How does one react to the torrent of hate engulfing the social media?


YouTube comedian 'MostlySane' fights hate online but 'likes' trolls


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Book: The Indian Empire At War; Author: George Morton-Jack; Publisher: Little, Brown; Pages: 582; Price Rs 699


An 'epic' on Indian soldiers in WWI (Book Review)


The Oscar-winning screenwriter and best-selling author William Goldman, known for "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and "All The President's Men", died on Friday. He was 87.


Oscar-winning screenwriter William Goldman dies at 87


Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, son of late celebrated poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan, says writers are the most important part of the filmmaking process.


Writers are most important ingredient in filmmaking: Big B


Award-winning Assamese filmmaker Bobby Sarma Baruah said her movie 'Mishing' (The Apparition) is an  attempt to preserve Arunachal Pradesh's Sherdukpen dialect which is on the verge of extinction.


'Mishing' is an effort to preserve Sherdukpen language: Assamese filmmaker


Read a heart-breaking love story - one that will transcend decades, continents and the workings of fate. There's also a gripping mystery and a page-turning next instalment in the ongoing story of Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott. Next up is a tale that illuminates the tensions that have torn communities apart and the unlikely forces  - potent magic, forbidden love - that boldly attempt to bridge that divide. Finally, go through the story of a young boy destined to lead his countrymen -- not without any struggles, however.


Fiction from the west (IANS Books This Weekend)


For a country thats as cricket-crazy as India is, its amazing (read "really really unfortunate"), that the womens game, up until very recently, has got such little attention.


Under Harmanpreet Kaur's captaincy, team India have a superb opportunity (Comment)


A 1928 Disney animation, which predates the creation of Mickey Mouse, has resurfaced in Japan, the media reported on Friday.


Missing Disney movie resurfaces after 70 years in Japan


Choreographer Ashley Lobo's dance company Navdhara India Dance Theatre (NIDT) has collaborated with Poland-based Zawirowania Dance Theatre for their contemporary piece titled 'The Crossing.


Ashley Lobo's company collaborates with Polish dance group


Actor Rajkummar Rao, who has delivered some path-breaking performances since his Bollywood debut, says content is the new entertainment -- whether it is through the web, films or audio -- and that he is glad to be part of such a welcome change.


Content is the new entertainment: Rajkummar Rao


The National Film Archive of India (NFAI) will organise a special film festival and poster exhibition to mark the birth centenary of the legendary multi-faceted Maharashtrian artiste, the late Purushottam Laxman Deshpande, an official said on Thursday.


NFAI to celebrate birth centenary of P.L. Deshpande


YouTube Premium, the paid streaming subscription service and YouTube Music Premium is being rolled out to seven new countries, taking the services to 25 and 21 global markets, respectively.


YouTube Premium service expands to 7 new countries


Everyone loves hearing a good story, believes performance storyteller-author Shaguna Gahilote, who in 2011 conceptualised "Kathakar", an oral storytelling festival. Its eighth edition, featuring noted names in various genres, will kick off here on Friday.


Storytelling festival to narrate tales from various genres, countries


Ricky Kej, an ardent environmentalist and India's youngest Grammy winner, says while Indian music has always been recognised internationally, what concerns him is how, with the dominance of film music, composers and singers are now rarely making music from the heart.


Film music dominance reducing Indian singers' chance to make music from the heart: Ricky Kej


Enhanced old classics of venerable director Bimal Roy being screened at the 24th Kolkata International Film Festival have been improved technologically using the DVD format, experts said on Monday.


Catch 'technically enhanced' films of eminent director Bimal Roy at KIFF 2018


Amid showbiz greats including Shah Rukh Khan and Iranian director Majid Majidi, Amitabh Bachchan on Saturday inaugurated the 24th Kolkata international Film Festival, delivering a stirring speech saluting those working behind the scenes.


Big B salutes those working behind the scenes to make movies happen


Bollywood superstars Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan on Saturday regaled the audience with smatterings of Bangla at the gala opening of the 24th Kolkata International Film Festival here.


Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh regale audience in Bengali at KIFF opener


Actress Manisha Koirala on Saturday unveiled her book "Healed", her personal story of a battle against ovarian cancer.


Manisha Koirala unveils her book 'Healed'


Actress Katherine Waterston loves entering the fantasy world created by J.K. Rowling through "Fantastic Beasts" franchise, and says the "Harry Potter" author manages to come up with new ways to challenge the artistes with every film.


J.K. Rowling always challenges us in new ways: Katherine Waterston


Artist Rekha Rodwittiya, whose art is "free, feisty, feminist and more" and yet is the "everyday woman", consciously placed the female figure at the centre of her work "as an endorsement of female victory".


My female representation endorsement of female victory, spirit: Artist Rekha Rodwittiya


American metal band Disturbed's seventh studio album, "Evolution", is a disturbingly weak effort after a three-year wait since the more superior "Immortalized" of 2015.

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