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How Padmavati Rao embraces life through theatre and activism

How Padmavati Rao embraces life through theatre and activism

Padmavati Rao at Ranga Shankara. | Photo Credit: Bhagya Prakash K I’m starting with a disclaimer. It is impossible to map all the things that Padmavati Rao has done and continues to do. She has worked as an actor, writer, playwright, translator, puppeteer, story-teller, assistant director, dubbing director, dialogue writer, poet, artist, eco-activist, school teacher,...

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More movies, Babies And Lots Of Travel

More movies, Babies And Lots Of Travel

Mumbai: Bollywood star Alia Bhatt has revealed her future plans and it includes making more movies, having more babies and jet-setting to several places. Asked about her future, Alia expressed a mix of personal and professional aspirations as she said: “Hopefully many more movies, not just as an actor but hopefully also as a producer....

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Tracing the origin of Macbeth’s alleged curse

Tracing the origin of Macbeth’s alleged curse

Kids from Heiderveld Secondary School, South Africa portraying the three witches in Macbeth | Photo Credit: AKiba2x0 1/ wikimedia commons When you hear the line “he who shouldn’t be named”… what comes to mind? For most of us, this line refers to Voldemort, the heinous villain of J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” series. Although Voldemort might have...

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An Ungainly Mess That Sways Between The Absurd And Asinine

An Ungainly Mess That Sways Between The Absurd And Asinine

A wholly unexpected turn of events in the holy town of Rishikesh sparks an unholy whirligig in Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video, a slapdash comic romp about a newly-married late 1990s couple sent on a wild goose chase after a CD with a video recording of their suhaag raat vanishes without a trace. The...