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Film and TV
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.
Lifestyle
How to cope with loneliness during pandemic
"A hug can solve all my problems", a common usage shared among friends, relatives, or colleagues. Reaching out for emotional support with physical instincts is really comforting and helping but at this strict social distance situation, it isn’t possible. WE CAN’T HUG OR TOUCH.
Lifestyle
Facebook apologizes for role in Sri Lankan anti-Muslim violence
Facebook on Tuesday apologised for its role in the anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka in 2018 after an investigation found its role in instigating the violence. The company released a...
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Business
Halal Angels Network to promote entrepreneurship, startups to tap $5 trillion
The World’s First Halal Angels Network was launched to promote innovation, entrepreneurship, and startups to tap $5 trillion, Halal consumer market, and would grow to USD 9.71 trillion by 2025. It was launched during the COVID-19 pandemic to help investors, businesses, entrepreneurs & startups overcome these challenging times.
Lifestyle
Extra things to thank mothers for in 2020
Every year we celebrate Mother’s Day and show our appreciation for mothers everywhere, in all shapes and forms. Their immeasurable contributions shape the lives and futures of our next generations.
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Film and TV
‘Left us too soon,’ celebrities mourn the demise of Irrfan
Irrfan Khan breathed his last on Wednesday, after being admitted to Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital for a colon infection on Tuesday.
Sports
Covid-19: FIFA to distribute $150M among member associations
International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) on Friday announced it will distribute around $150 million among member associations to help overcome the financial strains due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Editor's Pick
Union Govt’s Covid19 app could ramp up surveillance, experts warn
The application remains a privacy minefield and it does not adhere to principles of minimization, strict purpose limitation, transparency, and accountability, say experts at Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF).
Business
Growth in Asia is expected to stall at zero percent in 2020: IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the coronavirus pandemic is likely to bring Asia's economic growth to a standstill for the first time in 60 years.
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Sports
Fellaini thanks medical staff after receiving all-clear from COVID-19 diagnosis
Former Everton and Manchester United midfielder Marouane Fellaini was discharged from a Chinese hospital on Tuesday after testing positive for COVID-19 late last month.
Lifestyle
Google and Apple turn your phone into a COVID-tracking machine
Apple and Google announced they would join forces to develop a smartphone application for tracking coronavirus infections using existing Bluetooth and encryption technology.
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Literature
Lolita in memoirs
Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi is a book that speaks such volumes to the reader that she would not read but rather devour it. One can call it whatever she sees the most in the book, either a political or a literary analysis or just a detailed account of the experiences of a passionate Professor of English Literature in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Film and TV
Trance – Fahad’s eyes intoxicate more than the movie itself
From psycadelic edits to a trippy subject, Trance has it all - not to mention all the biggies of Malayalam film industry. And whoever couldn't have a screen presence, found spot in its credits. To begin with, Anwar Rasheed tried it all - a controversial subject, all the starry faces that could be fit in, the celebrated clash of religion - logic - media and well, ofcourse, Pastor Joshua Carlton himself - Fahad Faasil.
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