'laundry advertisement 'improper' but not racial'
China on Monday termed a commercial ad by a detergent company showing a black man washed into white as “improper” but rejected that it has racial overtones, saying none of the African countries have lodged any complaint against the controversial advertisement. “The report you mentioned I have seen that. I...
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Zia charged in 2 more cases over violence in anti-Govt stir
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Iraqi forces enter ISIS-held Fallujah: Commanders
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Palestinian held for stabbing soldier in Tel Aviv
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Chief Syrian Opp peace negotiator resigns: Statement
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Turkey offers US joint Syria op without Kurds
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Taliban attacks kill 12 policemen: Afghan official
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Bhat of the joke
What Tanmay Bhat thought of as a hilarious take backfired when his snap chat video started drawing flak from the industry. Sharang Bhaskaran and Shrabasti Mallik find out where comedians should draw the line You can either love him or hate him, but you certainly can’t ignore him. Tanmay Bhat, the...
She calls the shots
Jodie Foster shares her experience of directing George Clooney and Julia Roberts and how women are very sensitive to not throwing away their dreams and making sure to fulfill them Was directing Money Monster different from anything you’ve done beforeIJ The movie’s very meaningful to me. It has a lot of resonance...
Stories in stone
Sophia Swire talks about her philanthropic initiative and how she carved a niche in the life of women of Afghanistan buttressing their latent talent. By Devi Singh Khala Zada could never have imagined travelling to India and catch a few Hindi words in the process. A war window, now runs Aayenda...
Trend Blazer
Shruti ready to work with father Shruti Haasan has jetted off to los Angeles to join the set of upcoming trilingual film Sabaash Naidu, which also stars her father Kamal Haasan. This will be the first time they will play father-daughter onscreen. “All set to head to los Angeles! Excited to...
Paint of the gods
Ahead of his exhibition at the India International Centre, patachitra artist Sajan Chitrakar tells Shrabasti Mallik about the intricate process of preparing the pata or cloth and how he still prefers to paint stories from our epics and mythologies As an art form, patachitra can be traced back to the time...
A taste of Europe
The European Union Film Festival this year has a promising lineup of films spanning a variety of genres cinema lovers won’t want to miss The cinema of Europe has for decades stood for its unique stories and style of storytelling, giving the world some of the best films and filmmakers in...
Poms seal series in style
Alastair Cook became the first England batsman to score 10,000 Test runs as his side sealed a series win over Sri lanka at the Riverside on Monday. England won the second Test by nine wickets with more than a day to spare to go an unassailable 2-0 up in the three-match...
