Bollywood
Parallel Cinema
Parallel Cinema was a genre of cinema in India that was painted with the minimalist strokes of a rather exclusive ilk of directors and enjoyed a limited albeit elite viewership. Puloma Mukherjee traces the rise of Parallel Cinema in India and how it has morphed and evolved to grow into an increasingly popular genre over the years.
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Science & Technology
Mathematical Laws Of Biology
Since the sequencing of the human genome, biology seems to be moving forward in leaps and bounds. But is it really? Jurgen Kaljuvee takes an entertaining but hard look at the lack of mathematics and the consequent slow progress that is becoming the bane of modern biology.
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EGOiste
Farah Malik
Farah Malik works at one of the most impressive non-profit organizations in town: Breakthrough. Using her background in Media and Communications from the London School of Economics, Farah has found her raison d'etre: using the media to influence civil society in a positive and constructive way.
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Reviews & Previews
58.2°N, 135.78°W & Thereabouts
Anup Pradhan goes to Alaska and discovers the soulful rewards of being one with nature over eight days and seven nights in the not so tiny south east region of the "great land", or 'Alyeska'." From the music of the rain to the dance of the humpbacks, Alaska offers uncountable treasures for the curious and adventurous.
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Queer
Funny Boy
Vidur Kapur is the comic laureate of gay desis everywhere! His ground breaking act has shocked global audiences as he creates in-your-face comedy out of his not-so-funny struggles for self-recognition. His memorable, maniacal, hysterical tirades brings a pathos and sincerity not often found in stand up comedy.
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Economy & Politics
Ukraine
For an all too brief period afterwards, President Viktor Yushchenko and his frostbitten supporters could do no wrong. Now he finds himself the butt end of nepotistic jokes and faces defections from his own ranks. Revolutions seem to tell us much more about how broken a country is than about a society’s virtues.
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Bollywood
India Awaiting
The play India Awaiting is fragrant, subtle and mature in its expression, superb in its execution. It is about how his childhood ingrained in his culture lingers on in an oblivious young man’s memories, and slowly, quietly, unobtrusively evolves into a conflict: with himself, his love, his roots and his life in America.
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Bollywood
Jawahar Sharma
Jawahar Sharma, head of operations for Yash Raj Films in North America is young, charismatic and a cool diplomat. Overseeing the distribution of the films of the most successful production house in India has been a feat of his marketing and management skills. Sharma talks to EGO about that state of desi movies in the USA.
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