Pakistani actor Bilal Abbas Khan feels Indian filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj has an amazing understanding of cinema, and hopes to work with the filmmaker
He Taught India How to Laugh at Itself: Reflections on Johnny Walker's Birth Centenary
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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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Story of Kashmir's little-known 1947 hero and a lesser-known poet
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Demolition of 70-year-old cinema hall in Kabul draws protests
The Kabul Municipality started the demolition of a 70-year-old Park Cinema Hall in the downtown area of Kabul, Tolonews reported. The decision regarding the demolition was taken last week in a meeting of first Vice President Amrullah Saleh with security officials
People in Tamil Nadu village celebrate Kamala Harris victory with sweets and firecrackers
As the news of Kamala Harris' election as the new US vice president poured in, people of Thulasendrapuram village in Tamil Nadu in southern India celebrated the occasion by bursting firecrackers and distributing celebratory sweets
Boys travel 70 km to play football in Meghalaya
"The thing about football - the important thing about football - is that it is not just about football" -- this memorable quote by English writer Terry Pratchett encapsulates the passion that can be evoked by the sport
With virtual reality video-immersive experience, Mahatma Gandhi goes digital
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Meet Seema Iqbal, who broke glass ceiling in male-dominated 'shayari' circuit
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Horses, rhinos evolved from strange hoofed animal in India: US study
Hoofed animals like horses and rhinos evolved from a strange sheep-sized animal that looked like a cross between a pig and a dog and roamed in India almost 55 million years ago., researchers have claimed
Kids' ideas to fight Covid turned into prototypes
A long-distance hugging device, a door handle that sanitises itself and a smartwatch that beeps when someone comes too close to you
US returns stolen antiquities worth millions to Pakistan
The United States has returned 45 stolen pieces of antiquities worth approximately $250,000 dating back to the Gandhara period to Pakistan
Education has given tolerance, patience to Indian Muslims: Filmmaker Kamaludeen
Popular award-winning Malayalam film director Kamaludeen, popularly known as Kamal, feels education has uplifted the Muslim community, which has largely led to the tolerance and patience of the community even in the extremely adverse conditions in which they are moving ahead
Bangladeshi author Shaheen Akhtar wins Asian Literary Award
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Syed Abid Hussain helps stranded Indians return home
More than 100 people stranded overseas have returned to their homeland thanks to the efforts of Syed Abid Hussain, 36, popularly known as Bajrangi Bhaijaan in real life after the Salman Khan-starring blockbuster
Pakistan receives 45 stolen relics from the US
A relic showing Gautama Buddha meditating under the tree of awakening was among the 45 antiquities that the Manhattan District Attorney’s office IN New York returned to the people of Pakistan this week
PM Modi praises Mizoram kid for her 'Vande Mataram' rendition
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has extolled a four-year-old girl in Mizoram for singing a contemporary version of the national song "Vande Mataram"
