Search giant Google has created a new doodle on its homepage in Bangladesh, celebrating the life of Bangladeshi playwright Munier Chowdhury to mark the 95th anniversary of his birth
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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Kashmir's Tibet Baqaal family says they are tortured for keeping Sufi tradition alive
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Former Nepal cricket captain Khadka nominated for ICC’s associate player of decade
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'Delhi Crime' wins International Emmy for Best Drama Series
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Nepal's museums reopen after eight months
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Religious fellow feeling at Chhat: When a Muslim man helped in a Hindu festival
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'Hyderabad's Nizam never discriminated against people on basis of religion'
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Theatres have reopened in India but trade looks for 'one pan-India film' to change fortunes
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Spreading the message of Sufism through Urdu hip hop
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At minus 7 degrees, Gulmarg's ski slopes beckon winter sports lovers
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Biggest ever Indian Soccer League (ISL): Football takes centre-tage in new-normal India
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