlds that are based upon the mud, magic and monsoon of the Bengal Delta. By transforming their oral storytelling traditions into structured digital intellectual property rights, these studios are developing cross-media franchises. 

Revisiting a Bend in the Ganges: Ancient Indian City Offers an Eternal Lesson

Eventually, Kashi became a civilisational capital of India. Poets, saints, scholars, musicians, artisans, and even ordinary citizens helped shape the city. For millennia, seekers and scholars travelled from far and wide in search of knowledge, learning, and even emancipation. Its modern institutions carry that legacy forward. 

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India-Sri Lanka ODI series slightly rescheduled

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Bangladeshi film Rehana Maryam Noor receives standing ovation at Cannes

Bangladeshi film Rehana Maryam Noor has received a standing ovation after its world premiere at the ongoing 74th Cannes Film Festival in France

Pakistan pays glowing tributes to Dilip Kumar; Imran Khan recalls his generosity in raising funds for his cancer hospital

For once India-Pakistan political differences were forgotten as Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan led his nation in paying heartfelt tributes to India’s film legend Dilip Kumar, who passed away in Mumbai early on Wednesday

Indian movie legend Dilip Kumar dies at 98

Indian movie legend Dilip Kumar, known as the "tragedy king" of Bollywood for injecting pathos into the roles he essayed, died in Mumbai on Wednesday moving, leaving his fans across the subcontinent saddened

Bhutan launches its own OTT platform to promote local content and culture

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Shakib, Faulkner, Bavuma register for Lanka Premier League

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A community radio station in India that helped students sans smartphones pursue their studies

Radio Vishwas, a Community Radio Station (CRS) in Nashik, Maharashtra has bagged two awards at the 8th edition of the National Community Radio Awards 

Bangladesh college student bags first-ever Maths Olympiad gold for country

Bangladesh has for the first time bagged a gold medal in the Asian Pacific Mathematics Olympiad (Apmo)

Afghanistan’s Herat city to be listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has accepted a request by the Afghan government to include the western city of Herat among world cultural heritage sites

Another Indian-American high achiever as Abhimanyu Mishra becomes youngest chess grandmaster

Indian Americans,  though just comprising about 1 per cent of the US population, are flying high

UAE, Oman to stage T20 Men’s World Cup shifted from India, BCCI to remain host

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday confirmed that the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 will be staged in the UAE and Oman due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation in India

T20 World Cup shifted out of India, to be played in UAE and Oman

The BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) on Monday confirmed that the 2021 T20 World Cup, scheduled to be held in India, is being shifted to the UAE owing to the health safety concerns and travel restrictions posed by COVID-19

Global musicians unite with Indian legends to create the yoga anthem

For the first time, a Grammy award winner and other acclaimed global artists came together with leading Indian musicians to create a song to celebrate International Yoga Day on June 21

Taslima Nasreen slams Pakistan PM Imran Khan over his alleged sexist remark

Writer Taslima Nasreen on Tuesday slammed Pakistan PM Imran Khan over his recent remark on women's clothes which has triggered a controversy

Putting Covid-19 behind, New York celebrates Yoga Day - at 'crossroads of the world'

Rising from the pall of COVID-19 restrictions, New York City has celebrated International Yoga Day at the landmark Times Square with daylong performances of various yogic asanas

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