May 7, 2024

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Travel Tips: दार्जिलिंग की सैर कर खुश हो जाएंगे आप भी, देख सकते है ये चीजे
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Travel Tips: दार्जिलिंग की सैर कर खुश हो जाएंगे आप भी, देख सकते है ये चीजे

IOBNN Bureau May 29, 2023

IOBNN Bureau। आप देश दुनिया की कितनी ही अच्छी जगहों को देख चुके होंगे या फिर घूम चुके होंगे। लेकिन अभी भी अगर आपने दार्जिलिंग की यात्रा नहीं की है तो आपकी फिर सभी यात्रा अधूरी है। ऐसे में आपको बिना देर किए एक बार अपने जीवन में दार्जिलिंग की यात्रा जरूर करनी चाहिए।

दार्जिलिंग
आप अपने परिवार दोस्तो या फिर रिश्तेदारों के साथ में यहां आना चाहते है तो आप एक बार यहां जरूर आए। यहां पर आपको घूमने और देखने को बहुत कुछ मिलेगा। इसके साथ ही यहां की प्राकृतिक सुंदरता आपके दिल और दिमाग में ऐसे बैठ जाएगी की आप चाहकर भी नहीं निकाल पाएंगे।

क्या दखने को मिलेगा
इस यात्रा में आपको दार्जिलिंग में चाय कॉफी के बागान और यहा का प्राकृतिक वातावरण ऐसा मिलेगा जिसे देखकर आप खुश हो जाएंगे। आपको यहां ऊंचे-ऊंचे पर्वत और घने जंगलों की खूबसूरती पसंद आएगी। इतना ही नहीं यहां हजारों की संख्या में सैलानी घूमने के लिए आते है।

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Start the week with a film: The documentary ‘Tina’ is a tribute to an irrepressible spirit
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Start the week with a film: The documentary ‘Tina’ is a tribute to an irrepressible spirit

Editor in Chief May 29, 2023

American singer Tina Turner’s death on May 24 unleashed a flood of tributes to her raspy voice, electric stage performances and boundless charisma – but most of all to her bravery. Turner overcame a hardscrabble childhood, domestic violence and a fallow professional period before becoming one of the most recognized singers of all time. The documentary Tina (2021), which can be rented on Prime Video, is as good a place as any to revisit Turner’s singular life.

Directed by Dan Lindsay and TJ Martin, Tina moves back and forth in time, featuring both archival interviews as well as conversations in the present with Turner and others. It begins with a typically rambunctious live show. The 118-minute film makes judicious use of Turner’s stage performances, contrasting the artist effortlessly commanding attention in the arena with the woman who was abused for years by her husband, the celebrated musician Ike Turner.

The film gets its leitmotif from the very aspect of Turner’s past that she was loath to revisit. The beatings and marital rapes that Turner endured – which she likened to torture – finally prompted her to flee the marriage. Her decision to speak out about her experiences in 1981 in a magazine interview – a rare occurrence in the.

How Indian book creators are finally making children’s books representative and inclusive
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How Indian book creators are finally making children’s books representative and inclusive

Jignesh Chafe May 28, 2023

On a recent family holiday, I eagerly showed my younger sister a copy of Little Dipper Publishing’s latest book, Where Is Mr Thookam. The book about two young girls trying to look for the elusive Mr Thookam (sleep in Tamil) had touched a chord when I had read it. It was as though author Anusha Veluswamy and illustrator Janan Abir had drawn our own summer holidays spent at our maternal grandmother’s house, trying to sleep in the oppressive humidity. From the clothes and earrings the girls wore to the mosquito coil placed under the bed and the elaborate banana plant front door décor – every single detail felt familiar and I desperately wanted to share it with my sister who had had the same experiences as me.

Growing up, summer reading was all about Enid Blyton’s characters and their picnics in the lush green fields of small towns in England. Where the characters had scones and clotted cream with strawberry preserves and lashings of ginger beer for breakfast and ate cucumber cream cheese sandwiches and thick slices of cherry cake for lunch. My mother’s humble sambar rice and potato fry just did not match up! As much as I loved reading about their…

सिनेमा के सभी स्वरूपों का मिश्रण होती हैं भारतीय फिल्में – Abhishek Bachchan
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सिनेमा के सभी स्वरूपों का मिश्रण होती हैं भारतीय फिल्में – Abhishek Bachchan

Jignesh Chafe May 27, 2023

अबु धाबी।अभिनेता अभिषेक बच्चन का मानना है कि भारतीय फिल्मों में सिनेमा के सभी स्वरूपों का मिश्रण होता है और वे भोजन की एक ;;संपूर्ण थाली जैसा अनुभव कराती हैं।

अभिषेक (47) ने कहा कि उन्हें इस बात की खुशी है कि दुनिया भारतीय सिनेमा और भावनाओं के प्रति रूचि दिखा रही है।अभिषेक ने आईफा (अंतरराष्ट्रीय भारतीय फिल्म अकादमी पुरस्कार) रॉक्स पुरस्कार समारोह से इतर एक कार्यक्रम में शुक्रवार रात पीटीआई-भाषा से कहा, ;;हम हमेशा विश्वस्तरीय फिल्मों का निर्माण करते रहे हैं। हम दुनिया की बेहतरीन फिल्में बनाते हैं।

इसे लेकर मैं पक्षपाती हूं, लेकिन मैं भारतीय सिनेमा का सबसे ज्यादा आनंद लेता हूं।उन्होंने कहा, ;;हमारी फिल्में सिनेमा के सभी स्वरूपों का मिश्रण होती हैं। हमारी फिल्में हमारे भोजन की तरह होती हैं, हमारी थाली की तरह, जिसमें हर चीज का थोड़ा-थोड़ा हिस्सा होता है।

;;युवा, ;;गुरु, ;;पा और ;;सरकार जैसी फिल्मों के जरिए अपने अभिनय का लोहा मनवाने वाले अभिषेक ने कहा, ;;हम जो काम कर रहे हैं, वह मुझे पसंद है और मैं बहुत खुश हूं कि दुनिया भारतीय फिल्मों और भारतीय भावनाओं का अनुभव कर रही है। यह बेहद अद्भुत है।यह पूछे जाने पर कि क्या वह पश्चिमी फिल्म उद्योग में अवसरों की तलाश करना चाहेंगे क्योंकि अंतरराष्ट्रीय दर्शक अब भारतीय प्रतिभा को खुले दिल से स्वीकार कर रहे हैं, अभिषेक ने कहा, ;;विभिन्न फिल्म उद्योगों के बीच अब अंतर कम हो रहा है। हम सभी एक विशाल रचनात्मक दुनिया का हिस्सा हैं और इसमें भाषा कोई रुकावट नहीं है।

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Travel Tips: इस बार की छुट्टियों में जरूर आए आप भी एक बार यहां की यात्रा पर
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Travel Tips: इस बार की छुट्टियों में जरूर आए आप भी एक बार यहां की यात्रा पर

IOBNN Bureau May 27, 2023

इंटरनेट डेस्क। वैसे तो देखने के लिए देश दुनिया में काफी चीजे है, लेकिन कई बार लोगों का मन कुछ ऐतिहासिक चीजों को देखने और समझने का भी करता है। ऐसे में आप कई बार ऐसे फोर्ट को देखने का मन बनाते है जहां आप कुछ अच्छी चीजों को देख सकें। ऐसे में आज आपको बता रहे है की आप कहा जा सकते है।

सुवर्णदुर्ग फोर्ट
इस बार आप महाराष्ट्र के स्वर्ण किले के नाम से जाना जाने वाले सुवर्णदुर्ग फोर्ट जा सकते है। यहां का इतिहास आपको अच्छा लगेगा। जानकारी के अनुसार इस किले का निर्माण समुद्र के जरिये होने वाले आक्रमणों से बचाव के लिए करवाया गया था। ऐसे में आप एक बार इस किले का दीदार जरूर करें।

समुद्र तट पर बना है
ये किला वैसे महाराष्ट्र में स्थित कोंकण समुद्र तट पर मौजूद है जो समुद्र के साथ ही अपनी हरियाली के लिए भी काफी फेमस है। यहां लोग इस किले के साथ साथ यहां मौजूद हरियाली को निहारने भी आते है। ऐसे में आपको आना ही चाहिए।

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IIFA Awards: Vicky Kaushal ने अपने वायरल वीडियो पर कहा: कई बार चीजें वैसी नहीं होती जैसी दिखती हैं
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IIFA Awards: Vicky Kaushal ने अपने वायरल वीडियो पर कहा: कई बार चीजें वैसी नहीं होती जैसी दिखती हैं

Jignesh Chafe May 27, 2023

अबू धाबी। बॉलीवुड अभिनेता विक्की कौशल ने अभिनेता सलमान खान के सुरक्षाकर्मियों द्वारा उन्हें रोके जाने वाली एक क्लिप वायरल होने पर प्रतिक्रिया देते हुए कहा कि कई बार ;;चीजें वैसी नहीं होतीं, जैसी किसी वीडियो में नजर आती हैं।

शुक्रवार को सोशल मीडिया पर ;आईफा (अंतरराष्ट्रीय भारतीय फ़िल्म अकादमी पुरस्कार) अवार्ड्स 2023 संबंधी एक कार्यक्रम का एक वीडियो वायरल हुआ, जिसमें खान के सुरक्षा कर्मियों को विक्की कौशल को उस समय धक्का देते हुए देखे गया जब वह सलमान से मिलने के लिए रुके।

कौशल ने आईफा रॉक्स समारोह में ;पीटीआई-भाषा से कहा, ;;कई बार बातें बहुत बढ़ जाती हैं। इन चीजों को लेकर अनावश्यक बातें की गयी हैं और चीजें वैसी नहीं होती है, जैसी किसी वीडियो में दिखती हैं।

बाद में आईफा ग्रीन कार्पेट में खान कौशल के पास आए और उन्हें गले लगाया जिससे सभी अफवाहों पर विराम लग गया।कौशल अभिनेता अभिषेक बच्चन के साथ शनिवार को आईफा अवार्ड्स समारोह की मेजबानी करेंगे।

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‘Citadel’ review: Secrets, lies and banality
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‘Citadel’ review: Secrets, lies and banality

Editor in Chief May 27, 2023

For a series whose plot elements include remembering and forced forgetting, Citadel barely attempts to create recall value.

The Prime Video show has been releasing one episode each week since April 29. The sixth and final episode that came out on Thursday clears up some of the secrets teased in the beginning while pointing to the next of several spin-offs. Citadel: Diana, set in Italy, precedes a chapter revolving around Indian Citadelians. Directed by Raj & DK (The Family Man, Farzi), the Indian branch stars Varun Dhawan, Samantha and Sikander Kher.

The existing Indian connection to Citadel, is, of course, Priyanka Chopra Jonas. Sporting a low voice bordering on a purr and deploying her athletic side, Chopra Jonas thrives in a series that often feels like a better-produced, less schmaltzy version of the Bollywood fare she swapped for Hollywood.

The show has been created by Josh Applebaum, Bryan Oh and David Weil and directed by Newton Thomas Sigel (he shares directing credits on one of the episodes). The main executive producers are the Russo brothers, whose reputation rests on zippy action sequences rather than emotional heft.

Citadel revolves around competing independent spy agencies. The one named Citadel claims to be maintaining world peace, like the fictitious Impossible Missions Force from the Mission: Impossible movies.

The other, Manticore, represents various…

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‘Human artists should create art that has only sparsely existed before’: Writer Karan Madhok
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‘Human artists should create art that has only sparsely existed before’: Writer Karan Madhok

Editor in Chief May 27, 2023

Karan Madhok’s novel A Beautiful Decay contrives a response to the rise of a select few people to power, and the everyday quality of bigotry privileged people have come to accept and even celebrate casually for momentary gain. Besides being a commentary on privilege and power, it also deftly lays bare the mechanics of caste-hetero-patriarchy. Told through the perspective of 21-year-old Vishnu Agarwal, who is killed in the US in an act of hate crime by a recently laid-off white man, it is a story that’s becoming commonplace.

In the novel, Vishnu says that his death has given him a chance to “binge-watch” his life. However, the context in which this story gets told, and the many worldviews it wrestles with, underlines the business of what makes nation-states great. Or the conditions that help enable and accelerate this process to make them so begs us this question: Who bears the cost of?

It is a treat to read a new voice in fiction writing. In an interview with Scroll, Madhok talked about what went into writing A Beautiful Decay, writerly anxieties in the age of ChatGPT, and his next book. Excerpts from the conversation:

Were you particularly inspired by any of the afterlife narratives you must have read before…

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When vocalist Vilayat Hussain Khan joined a protest against AIR’s disrespectful audition policies
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When vocalist Vilayat Hussain Khan joined a protest against AIR’s disrespectful audition policies

Jignesh Chafe May 27, 2023

Last year, when I was putting together the series on roads and other public spaces named after Hindustani musicians, I had not come across any public sites named after the Agra gharana luminary Vilayat Hussain Khan, a key figure in the propagation of Hindustani music in Mumbai. But a few days ago, I learnt that a junction in the northern suburb of Andheri (East) in Mumbai had been named after him in 2011.

This is as a welcome gesture, even though it would perhaps have been more appropriate to have chosen a road in the southern part of the city, closer to Khan’s home, for this purpose.

Earlier, this column has briefly included information about the life and contribution of Vilayat Hussain Khan and his music. Not only had Vilayat Hussain Khan inherited a wealth of traditional repertoire from 42 musicians, he was also a prolific composer and used the pseudonym Pran piya in the song-text of his compositions.

As a guru, Vilayat Hussain Khan had trained several disciples, many of whom went on to become celebrated performers and composers. The name Pranpiya Gayanacharya Ustad Vilayat Hussain Khan Chowk given to the junction is indicative of both these roles.

Where are India’s schooling systems lagging behind? A new book addresses the question
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Where are India’s schooling systems lagging behind? A new book addresses the question

Editor in Chief May 26, 2023

Issues plaguing school education

Education is vital for individuals to develop and grow to their potential and widen their livelihood opportunities. World leaders have acknowledged the vital role of education. Nelson Mandela viewed education as the “most powerful weapon you can use to change the world” while Kofi Annan noted that “education is the premise of progress in every society, in every family”. Our discussion on public policy imperatives on health, nutrition, food security, and the young child’s well-being, has also demonstrated that a critical ingredient to improvement in these sectors is education.

Though the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (RTE Act) has refocused attention on school education in recent years, some fundamental problems continue to plague the system. Despite the constitutional and legal obligations of governments, education budgets have remained modest and woefully inadequate to requirements. While there has been a reasonable expansion of coverage and enrolment in schools, the fundamental issue of poor learning outcomes, especially in government schools, has not been addressed. Poor households – both parents and children – remain alienated from the education system. Further, the education policy has not come to grips with the legitimate aspirations of poor households for “English”…

In This Swiss Town, Tina Turner Was a Neighbor, Not a Star
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In This Swiss Town, Tina Turner Was a Neighbor, Not a Star

Jignesh Chafe May 25, 2023

Tributes began pouring in yesterday (May 24) after news of her death shocked the world. Some of the people most affected by her passing were the residents of Küsnacht, the lakeside town near Zurich where Turner lived since 1998. The New York Times spoke to locals today (May 25) who were at the gates of her estate leaving flowers, candles, and notes memorializing the singer who was “simply the best.”

“[I’m] devastated,” one man named Kosta admitted. “She’s been a part of my life for over 35 years now. She was a good neighbor. She showed up in town. She was very well liked.”

“I live nearby; I work at the Dolder [hotel],” another named Vincent recounted. “Once in a while, she came to visit. So for me, she has a special place in my heart. She’s just a great, beautiful person.”

“Five years ago, I was with my little child and I saw the Rolls-Royce and I told him, ‘Hey, this seems to be the car of Tina Turner.’ And then she opened the window, and said, ‘Hi!’ and smiled,” a woman named Evelyne gushed. “I was so happy. I was shouting for happiness. And now she passed away. It’s really sad.”

Check out the touching video below.

Turner reflected on her departure from the U.S. in a 1997 interview with Larry King. When asked about her success in her native country versus Europe, she remarked she was “Not as big as Madonna” in the States. “I’m as big as Madonna in Europe,” she smiled. “I’m as big as, in some places, the Rolling Stones.”

Watch the famous interview below.

Lockdown, demonetisation to CAA, farm laws: How hasty policies have killed Indians
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Lockdown, demonetisation to CAA, farm laws: How hasty policies have killed Indians

Editor in Chief May 24, 2023

The landmark American movie 12 Angry Men, released in 1957, holds an important lesson for contemporary India.

It is an intense courtroom drama in which the fate of a young man charged with murdering his father depends on the verdict of a 12-member jury. As per the judge’s instructions, if there was any reasonable doubt that the accused may not have committed the crime, the jury must pronounce him not guilty.

There is an air of a foregone conclusion having been reached. At the beginning of the film, 11 of the 12 jury members vote the accused to be guilty. But one juror holds out.

On a sweltering afternoon in a claustrophobic room, juror number eight spiritedly argues for the constitutional rights of the accused, premised on the principles of natural justice that a person is presumed to be innocent unless there is evidence of guilt beyond reasonable doubt.

By the end of the film, this juror has made his case convincingly to the others. The defendant is acquitted.

The film is a remarkable interrogation of prejudices leading to foregone conclusions and incorrect decisions. It is also a celebration of constructive deliberation being the touchstone of democracy and justice that can prevent deaths borne of haste and hubris.

Bollywood Update: अक्षय कुमार ने भगवान केदारनाथ के दर्शन किए

Bollywood Update: अक्षय कुमार ने भगवान केदारनाथ के दर्शन किए

IOBNN Bureau May 23, 2023

रुद्रप्रयाग (उत्तराखंड)। बॉलीवुड अभिनेता अक्षय कुमार ने मंगलवार को केदारनाथ मंदिर में दर्शन पूजन किया।

श्री बदरीनाथ केदारनाथ मंदिर समिति के मुख्य कार्याधिकारी योगेंद्र सिंह ने बताया कि कुमार अपने पारिवारिक मित्र सुमित अदालका के साथ हेलीकॉप्टर से सुबह केदारनाथ पहुंचे और उन्होंने एक आम श्रद्धालु की तरह भगवान केदारनाथ के दर्शन किए।

फिल्म अभिनेता हैलीपेड से बिना जूते पहने नंगे पांव चलकर मंदिर तक पहुंचे जहां उन्होंने भोले बाबा के दर्शन के किए और पूजा में सम्मिलित हुए। इस अवसर पर मंदिर समिति की ओर से सिंह ने उन्हें बाबा केदारनाथ का प्रसाद, भस्म तथा रूद्राक्ष माला भेंट की।दर्शन के बाद अभिनेता ने कहा कि केदारनाथ धाम में भगवान शिव के दर्शन करके वह बहुत अभिभूत हैं।

उन्होंने मंदिर परिसर में मौजूद तीर्थयात्रियों का अभिवादन भी किया।उत्तराखंड के गढ़वाल हिमालय में ​11750 फुट की उंचाई पर स्थित केदारनाथ धाम की यात्रा में इन दिनों बड़ी संख्या में श्रद्धालु उमड़ रहे हैं। पच्चीस अप्रैल को मंदिर के कपाट खुलने के बाद से शुक्रवार तक चार लाख 52 हजार 84 श्रद्धालु भगवान केदार के दर्शन कर चुके हैं।

Based on a true story: How a man falsely accused of theft fights the system and ensures his freedom
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Based on a true story: How a man falsely accused of theft fights the system and ensures his freedom

IOBNN Bureau May 23, 2023

As soon as Thezin entered the living room of his house, he saw Naheem rubbing his eyes with his palms. It was 2.15 am. Naheem sprang up from the chair, realizing that the time to leave had arrived. Thezin greeted Naheem and said, “I am sorry. We got delayed at the station. Did you inform your family that you would be late?”

“Yes,” said Naheem.

“Fine,” said Thezin. “Come, let me take you to the car. Rezaihan is waiting.”

Naheem said goodbye to Nasreena and Thazleena.

Inside the bedroom, Nasreena and Thazleena sat next to each other, leaning against the headboard of the bed. On one side, Thazeem slept in the same red shirt and black trousers he had worn during the visit to Shameema’s house. After saying goodbye to Rezaihan and Naheem, Thezin flopped down on a chair near the bed.

“Will they free Upa soon?” asked Thazleena.

“I don’t know,” he said, cracking a knuckle. In the deathly silence, the sound was like a bone breaking. “We have to hope for the best. The police wanted us to pay the cost of the necklace, but Upa refused.”

“I agreed with Upa when he told me,” said Nasreena. Everyone stared downwards, lost in their thoughts. They knew there were…

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Veteran actor Sarath Babu dies at 71
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Veteran actor Sarath Babu dies at 71

IOBNN Bureau May 22, 2023

Veteran Tamil and Telugu actor Sarath Babu died on Monday in Hyderabad due to multiple organ failure. He was 71 years old.

Babu had been undergoing treatment at the AIG Hospital in Hyderabad since last month.

Born in 1951 as Sathyam Babu Dixithulu, Babu made his acting debut in the 1973 Telugu film Rama Rajyam. He made his debut in Tamil cinema with s Nizhal Nijamagiradhu in 1978.

Babu acted in more than 200 films in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam with actors like Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth and NT Rama Rao. He got acclaim for his performances in movies like Mullum Malarum, Thisai Maariya Paravaigal, and Nenjathai Killathe.

Telugu actor NT Rama Rao Junior paid tributes to the veteran actor.

“His contributions to Indian cinema will be remembered forever,” he said “My heartfelt condolences go out to his family and friends.”

Kannada actor Prakash Raj said he would cherish Babu’s warmth and encouragement.”

Start the week with a film: What makes ‘Bicycle Thieves’ so special?
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Start the week with a film: What makes ‘Bicycle Thieves’ so special?

Jignesh Chafe May 21, 2023

Vittorio De Sica’s Bicycle Thieves (1948) is consistently ranked in lists of the greatest films ever made. The Italian movie has influenced generations of directors, actors and cinematographers. It is one of the most identifiable Italian films, no mean feat given the number of classics that have rolled out of that country over the years.

Why? De Sica didn’t invent Italian neo-realism, the movement under which his film is classified, and which describes dramas about the challenges faced by urban working-class and indigent characters. De Sica wasn’t the first Italian director to move out of the sets and into real locations, use non-professional actors or examine the emotional price of poverty. Yet, Bicycle Thieves endures into its 75th year of existence and holds up on repeat viewings. As a portrait of precariousness, few films match its raw power and unexpected beauty.

The 89-minute movie is available on MUBI. Bicycle Thieves is set in Rome after World War II. Amidst bombed-out buildings, new tenements that still being built and masses of unemployed people, Antonio manages to find a job pasting advertising bills.

The proviso: he will need to use his cycle. When his cycle gets stolen, Antonio, accompanied by his son Bruno, embarks on a desperate hunt for it.

The simple plot is…

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‘Absolutely fantastic’: Writing platform Pratilipi CEO a year after publishing books with Westland
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‘Absolutely fantastic’: Writing platform Pratilipi CEO a year after publishing books with Westland

Editor in Chief May 21, 2023

When Amazon Inc announced the closure of Westland on February 1, 2022, there was deep despair in the Indian publishing industry. While Westland’s editors and authors worried about the books that they had assiduously worked on over the years, the closure posed serious questions about the future of the publishing industry and reading itself. However, soon enough, Westland found a taker. Ranjeet Pratap Singh, the co-founder and CEO of Pratilipi – an online platform where writers in as many as 12 Indian languages post their fiction for readers to read, rate, and discuss – sparked the initiative to enter book-publishing through this venture.

When asked about partnering with a traditional publisher like Westland, Singh said, “[they] publish in eight Indian languages, which is something we are greatly invested in. They believe in the power of translations, which we are aligned with.” The shared publishing ideals and love for the Indian languages make Westland and Pratilipi natural partners. It’s been a year since the collaboration and Westland has been in business. The publishing brand (and all its imprints) continues to thrive, and Pratilipi has also entered the publishing trade under its own brand with Pratilipi Paperbacks.

In a conversation with Scroll, Singh talked about this collaboration, the reading…

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Drumming up love for Kashmiri language, through Insta reels and YouTube videos
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Drumming up love for Kashmiri language, through Insta reels and YouTube videos

Editor in Chief May 21, 2023

When 22-year-old Touqeer Ashraf arrived in Srinagar for his education, he was struck by the way people spoke.

“Not only young people, I saw even the elderly talking to the young in Urdu,” said Ashraf, a postgraduate student of geology at the University of Kashmir.

In his native village of Goosu Pulwama, in Pulwama district, the medium of conversation was Kashmiri. “But in the city, I saw people who speak in the language being derisively called ‘gaamik’ [rustic],” said Ashraf, who has been living in Srinagar since last year.

This lack of respect for his native language bothered Ashraf.

To draw more people to the language, Ashraf turned to the pioneers of Kashmiri literature. In early 2021, he started a YouTube channel Keashur Praw, the shimmering light of Kashmiri, which posts short videos of Kashmiri poetry. They are slickly shot, usually not longer than 30 seconds, overlaid with Ashraf’s voice and some background music.

Ashraf started with the poetry of Kashmir’s 14th century Sufi mystic, Sheikh Noor-ud-Din Noorani. Then, the works of other stalwarts of Kashmiri literature and mysticism like Mahmood Gami, Rasul Mir, Lal Ded and Mehjoor followed.

He was taken aback by the response. His YouTube channel has more than 16,000 subscribers with a collective viewership of all…

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Whalebone cages? What TV shows like ‘Bridgerton’ and ‘Queen Charlotte’ get wrong about corsets
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Whalebone cages? What TV shows like ‘Bridgerton’ and ‘Queen Charlotte’ get wrong about corsets

Jignesh Chafe May 20, 2023

The hotly anticipated prequel to the popular Bridgerton series, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, has just been released on Netflix. The Bridgerton writers have once again taken aim at the corset in the opening sequence of the first episode.

Sitting uncomfortably in a carriage on her way to London to meet King George III, Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz laments that her underpinnings (stays – the 18th-century term for corset – and hoop petticoat) are not only uncomfortable but made of “the bones of whales”. These “whalebones”, she claims, are “delicate” and “sharp” and may stab her if she makes a wrong move.

While it is true that whales died to provide one key material used in the manufacture of women’s underpinnings from the 16th through to 20th centuries, the real Princess and then Queen Charlotte, who had a keen interest in the natural world, would have understood whalebone is not actually delicate bone.

What is Whalebone?

Whalebone is the colloquial English term for a material known as baleen. Baleen is not bone. Rather, it is the name given to long hairy plates made of keratin – the same substance that makes hair, fingernails and horn – in the mouth of various species of baleen whales.

Baleen allows the whale to feed, as it traps small sea creatures such as…

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‘8 A.M. Metro’ review: Slow-burning drama has moments of acuity
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‘8 A.M. Metro’ review: Slow-burning drama has moments of acuity

Editor in Chief May 19, 2023

8 A.M. Metro uses a modern transport system to explore an old-fashioned encounter between strangers. Raj Ra’s Hindi-language film has books, poetry by Gulzar, and characters who take it nice and easy. Even the names of the characters seem to have been plucked out of a well-thumbed novel: she is Iravati (Saiyami Kher), he is Pritam (Gulshan Devaiah).

During a visit to Hyderabad, the emotionally reserved Iravati befriends the kindly Pritam. He helps her overcome her fear of train travel, infects her with his love for literature and praises her poetry. The traffic isn’t one-way – Iravati too is helping Pritam deal with his own situation.

The metro network, usually associated with speed and momentum, slows down to allow Iravati and Pritam to get to know each another. Both of them are married and with children. They find common ground through the cerebral as well as the trivial. In the gentle rhythms of their encounters, the possibility of a new kind of companionship emerges.

The writer-director wants you to stop stealing glances at your cellphone and listen keenly not just to the ultimately life-altering exchanges between Iravati and Pritam but also the silences that punctuate their conversations. It’s a tough demand in these attention-deficit times. It’s even…

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Supreme Court ने पश्चिम बंगाल में ‘द केरल स्टोरी’ पर लगा प्रतिबंध हटाया
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Supreme Court ने पश्चिम बंगाल में ‘द केरल स्टोरी’ पर लगा प्रतिबंध हटाया

Editor in Chief May 18, 2023

नयी दिल्ली। उच्चतम न्यायालय ने पश्चिम बंगाल में ;द केरल स्टोरी के प्रदर्शन पर प्रदेश सरकार द्वारा लगाए गए प्रतिबंध को बृहस्पतिवार को हुई सुनवाई के दौरान हटाने का आदेश दिया।

न्यायालय ने साथ ही कहा कि फिल्म को मिले प्रमाण-पत्र को चुनौती देने वाली याचिकाओं पर निर्णय के लिये कार्यवाही से पहले वह ;द केरल स्टोरी देखना चाहेगा।
पीठ फिल्म को सीबीएफसी प्रमाणपत्र दिए जाने को चुनौती देने वाली याचिकाओं पर जुलाई के दूसरे हफ्ते में सुनवाई करेगी।प्रधान न्यायाधीश डी.वाई.चंद्रचूड़ की अध्यक्षता वाली पीठ ने कहा कि फिल्म को केंद्रीय फिल्म प्रमाणन बोर्ड (सीबीएफसी) से प्रमाण-पत्र प्राप्त है और कानून-व्यवस्था बरकरार रखना प्रदेश सरकार का दायित्व है।

पीठ ने कहा, “खराब फिल्में बॉक्स ऑफिस पर नहीं चलती हैं।”न्यायालय ने कहा, “कानून का इस्तेमाल सार्वजनिक असहिष्णुता को बढ़ावा देने के लिए नहीं किया जा सकता है, वरना सभी फिल्मों को लेकर ऐसी ही स्थिति पैदा होगी।” पीठ में न्यायमूर्ति पी.एस. नरसिम्हा और न्यायमूर्ति जे.बी. पारदीवाला भी शामिल हैं।न्यायालय ने ;द केरल स्टोरी के निर्माता से 20 मई को शाम पांच बजे तक फिल्म में 32,000 महिलाओं के इस्लाम में धर्मांतरण के आरोपों पर ;डिस्क्लेमर लगाने को कहा।

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