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The Kolkata audience was recently invited to a screening of A Life in Dance, produced by Films Division and directed by music composer Dishari Chakraborty, at the Birla Academy of Art and Culture. The....

Discovering India, as the name suggests, is an unfolding of talent from the diaspora which are Indian in origin but have found roots away from India. In other words, the noted curator Uma da’ Cunha ....

Your name is your identity. It reflects your culture, your persona and your heredity. If someone strips you of your name, you are anonymous, you are no one, you do not exist and for one who does not e....

Durga Pooja is the biggest, the noisiest and the most colourful festival among Bengalis across the world. The soft-hued golden light of the sun in September reminds us that the Goddess is about to arr....

The clay idols of the Goddess Durga and her children, along with Mahisasura are famous across the world though this is a festival exclusive to the Bengalis everywhere. It is an international event and....

Prostitution is the sexual exploitation or abuse of persons for commercial purposes whether in consideration of money or of any other kind. It is the use of one’s body for sexual services such as o....

In this rat-race called Indian cinema – mainstream, mid-stream or off-mainstream, to survive for more than two decades is nothing short of a miracle. Yet, here is one actor of international renown w....

With an average conviction rate of 25% in rape cases in India, one can only wonder to what extent research can identify what a classic sex offender is like in that country. This means that 75% of case....

Child marriage is a big problem in the Dominican Republic, according to new research by Plan International. With 37% of girls married before the age of 18, and 12.5% before the age of 15, the country ....

A dozen girls – ranging from 8 to 18 years of age and dressed in vibrant-orange floor-length robes – sing, dance and wave colourful flags under a white canopy by a primary school. As the noise esc....