Film and TV
Virus: Collective spirit of cinema through compassionate visual grammar
Not making a film on the grounds of emotional vulnerabilities was something I find it refreshing in this film irrespective of all flaws in the narration. So I guess it still makes sense to give it a watch and initiate healthy discussions
Literature
Award winning author Arundhati Roy to publish her new book ‘My Seditious Heart’ on June 6th
The book which will be published by Hamish Hamilton consists of 1000 pages. Roy’s new book is set to hit desks by 6th June 2019
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Film and TV
Sudani From Nigeria wins Audience Choice Award in Hero and Time International Film Festival, Russia
The film stars Soubin Shahir and Samuel Abiola Robinson. The story follows a Nigerian football player who joins a club in Malappuram, Kerala for the sevens football match.
Film and TV
Remembering Kamala Surayya: the novice in Malayalam literature
surayya's first book of poetry, Summer in Calcutta was chiefly about love, its betrayal, and the consequent anguish
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Film and TV
Tam, Malaysia’s last male Sumatran rhino, dies
The Sumatran rhino, the smallest species of rhinoceros, was declared extinct in the wild in Malaysia in 2015. Iman, a female captured in 2014, is now the only surviving member of the subspecies left in the country.
Film and TV
Omani author Jokha Alharthi wins Man Booker International Prize for ‘Celestial Bodies’
The award is a counterpart to the Man Booker Prize for novels written in English, and is open to books in any language that have been translated to English.
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Film and TV
Playwright and journalist Annie Zaidi wins Nine Dots Prize
“Zaidi’s entry, ‘Bread, Cement, Cactus’, combines memoir and reportage to explore concepts of home and belonging rooted in her experience of contemporary life in India, where migration – within...
Film and TV
4 Latin American Films Receive Awards in Cannes Film Festival
At the closing ceremony of the prestigious film festival held in France, “Bacurau”, a film by Brazilian filmmakers Kleber Mendonca Filho and Juliano Dornelles won the jury prize
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Sports
ICC World Cup 2019: Full Schedule, dates and venues
England will open the tournament at The Oval on 30 May when they will take on South Africa, while Australia will launch their title defence on 1 June against the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier champions Afghanistan in a day/night match in Bristol.
Film and TV
New fish species discovered that can detect wavelengths
"It appears that deep-sea fish have developed this multiple rhodopsin-based vision several times independently of each other and that this is specifically used to detect bioluminescent signals.
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Film and TV
Poor diets now kill more people around the world than smoking; says study
Lead author Ashkan Afshin, an epidemiologist at the University of Washington, said the researchers estimated that overall, poor diets are responsible for more deaths around the world than any other risk factor, including cigarette smoking, known to be one of the greatest threats to public health.
Business
Inaugural CONNECT Middle East, India & Africa opens alongside ATM
More than 300 aviation and airport professionals will be heading to the first CONNECT Middle East, India & Africa (MEIA) conference which gets underway on Tuesday in Dubai.
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