When asked about feminism, Dolly Parton said to a TV show host, that she was the first woman to burn her bra, and it took the fire department three days…
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At a time when China, epidemics and the selflessness of doctors is under constant discussion due to the Corona Virus, a look at a film that combined all these elements…
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The PI And The Show Girl: In One Good Deed (2019), David Baldacci had introduced a new series hero called Aloysius Archer, a World War II veteran, who was released…
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While the world hunkered down and prayed for relief from the pandemic, Isabel Allende wrote a slim book titled, The Soul Of A Woman, which encapsulates her experiences and observations…
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Troubles Catch Up: It’s been a while since Myron Bolitar made an appearance in a Harlan Coben book. The sports agent and occasional crime solver got married in Home (2016),…
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The suburban housing society where I grew up was cosmopolitan, populated by young couples with children around the same age, so when we were not at school or playing outside,…
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Oscar history has been made this year, when two women, Chloe Zhao and Emerald Fennell, have been nominated in the Best Director Category; Zhao also being the first non white…
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All In The Family: In our movies, the death of a woman’s husband is treated with full bangle-breaking, sindoor-wiping, melodrama, accompanied by ear-splitting doleful background music. So how is a…
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The Evil That Men Do: Most serial killer books have men attacking and brutally murdering women, and more often than not they are sex workers. These women easy targets, the…
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Soul Saga: The life of Sufi poet Amir Khusrau lends itself beautifully to a musical dastaangoi performance, especially if writers-directors and lead actors Ajitesh Gupta and Mohit Agarwal are also excellent singers.…