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Bollywood replays India's seminal 1983 cricket triumph
AFP, Published on 24/12/2021
» MUMBAI - Bollywood's retelling of the 1983 World Cup hits cinemas Friday, recalling a stunning underdog victory that was instrumental in turning India into the cricket-crazy nation it is today.
Let's talk about sex
Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 10/12/2018
» Ask anyone what sex means and you will get any number of different responses. After all, it's a highly personal matter and can mean different things to different people. It is such a delicate and intimate topic that most people prefer to avoid the conversation altogether.
Pupil assault a global wake-up call
News, Published on 17/10/2018
» The video is heartbreaking. A group of older girls in school uniforms surround a smaller girl sitting on the floor, yanking on her hair in a pantomime of braiding it until she cries out, and then repeatedly kick and beat her.
Sail away with the family
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 12/06/2015
» Even if awkward silences, nosey aunties and shameless pretentiousness is part of the package, it's still hard to not accept an invitation to an all-paid-for 10-day cruise to Greece. If anything, it's the much-awaited all-star cast of Dil Dhadakne Do (Let The Heart Beat) that makes you want to tag along, even if you want no part in their drama. Using an upper crust 30th wedding anniversary as the backdrop, director Zoya Akhtar serves up a condensed trip through every type of familial problem Indian families face in just under three hours.
Roy: A film to test the patience
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 20/02/2015
» As a movie that takes forever to start and forever to end, glaciers move faster than Roy. Coined as a "romantic thriller", this work of 147 minutes by debut director Vikramjit Singh is anything but and should instead be called a patience tester. Regardless, there's some good in this eye-candy fest too, making it a specimen of what could fit into both the dos and don'ts at film school.
Indian police search ashram for explosives after bloody stand-off
AFP, Published on 20/11/2014
» Indian police were Thursday scouring the ashram of a controversial guru for explosives after his arrest ended a bloody stand-off with thousands of followers and a long siege during which six people died.
Indian police arrest 'godman' after violent stand-off
AFP, Published on 20/11/2014
» Police on Wednesday arrested a guru after a violent stand-off with thousands of followers at his sprawling ashram in northern India, where the bodies of four women and a child have been found.
Indian police recover bodies at wanted guru's ashram
AFP, Published on 19/11/2014
» Police discovered five bodies Wednesday after storming the ashram of a wanted guru in northern India where thousands of followers have been holed up for days, as a sixth supporter died in hospital.
Delhi gang-rape suspects charged in court
AFP, Published on 02/01/2013
» Police formally charged five men Thursday with the gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old student, a crime which appalled India and led to national soul-searching about the treatment of women.
India PM vows to press ahead with reforms
AFP, Published on 29/09/2012
» Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh vowed Saturday to press ahead with reforms to further liberalise the country's still inward-looking economy, undeterred by strong political opposition.