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'I have been rejected many times because of my colour'

'I have trained Ravish Kumar, Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh, Irfan Pathan...''But if I approach somebody for work, I never get it.'




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The Indian Film Making Global Waves

'I thought of a suppressed country and a free world.''If we travel from one to another, what will that road look like?''What colours, music there will be? What kind of people would you see?'




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Making Waves In India And Hollywood

'On the set, Ranveer and I got along really well. Ten days after the release, Ranveer messaged me and said, you have killed the scene! For someone like him to message me just says how supportive person he is of newcomers.'




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'I haven't done homework for my films'

'I am a spontaneous actor. I follow what works for the character.'




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'Women don't have to only sing and dance'

'When you are new, you don't know how the industry works'. 'But when you know where you are headed, the possibilities of being conned or facing unpleasant instances is reduced.'




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'I have never called him Dad'

'I have two sisters. One is 13 and the other is 17.' 'For them, their father is the director of Shahid, Omerta, Simran, Scam 1992 and Scoop.' 'For me, my father is the director of Jayate, Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar, Chhal, Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai, three unreleased films and Woodstock Villa.''No one has seen these films.'




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'The Songs Have Already Become A Craze'

'When it was confirmed that I would do the song, Manishaji walked up to me and asked, "Please Vijayshree, tell me how are you planning to do the song. Give me a rough idea so that I am mentally prepared".'





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An Indian Film Makes Waves At Cannes

'I have nostalgia for Ladakhi culture, which is common to both Muslims and Buddhists.''It is kind of a Buddhist way of life. You are compassionate and nice to each other.''You are good human beings.'




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'The Superstars Have No Films'

'Ranbir Kapoor has only one film as does Salman Khan.''Hrithik Roshan only has War 2.''Ranveer Singh has no film on floors today.'




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'I Have Been Insulted For...'

'I studied in a government school, whereas all of them came from convent schools, speaking fluent English.''I am one of the most educated girls in my village.'




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'We Love Our Country And Want To Save It'

'I have been through a lot of auditions and the first thing we are told is that there will be intimate scenes and we have to be okay with it.'Luckily, there is no bold content in Commander Karan Saxena.'





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'I Am A Heavy, Luxury Car'

'There are very few chances that I can give good mileage.''A smaller, lighter car will give more mileage and this was a big reason to be nervous.'




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UITableView in JavaScript, list view with re-usable cells using flexbox

If you’re familiar with iOS development you will know that a UITableView is very efficient when displaying a list of data. A simplification of what it does is display enough cells to fill the viewport plus a few more either side. As you scroll it re-uses cells that are now out of the viewport so … Continue reading "UITableView in JavaScript, list view with re-usable cells using flexbox"




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Dubai siblings Jainam and Jivika who own JioHotstar domain, have THIS offer for Mukesh Ambani's Reliance

Dubai-based siblings have seemingly decided to offer the domain to Reliance free of charge, according to their website.




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Sringara strikes the dominant note at Bhaavaanabhuti

Music and natya combined to showcase Kshetrayya’s padams. P.S. Krishnamurti writes




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The roots of legacy: A visit to Thanjavur Quartet's house

Jagyaseni Chatterjee goes on the trail of Bharatanatyam's roots




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What artistes can do to save the planet

‘Detritus’, a multiform performance, highlights the urgent need to switch to sustainable art practices




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Do you have the makings of a strategist?

Experts believe strategy is applied common sense. It is viewing all the obvious factors in the right perspective




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Life skill coaching, moving from experiential avoidance to psychological flexibility




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Do we have meaningful conversations at work?

There’s enough ‘noise’ in our organisations; what we need is honest and caring communication




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Startups must have mentors to succeed, says experts




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House panel tells government to ensure fertilizer availability, increase local production

Standing Committee also questions the high GST rate on components of fertilizers




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Farmers from flood-ravaged northern States to gather in Chandigarh to press for special package, compensation from Centre 

Farmers associated with as many as 16 farmer outfits from the States Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand would be participating




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India’s smaller rice crop paves way for prolonged export curbs

Production in India, the world’s largest rice exporter, is under unusually intense focus after New Delhi banned exports of non-basmati white rice in July, sending global prices surging




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Poor demand, bountiful output plunge kinnow price, leave farmers of Punjab in distress

Growers in Punjab are worried over the drop in prices in the ongoing season and have demanded State intervention; many fear that they won’t be able to recover input cost




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Wheat, rapeseed crops ravaged by rain days before harvesting

A poor harvest could force the Centre to import wheat, palm oil, sunflower oil and soybean oil




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Agricultural research station at Bhavanisagar bags award for seed production

A release said the award signifies the station’s unwavering commitment to maintain the highest standards in quality seed production and has emerged as a front runner setting an example for excellence in the field of seed production




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Physicists beat Lorentz reciprocity for microwave transmission

New device could boost telecommunications and be adapted for photonics




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Having fun at fraud callers cost

Often we are confronted with calls from fraudsters. We know that the call is a fraud but are unable to do anything. The best solution then will be have fun at their cost.



  • M R Subramani

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Women weave

The ancient art of making carpets becomes a tool for women empowerment in Jaipur




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High road to heaven

A village in Darjeeling turns out, surprisingly, to be the perfect setting for Land Rover’s 70th anniversary celebrations




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Gin is India’s new favourite drink

The millennial is lapping up the drink once seen as old fashioned




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Helsinki: The Scandinavian design capital

If you love great design and architecture, Finland’s capital is right up your alley




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Travelling to see the flowers

A travel list for anyone who loves petals and blooms




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Keeping time in the skies with the Aviator 8 Mosquito

The iconic pilot’s watch returns with the Aviator 8 Mosquito —- and it’s better than before




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Becoming a trauma-informed restorative educator [electronic resource] : practical skills to change culture and behavior / Joe Brummer and Margaret Thorsborne ; foreword by Dr. Lori L. Desautels.

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2024.




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Educational research and the question(s) of time [electronic resource] / David R. Cole, Mehri Mirzaei Rafe, Gui Ying Annie Yang-Heim, editors.

Singapore : Springer, [2024]




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The Bloomsbury handbook of Hip Hop pedagogy [electronic resource] / edited by Lauren Leigh Kelly and Daren Graves

London : Bloomsbury Academic, [2024]




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How successful schools are more than effective [electronic resource] : principals who build and sustain teacher and student wellbeing and achievement / Christopher Day, David Gurr, editors

Cham : Springer, [2024]




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Samantha Ruth Prabhu: We have come a long way to find our place in the film industry

Samantha Ruth Prabhu opens up on being all grace and poise for ‘Shaakuntalam’ to being covered in bruises while filming action sequences for ‘Citadel’




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Alice Birch’s adaptation of David Cronenberg’s ‘Dead Ringers’ converts the anarchic physicality of childbirth into something laboratory-like

The Mantle twins want to “change the way women give birth” — the body horror subgenre has always been nimble and alert to the red-button political issues of the day




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Balakrishna, Anil Ravipudi Telugu film titled ‘Bhagavanth Kesari’

Actor Nandamuri Balakrishna’s 108th film directed by Anil Ravipudi is titled ‘Bhagavanth Kesari’, also stars Kajal Aggarwal, Sree Leela and Arjun Rampal




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Varun Tej, Lavanya Tripathi engaged

Actors Varun Tej and Lavanya Tripathi were engaged at a private ceremony in Hyderabad, attended by their family members including Chiranjeevi, Ram Charan and Allu Arjun




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‘Bhagavanth Kesari’ teaser: Anil Ravipudi plays to Balakrishna’s strengths

The teaser of actor Nandamuri Balakrishna’s 108th film ‘Bhagavanth Kesari’, directed by Anil Ravipudi, has the actor mouthing fan-pleasing dialogues in Hindi and Telangana-laced Telugu




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Ravi Teja, Karthik Ghattamaneni film titled ‘Eagle’, eyes Sankranti 2024 release

Actor Ravi Teja’s new Telugu film to be directed by Karthik Gattamneni is titled ‘Eagle’, targets the Sankranti 2024 festive season for theatrical release




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Praveen Sattaru to direct Telugu spy thriller series ‘Mission Tashafi’ 

Director Praveen Sattaru will be helming the Telugu spy thriller series ‘Mission Tashafi’ for Zee5, starring Simran Choudhary, Anish Kuruvilla and Srikanth Iyengar




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‘Samajavaragamana’ movie review: Sree Vishnu and Naresh shine in this humorous family drama

Director Ram Abbaraju’s ‘Samajavaragamana’ offers plenty of laughs that override the film’s shortcomings. Sree Vishnu and Naresh are a riot




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Anand Deverakonda: Vaishnavi Chaitanya’s character is the soul of ‘Baby’

‘Baby’ is the most emotional film he has done so far, says actor Anand Deverakonda, while asserting that it’s a gender-sensitive film with Vaishnavi Chaitanya’s character as its backbone