Sundargarh’s tryst with life and sports in The Tribal Scoop at Woodpecker

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The Tribal Scoop belongs to a genre of stories we are all too familiar with. Encroachment upon tribal land, displacement of indigenous tribes and their ways of life, constitutional or legal respite with no real executive force, false promises of industrialization and modernity, extreme competition for life itself through a bottleneck sport. Beeswaranjan Pradhan’s topical … Read more

Kangana Ranaut on non-payment of dues to technicians who worked on Manikarnika

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Actress Kangana Ranaut, who is gearing up for the release of her forthcoming film Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi, says that actors get unnecessary attention and importance in the film industry. Ranaut was interacting with the media at the 25th anniversary of Swiss Watchmaker brand Chopard where they unveiled their ‘Happy Sport Collection’ on Saturday, … Read more

Heart-warming insight into how a gym in Nizamuddin transformed the lives of Muslim housewives

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There is a gym in the very ordinary colony of Nizamuddin (Delhi) that is performing the rather extraordinary task of paving the way towards fitness and freedom for housewives of conservative Muslim households. Documentary filmmaker Juhi Bhatt’s short film Veil Done explores the character of this space and the empowering role it plays in the … Read more

2.0 (Hindi) earns Rs95.25 crore in opening weekend

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The Hindi version of 2.0 has enjoyed a fairly good run at the box office in its opening weekend, bagging Rs95.25 crore nett. The Rajinikanth, Akshay Kumar-starrer earned an impressive Rs33.25 nett on Sunday (2 December), as reported by Boxofficeindia.com. Made at an estimated budget of Rs543 crore, 2.0 has released across 7,500 screens in … Read more