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RAM SETU TRAILER OUT NOW!

RAM SETU TRAILER OUT NOW!

Promises an epic adventure like never-before ~ Presented by Prime Video, Ram Setu is produced in association with Cape of Good Films, Lyca Productions and Abundantia Entertainment. A Zee Studios Worldwide Release ~ Action adventure spectacle, Ram Setu, is all set for a grand theatrical release, this Diwali. Ever since the teaser dropped, the film is being showered...

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Experiencing Bolton Market

Experiencing Bolton Market

Written by Becky, Connor, Jack and Saad. Located in the centre of Bolton, you will find the atmospheric, bustling and colourful Bolton Market. We found an array of stalls ranging from fresh food to technological devices. We loved the colourful stalls that included exotic fruits and vegetables, such as white pomelo and karela. This place...

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Film Review: Joker (2019)

Film Review: Joker (2019)

Written By: Kieron Roberts I recently watched the 2019 Joker film. I was very pleased to have watched it as it is different to any other DC film. Joaquin Phoenix does a remarkable job at portraying the clown prince of crime in the origin film. His performance was extraordinary and he brought the character to...

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MUGHAL-E-AZAM Indian Cinematic Milestone

MUGHAL-E-AZAM Indian Cinematic Milestone

  Inspired by true events, a prince falls in love with a court dancer and battles with his emperor father. Set in the 16th century AD, the movie brings to life the tale of the doomed love affair between the Mughal Crown Prince Saleem and the beautiful, ill-fated court dancer, whose fervor and intensity perpetrates...

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Book review of ‘The Enemy Within: A Tale of Muslim Britain’

Book review of ‘The Enemy Within: A Tale of Muslim Britain’

British ‘values’ or Muslim phobia? There’s a photograph from May 2010 of a beaming Sayeeda Warsi dressed in a salwaar-kameez and posing for photographers on the steps of 10, Downing Street after being appointed Britain’s first-ever Muslim woman Cabinet minister. It was hailed as a defining image of British multiculturalism, and David Cameron’s Tory “modernisation”...

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Film Review: Lipstick Under My Burkha – A daring, feminist film unafraid of controversies

Film Review: Lipstick Under My Burkha – A daring, feminist film unafraid of controversies

While the debate over the Uniform Civil Code and the legitimacy of triple talaq continues to rage all across the country, a new Indian film called Lipstick Under My Burkha dares to challenge the shackles led down by India’s puritanical and patriarchal society on four small-town women. Produced by Gangaajal and Raajneeti director Prakash Jha...

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A Girl in the River

A Girl in the River

1000 women every year in Pakistan are killed in name of ‘honour’. Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy made history as the only Pakistani to win two Oscar awards. “Change does not come overnight. I think it is important to keep pushing the envelope,” said Ms Obaid-Chinoy Sharmeen was awarded the Oscar in the category Best Documentary –...

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Marrying Anita

Marrying Anita

Marrying Anita (Bloomsbury, £12.99) by Anita Jain is the story of a woman’s quest to find a husband in the New India and is a reflection on modern Indian society. Anita Jain is an Indian-American journalist who returns to the land of her parents, after having been fatigued and disheartened by the American dating game,...

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A Strange Kind of Paradise: India through Foreign Eyes

A Strange Kind of Paradise: India through Foreign Eyes

Embarking on a new book about India must be daunting as so much has been written about this vast mosaic of a country; its teeming population; rich, vibrant history; and diversity of religions and culture. It must have been even more of a challenge for Sam Miller, a former BBC correspondent and later senior manager...

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