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Books

Farzana Doctor’s Seven: Artistically crafted novel propagates against female genital cutting

VeenaDecember 28, 2020December 28, 2020

by VeenaDecember 28, 2020December 28, 202002858

BY JYOTHSNA HEGDE As I turned over the final page of Farzana Doctor’s fourth novel Seven, I was instantly reminded of Kintsugi, the Japanese art

Movie Review

‘Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors’ is relevant but flawed

VeenaDecember 26, 2020December 26, 2020

by VeenaDecember 26, 2020December 26, 202002328

Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors (on Disney+ Hotstar VIP); Cast: Kirti Kulhari, Pankaj Tripathi, Anupriya Goenka, Jisshu Sengupta, Deepti Naval, Mita Vashisht, Shilpa Shukla, Ashish

NRI News

Trump awards highest military decoration to Modi

VeenaDecember 22, 2020December 22, 2020

by VeenaDecember 22, 2020December 22, 202002739

New Delhi/Washington, Dec 22 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has presented America’s highest military decoration, The Legion of Merit, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his

NRI News

India’s agriculture minister pens emotional letter to agitating farmers, says MSP will continue

VeenaDecember 19, 2020December 19, 2020

by VeenaDecember 19, 2020December 19, 202001613

New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) Reaching out to farmers protesting the three farm laws for the last 22 days, Union Minister for Agriculture Narendra Singh Tomar

City News

Consul General Dr Kulkarni urges community to participate in virtual Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2021

VeenaDecember 10, 2020December 10, 2020

by VeenaDecember 10, 2020December 10, 202002641

BY JYOTHSNA HEGDE Atlanta, GA, December 10, 2020: The role of and contributions of the overseas Indian diaspora is recognized and celebrated as Pravasi Bharatiya

NRI News

‘Grandson of a poor farmer in India’: Vivek Murthy re-introduces himself to America

VeenaDecember 9, 2020December 9, 2020

by VeenaDecember 9, 2020December 9, 202002054

New York, Dec 9 (IANS) Vivek Murthy, Indian American nominee for US Surgeon General and “grandson of a poor farmer in India” struck notes of gratitude

Books City News

The Ramayan and Mahabharat are filled with non-human voices: Author Amitav Ghosh

VeenaDecember 7, 2020December 7, 2020

by VeenaDecember 7, 2020December 7, 202005070

BY VEENA RAO* Atlanta, GA, December 7, 2020: The Sheth Lecture in Indian Studies and Emory University’s Michael C. Carlos Museum invited celebrated author Amitav

Movie Review

Malayalam film ‘Jallikattu’ is India’s entry for Oscars 2021

VeenaNovember 25, 2020November 25, 2020

by VeenaNovember 25, 2020November 25, 202002635

Mumbai, Nov 25 (IANS) The Malayalam film, Jallikattu, has been selected as the official Indian entry in the Best International Feature Film category at the upcoming

NRI News

US remains top higher education choice for Indian students

VeenaNovember 17, 2020November 17, 2020

by VeenaNovember 17, 2020November 17, 202001834

New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) Despite the coronavirus pandemic, around 2,00,000 Indian students chose the US as their destination to pursue higher education in the 2019-20

Bollywood

Soumitra Chattopadhyay: Bangla cinema’s Alt Superstar

VeenaNovember 15, 2020November 15, 2020

by VeenaNovember 15, 2020November 15, 202002448

BY VINAYAK CHAKRAVORTY He was the alt superstar of Bangla cinema in its glory years, the affable Bhadralok icon who crafted a towering stature ironically