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plan to stay safe at a christmas party

plan to stay safe at a christmas party

Planning a Christmas or New Year Party – How Safe Is It? asks Dr Sandeep Patil, Chief Intensivist, Fortis Hospital Kalyan The year has finally come to a close and it was a challenging one for people across the world. Pandemic gave us lessons for lifetime, whether it was about keeping our hands clean or living through a routine or just practicing safe distance. The new year eve and Christmas…

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The natural choice for Christmas gifts

The natural choice for Christmas gifts

A few unique and interesting gifts for the season are listed below that promise to pack-in goodness of nature. Unusual coffee flavours If your friends are experimental with their coffee, Rage Coffee is a good choice as gift. It is a natural plant-based coffee brand made of 100% Arabica beans and sourced exclusively from high farms in India & Ethiopia. They have recently launched flavours…

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New books this month - December 2020

New books this month – December 2020

Book recommendations for the holiday season; and not all are easy reads, but the one by Richa and ‘Zoravar’ by Maharsh Shah are easy reads. We included a couple of non-ficton books that are coincidentally about women and their rights. Richa S Mukherjee Excess Baggage By Richa S Mukherjee Publisher: Harpercollins and Black Ink Genre: Fiction The author of the hilarious thriller ‘Kanpur…

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Books that you listened to in 2020

Books that you listened to in 2020

Audible has revealed its top trends of the year (Look for hyperlinks if you are interested) Topping the list are a bunch of books that obviously includes A Promised Land, written and narrated by Barack Obama, that was truly an inspiration It has been slow, but definitely steady and upward; the use of audio books is rising. The year 2020 particularly has been rough but as far as audio books are…

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Asav: A Bottle full of dreams

Asav: A Bottle full of dreams

A common man’s success story of how dreams become a reality, and challenges become opportunities… with hardwork and perseverance

The ‘Wine Man of Hyderabad’, Kishan Pedhapally, founder, Asav Wines, celebrates the fourth anniversary of his brand. He shares the milestones, hurdles he overcame, and falls that he took to rise again, as he journeyed towards his dream

Life has always been a…

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Endearing characters, and a dash of Guntur spice: ‘Middle Class Melodies’

Endearing characters, and a dash of Guntur spice: ‘Middle Class Melodies’

This Friday’s watch ‘Middle Class Melodies’ streaming on Prime Video has been a treat for all the Telugu movie lovers. Directed by Vinod Anantoju starring Anand Devarakonda and Varsha Bollamma, this film is a solid take on the middle class life and charm of Guntur. Being from a family that is originally from a small village in the Guntur district, I personally connected to the movie on many…

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Book Excerpt: Right under your nose

Book Excerpt: Right under your nose

R Giridharan’s novel ‘Right Under Your Nose’ is a fiction based on real-life situations, the kind that have inspired many an action film. It has all the trappings of a suspense thriller, with a case to solve followed up by a Superintendent Vijay, an award-winning cop, who falls prey to the machinations of his rivals in the force and is transferred to the traffic department from crime. His partner…

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Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Book Prize: Shortlist released

Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Book Prize: Shortlist released

Out of this year’s longlist of 12 titles for the Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Book Prize,the jury has shortlisted 6 compelling books, The shortlist covers a century of modern Indian history and encompasses several genres—biography and investigative reportage, environment histories, anthropology and history—as well as a variety of themes that blend the country‘s complex past to aspirations for the…

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QADIR ALI BAIG THEATRE FESTIVAL 2020 - Schedule

QADIR ALI BAIG THEATRE FESTIVAL 2020 – Schedule

Venue: Radisson Blu Plaza Hyderabad | November 20th, 21st, 22nd 2020

India’s biggest privately-run theatre festival that hosts 150 artistes from all over the globe over 10 days across multiple venues in Hyderabad, is being presented this year in an abridged format over a single weekend. From classics of Kalidas to the absurdism of Mrozek, to mythological fare and lockdown stories. From…

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Qadir Ali Baig Theatre festival 2020 launches at Moazzamjahi market

Qadir Ali Baig Theatre festival 2020 launches at Moazzamjahi market

This year’s Qadir Ali Baig Theatre Festival is being held in Hyderabad from November 18th to 22nd, to thank the global pandemic warriors – doctors, health workers, police force and Covid conquerors

Noor Baig and Md Ali Baig in ‘Quli: Dilon Ka Shehzaada’

It’s that time of the year when Qadir Ali Baig Theatre Foundations brings to the city of Hyderabad, a bouquet of critically acclaimed plays…

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Ramachandra Guha's new book on Indian cricket

Ramachandra Guha’s new book on Indian cricket

HarperCollins Publishers presents Ramachandra Guha’s ‘The Commonwealth of Cricket’, which promises to be this year’s most interesting book on cricket

Historian, author Ramachandra Guha’ s tryst with history is beyond India’s political history. When Guha began following the game in the early 1960s, India was utterly marginal to the world of cricket: the country still hadn’t won a Test match…

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quick review of Bharat Bala’s ‘Virtual Bharat’

quick review of Bharat Bala’s ‘Virtual Bharat’

BY RADHIKA RAJAMANI

Mention Bharatbala and immediately “Vande Mataram”,” Jana gana mana” (where music was composed by Rahman) and on the army (particularly the one one Siachen glacier is poignant) come to mind. These videos filled with patriotic fervour and have an evergreen and everlasting appeal. This ad filmmaker also made two feature films “Hari Om” and “Mariyaan”. Of late, Bharatbala has…

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why do we need SPACE!

why do we need SPACE!

SPACE IN LOCKDOWN!

The exasperation in this statement has been echoing within all of us of late especially in the last 7 – 8 months. These unprecedented times have put us all in a constricted space and its impact has been tremendous. A  hectic work schedule, extended work hours, unavoidable travel and meetings and trying to make time for loved ones. 

Work from home, once a luxury for…

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Sudheer babu looks forward to Indraganti's film

Sudheer babu looks forward to Indraganti’s film

Sudheer Babu and Mohanakrishna Indraganti team up for 3rd film, and Sudheer says, he enjoys the process of working with the director

Mohanakrishna Indraganti shot to fame with “Grahanam” made in 2005, which won him the National Award, the Gollapudi Srinivas Award and the Nandi Award as the first feature film. Subsequently Mohanakrishna made films like “Ashta Chamma”, “Golconda High School”,…

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Diwali gift to spb fans: Rare Interview – Finale

Diwali gift to spb fans: Rare Interview – Finale

By Aruna Ravikumar

“Hide not your talents, they were for use made,

 What’s a sundial in the shade?

– Benjamin Franklin

There is no short cut:

A multi-faceted talent S.P. Balasubrahmanyam explored different frontiers of creativity, acquiring in the process a presence that was unique, rare and beyond the realm of most. Combining into one lifetime, achievements that require many lifetimes of…

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Diwali and snapchatting

Snapchat gets on to the Diwali fun bandwagon with the new Sticker packs, filters and Bitmoji filters, Diwali themed Cameos, and a Snap Map treatment.

OLC Created Lenses

Allia Goldstein

United States

‘Diwali Lanterns

Jimena Depresbiteris

Italy

‘Lighting Up Diwali’

Egidijus Uckuronis

Lithuania

‘Be the Light’

Steve Snygin

Russia

‘ARangoli’

Mohammed Quahbi

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#2020Walidiwali on twitter

Its Diwali and how can Twitter India stay away from celebrations. The micro-blogging platform adds its share of fun and laughter to the festival of lights with #2020WaliDiwali .

Popular Indian comedians add festive cheer in their inimitable style with their mark of rib-tickling take the ‘New Normal Diwali celebrations.

Sakshi Shivdasani (@ughshutupsakshi) and Surbhi Bagga (@SmallTalkPolice

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