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Hot News Mix: India’s First-Ever LGBT Radio Station Reacts to Hateful Supreme...
• India’s first LGBT radio station, Bangalore-based Q Radio, reacts to some rather heartbreaking news about the Supreme Court re-criminalizing LGBT identity the same way most of us did when we heard...
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10 of Our Favorite Bollywood Snow Songs
Aamir Khan and Kajol in 2006’s Fanaa. (YouTube) Millions of Americans woke up to a Winter Wonderland (and a transportation-related nightmare) this morning after a blizzard blanketed the East Coast....
View ArticleThis Photo Has Almost As Many Stars As Ellen’s Oscars Selfie
By now, you’ve probably seen the world-famous selfie that Ellen DeGeneres tweeted from the Oscars last night. In just a matter of hours it became the most retweeted tweet of all time. All of the hype...
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Aamir Khan’s ‘Satyamev Jayate’ Starts Season 2 With Focus on Rape in India
For as long as I can remember, I have hated South Asian culture’s inherent predisposition towards hiding the truth and avoiding reality. So imagine how unorthodox, yet thrilling it is to see a...
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Hot News Mix: Aziz Ansari aka ‘The Sociologist,’ India Joins the Search for...
Aziz Ansari Tackles “Comedic Sociology.” With a smile that gets right to all of our hearts, comedian and aspiring sociologist Aziz Ansari talked this week about his much awaited upcoming book. Ansari...
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Celebrate Spring’s Arrival With Bollywood’s 10 Best Holi Songs
Spring is just around the corner, and Holi celebrations around the world have commenced! This celebration of spring, also known as the festival of colors, involves playful attacks with colorful...
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A Look at the Many Ways Bollywood Mishandles Mental Health
One of the promo posters for Hasee Toh Phasee, which was released in February. Millions of Indians suffer from mental illnesses, yet to this day, the stigma associated with these medical conditions can...
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Spotlight On: Bollywood Playback Singers Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan
Before MP3s and iPods there were cassette tapes and Walkmans — and I still have boxes filled with tapes of Bollywood soundtracks that I used to eagerly buy every time my family took weekend trips to...
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Celebrating 20 Years of ‘Andaz Apna Apna': It’s Not A Film. It’s A Great Film!
Madcap Hindi comedy Andaz Apna Apna (AAA) celebrated its 20th anniversary recently. Declared a flop when released, the film is now considered a cult classic and more popular than ever. In the past 20...
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5 Bollywood Film Favorites from the Not-So-Distant 1990s
Bollywood’s latest offerings haven’t really piqued my interest, although the recently released Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania definitely made me nostalgic for some 1990s Bollywood. Given the prolonged dry...
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Engaging Cast Props Up Ensemble Dil Dhadakne Do
If the perfect symmetry of the first few frames doesn’t have you screaming “SOMEBODY GIFTED ZOYA AKHTAR THE WES ANDERSON DISCOGRAPHY LAST BIRTHDAY!” immediately, Aamir Khan’s rich baritone of a...
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