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Cannes celebrates films from India on 100th anniversary of Indian cinema

JILL LAWLESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNES, France — Indian cinema is being feted in Cannes on its 100th birthday. But amid the celebrations, the B-word…
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People Magazine's Most Beautiful Woman 2013 issue

People magazine cover girl Deepika Padukone dispels Shah Rukh rumours (with gallery)

Mumbai, May 20 (IANS) Deepika Padukone has rubbished rumours that her “Chennai Express” co-star Shah Rukh Khan has asked her not to go on the…
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Jeune & Jolie

Designer Sanchita Ajjampur takes a risk with Freida Pinto’s Cannes look (with video, gallery)

New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Sanchita Ajjampur believes she took a “risk” with an “unconventional” ensemble — a “gild web gown” for actress Freida Pinto at…
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Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt surrenders in court to serve jail term for owning illegal weapons

CHONCHUI NGASHANGVA  THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW DELHI — Indian actor Sanjay Dutt surrendered before a Mumbai court Thursday to begin serving time for a weapons…
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Sufi devotees worship, self-flagellate during death anniversary of saint (gallery)

Devotees attend an Urs festival, or death anniversary of a Sufi saint, at the shrine of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer, India. Thousands…
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People Magazine's Most Beautiful Woman 2013 issue

People magazine cover girl Deepika Padukone dispels Shah Rukh rumours (with gallery)

Mumbai, May 20 (IANS) Deepika Padukone has rubbished rumours that her “Chennai Express” co-star Shah Rukh Khan has asked her not to go on the…
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Bans on wild animals, child performers force struggling Indian circuses to adapt or die (with gallery)

KAY JOHNSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MUMBAI, India — In the early morning heat and dust, daily practice at the Rambo Circus is in full swing….
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Jeune & Jolie

Designer Sanchita Ajjampur takes a risk with Freida Pinto’s Cannes look (with video, gallery)

New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Sanchita Ajjampur believes she took a “risk” with an “unconventional” ensemble — a “gild web gown” for actress Freida Pinto at…
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Indian laborers chat as they pull a cart of recycled cardboard to be sold after collecting it in An Indian man bathes as a woman prepares to wash clothes at a lake on a hot afternoon in New Delhi An Indian woman milks a buffalo as a customer arrives to buy fresh milk in New Delhi, India An Indian woman takes a photograph of another woman as children cool off in a waterbody on a hot Children fill containers with drinking water from a community tap at a slum cluster in New Delhi A young boy carries a container filled with drinking water from a community tap at a slum cluster A young boy walks back carrying containers filled with drinking water from a community tap at a Kashmiri bakarwals travel towards Baltal, on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Wednesday, May 22 Indian women carry earthen pots covered with red cloth during a religious procession locally called Indian women carry earthen pots covered with red cloth during a religious procession locally called Imran Khan-In this handout photo provided by the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Hospital Pakistan's Imran Khan-In this handout photo provided by the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Hospital Pakistan's A stray dog walks by as an Indian passenger sleeps on a bench at a train station platform on a hot An Afghan refugee girl walks back to her home in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Islamabad After finishing his daily work at a car garage, Pakistani mechanic Nader Jan sits on a wooden cart An Indian man bathes, as another waits to fill water from a pipeline running parallel to a railway An Indian woman reacts to the camera as another sells meat in a narrow alley at a slum area in New A Kashmiri protester holds a flag on a street littered with rocks and stones in Srinagar, India A Bangladeshi woman sits beside an unnamed grave holding a photograph of her missing daughter at a A Bangladeshi woman holds a photograph of her missing relative and cries at a graveyard in Dhaka

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Education: Laughter yoga in schools

AMRITA SAHOTA VANCOUVER DESI They squirm around the room and laugh until their guts can’t take it any longer.  A trendy girl with a boy…
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Events: Dance Off

WHAT:   One of the most exciting dances by one of the biggest names from Bollywood comes to a local stage. Shiamak Dance Competition 2013 WHEN:  …
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Style Fyle: Bag This!

Q: “I am so sick and tired of seeing the same purses and brands on every person in town.  It seems every other person has…
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Riz Ahmed

The Reluctant Fundamentalist: Saga about immigration to U.S. unwieldy, superficial

Film: “The Reluctant Fundamentalist”; Cast: Riz Ahmed, Shabana Azmi, Om Puri, Kate Hudson, Kiefer Sutherland, Liev Schreiber, Martin Donovan, Nelsan Ellis, Imaad Shah, Adil Hussain,…
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Aashiqui 2

Aashiqui 2: Well-made, moving version of love vs. showbiz tale

Film: Aashiqui 2; Starring: Aditya Roy Kapoor, Shradha Kapoor; Directed by Mohit Suri; Rating: ***1/2 It’s no coincidence that this surprisingly moving film is inspired…
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Ek Thi Daayan

Ek Thi Daayan: A ‘Dayaan-mic’ slick, spooky offering

Film: Ek Thi Daayan; Starring: Emraam Hashmi, Konkona Sen Sharma, Huma Qureshi, Kalki Koechlin; Directed by Kannan Iyer; Rating: **** Do you believe in the…
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The Host: Romantic sci-fi entertainer

Film: “The Host”; Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Jake Abel, Max Irons, William Hurt, Diane Kruger, Chandler Canterbury, Boyd Holbrook and Frances Fisher; Director: Andrew Niccol; Rating:…
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Lessons in Forgetting

Lessons In Forgetting: Father-daughter story stirs the hornet’s nest

Film: “Lessons In Forgetting”; Cast: Adil Hussain, Amey Wagh, Bhanu Prakash, Veena Sajnani, Uttara Baokar, Roshni Achreja, Maya Tideman, Raaghav Chanana, Karan Nair, Anuja Vaidya,…
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