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American Fiction: Who defines your narrative and why?
American Fiction bluntly satirises this fashionable zeitgeist and shatters its progressive myths, challenging the false pretensions of capitalism’s culture production-spanning the industries of publishing, awards, and filmmaking-that it's open to new, different voices from the margins and the underprivileged.
Bookshelf
Jailed Palestinian writer wins International Prize for Arabic Fiction
Palestinian author Basim Khandaqji, who has been imprisoned by Israel since 2004, has been named as the winner of the 2024 International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) for his novel A Mask, the Colour of the Sky.
India
We will leave India if told to break encryption: WhatsApp tells Delhi High Court
Messaging application WhatsApp on Thursday told the Delhi High Court that the company would leave India if it was compelled to break encryption of messages and calls under the 2021 Information Technology Rules.
Bookshelf
Polynomial Politics: Imagining India as a Country Led by Lower Castes
This article is a review of the book Indian Philosophy, Indian Revolution: On Caste and Politics by Divya Dwivedi...
Film and TV
“As a nation, we did not have a religious identity before but now I don’t know why…”: Actor Vidya Balan
India has become “more polarised” when it comes to religion, with people desperately searching for anything that gives them a sense of “identity,” said award winning actor Vidya Balan.
Film and TV
‘The Discreet Charm of the Savarnas’ trailer released
Writer-filmmaker Rajesh Rajamani has shared the trailer of his upcoming short film The Discreet Charm of the Savarnas, a satirical take on upper-caste savarnas.
Science & Technology
The Social Dilemma- What does the mobile screen of an addict look like?
NOMOPHOBIA, an interactive project, is a short video which forces you to confront your phobia by depicting what your mobile screen looks like, especially in the pandemic.
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Business
Unplanned lockdown has snowballed India’s already-precarious economy: Rahul Gandhi
Narendra Modi Government's sudden and unplanned COVID-19 contained lockdown which has snowballed India’s already-precarious economy, said former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi.
Business
Association of Muslim Professionals launches India’s first free crowdfunding platform for education scholarships
On Teachers' Day, the Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP), a not-for-profit organisation working in the domains of education and economic empowerment, has announced the launch of 2 significant initiatives which will benefit the students’ fraternity, especially those needing financial assistance for higher education or expert career and professional guidance by industry professionals.
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Science & Technology
“Not now, not like this, not without all of us;” Internet advocacy group raises concern about National Digital Health Mission
Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF), an NGO that conducts advocacy on digital rights and liberties, wrote to the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and the National Health Authority after the Delhi High Court directed the government to decide concerns surrounding the consultation for the National Digital Health Mission's Health Data Management Policy in accordance with existing laws, rules, and policies.
Business
Unpopular opinion, Elon Musk is not a great businessman
Overpromising has always been The Achilles heel of Musk. It is not just about the grand promises of Neuralink. Tesla had once proclaimed that there will be a million fully autonomous vehicles on the road by 2020, the deadline has now been pushed to 2028, and if you believe my pessimistic prediction it is going to stretch further.
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Film and TV
‘Dialect’ics of performance: An ode to Mammootty
Thus, all the individualistic improvements apart, our experience of seeing Mammootty on screen is always strongly mediated by our history of discursive engagements with various on/off-screen experiences of Mammootty, as an actor and as a public personality.
India
Facebook is helping BJP achieve ruling party’s aim ‘divide and rule’: Congress
Continuing its attack on the BJP, the Congress said that the aim of the ruling party BJP is 'divide and rule' and the social media giant Facebook is helping them achieve this.
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Dalit scholar Suraj Yengde signs deal to write biography of Ambedkar
Juggernaut Books, on Monday, announced their deal with Dr Suraj Yengde to write a biography of B.R Ambedkar. Yengde, India's leading Dalit scholar and public intellectual, is an author of the...
Sports
Spanish midfielder David Silva tests positive for COVID-19
Spanish midfielder David Silva has been infected by the COVID-19, Real Sociedad football club said on Monday.
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Business
Pandemic contained lockdown: India’s economy shrinks nearly 24%
India’s economy growth suffered a historic 23.9% contraction in the April-June quarter, as the strict coronavirus lockdown hit businesses, reported news agency Agence France-Presse.
Film and TV
Chadwick Boseman’s commencement speech at Howard University in 2018. Watch the video
Two years ago, Chadwick Boseman returned to his alma mater, Howard University, to deliver the main address at the school’s historic 150th commencement ceremony. He was already fighting cancer when he delivered the speech. Boseman, actor who had global impact with his portrayal of T’Challa in “Black Panther,” died on Friday of colon cancer at the age of 43.
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