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INDIA: Bangladeshi Author’s Luck Runs Out With Autobiography
Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasrin may have spoken out against atrocities on Hindus in her Muslim-majority country, but that has not prevented the Bengali intelligentsia in this eastern Indian city from denouncing the latest of her autobiographical works as pornography instead of literature.INDIA: HIV Case Shows Need to Fix Rules on Assisted Reproduction
Already under emotional stress from being infertile, Indian couples are finding that the artificial route to conceiving children is fraught with danger, and that sometimes it can be deadly./ARTS WEEKLY/INDIA: On Film, The Life and Times of a Nationalist Hero
A film that seeks to portray the turbulent final years of one of India's greatest heroes of its freedom struggle is finally under way, but not without controversy./ARTS WEEKLY/FILM-INDIA: Sequel Recreates Celluloid Magic
Those mesmerised by the 1969 classic by the late, celebrated Bengali filmmaker Satyajjit Ray, 'Aranyer Din Ratri' (Days and Nights in the Forest), can look forward to a fitting sequel complete with some of the main cast of actors - now older by 33 years./ARTS WEEKLY/INDIA: Kolkata ‘Orphaned’ By Archaeological Finds
India's bustling eastern metropolis, which in 1990 celebrated the 300th year of its 'founding' by British colonialists with much fanfare, is looking for a new birthday.INDIA: Fishermen’s Livelihoods Endangered at World Heritage Site
Fighting the vagaries of nature in the inhospitable terrain of the Sundarban Islands in the Bay of Bengal, which fall under the territories of India and Bangladesh, what Himangshu Jana has done since childhood./ARTS WEEKLY/INDIA: Film on Girl’s Journey from Prostitution Goes Far
A low-budget Bengali film on the quest for freedom by a sex worker's daughter is the rage in festivals worldwide, boosting the credentials of avante-garde director Buddhadeb Dasgupta as India's most accomplished serious filmmaker today./ARTS WEEKLY/INDIA: Film on Girl’s Journey from Prostitution Goes Far
A low-budget Bengali film on the quest for freedom by a sex worker's daughter is the rage in festivals worldwide, boosting the credentials of avante-garde director Buddhadeb Dasgupta as India's most accomplished serious filmmaker today.RIGHTS-INDIA: Sex Workers Draw the Line on Religious Rites
Come Durga Puja, the raucous Indian festival in October dedicated to the ten-armed goddess Durga, and sex workers in this bustling eastern metropolis are in demand not just for the satisfaction of lust but also the dust on their doorsteps./ARTS WEEKLY/INDIA: Hollywood, Spanish Bounty Come to Street Children
What brings together Hollywood heartthrobs Penelope Cruz, Melanie Griffith, Tom Cruise , Antonio Banderas and Latino hip-swinger Ricky Martin?LITERATURE-SOUTH ASIA: Exiled Writer Seeks New Home
The suspicious eyes of the security guards outside a suite in the Great Eastern Hotel in this eastern India metropolis confirm Taslima Nasrin is in./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/FILM-INDIA: Oscar Winner Makes Movie Magic with Naipaul’s Novel
What happens when an Indian Oscar- wining filmmaker adapts on celluloid a novel by a controversial Indian Nobel laureate on the immigrant Indian community in the Trinidad of the 30s?HEALTH-INDIA: Critics Demand Tough Action on Asbestos Use
Once a robust member of India's defence personnel, 65-year-old Anil Haldar now has a face which is badly deformed and a body that shakes violently during his frequent fits of coughing.TRANSPORT-INDIA: Tram Cars Running On Nostalgia and Inertia
Decrepit and battered from moving generations of people through this overcrowded eastern metropolis, the tramcars of the eastern Indian city of Kolkata are still streetcars named desire to many.RELIGION-INDIA: Mother Teresa on Fast Track to Sainthood
At 92, Fr Edward Le Joly may well live to see the beatification and even the canonisation of Mother Teresa, who died nearly four years ago.RIGHTS-INDIA: Rape Case Pits Women’s Groups against Police
Tears stream down the face of the deaf-mute 17-year-old as she gestures fervently to what she went through eight months ago, inside the dark steely mass of a mobile prison van on the streets of this eastern Indian metropolis.POLITICS-INDIA: Communists Meets Mixed Fortunes in Polls
Communist politicians had different electoral fortunes in last week's state elections in India, suffering a humiliating loss in the tiny coastal state of Kerala but successfully defending its hold in the eastern state of West Bengal.POLITICS-INDIA: Star Appeal to be Tested in Coming Poll
Indians and many foreign audiences' most enduring memory of Bengali actress Madhavi Mukherjee is her performance in the title role of the film 'Charulata', a black-and-white gem produced in the early sixties./REPEAT/RIGHTS-INDIA: Sex Workers Find Self-Esteem on Stage
Every evening, Kalyani puts on cheap, garish make-up and waits for her clients in a dingy locality of this eastern Indian port city formerly known as Calcutta./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/INDIA: UNESCO Recognition Raises Hopes For Himalayan ‘Toy Train’
Visitors to this popular hill resort in the eastern Indian Himalayas come for the bracing mountain air and the spectacular view of the snow-covered Kanchenjunga - the third highest mountain in the world.CULTURE-INDIA: Left Women Groups Join ‘Moral Police’
The organisers of a fashion show in this eastern Indian metropolis, formerly known as Calcutta, were surprised by the street protests outside the luxury hotel venue.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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