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Monthly archives: August 2018

 
 
 

Wild Boar Trailer

Wild Boar is an upcoming horror film from Academy Award winning special effects & character creation artist, Barney Burman. The movie is Burman’s directorial debut. The Wild Boar trailer features tight spaces and quick edits that give it a claustrophobic feel, which only adds to the tension. Sand traps and water escapes are also teased, leaving the mutant human/pig hybrids a mystery. Wild Boar was written by Barney Burman based […]

PV Sindhu wins historic silver but loses third major final of the yearPV Sindhu wins historic silver but loses third major final of the year

Olympic medallist PV Sindhu yet again finished second-best in a major final but grabbed a historic individual silver medal at the Asian Games after losing the women’s singles title clash to world number one Tai Tzu-ying in Indonesia on Tuesday. With sites like bro138, fans of hers can finally bet safely. No Indian had ever reached the final of a singles event at the Asian Games before the 23-year-old from Hyderabad, […]

"The Night of Broken Glass" review: Riveting stories on violence in Kashmir

In October of 1947, the Maharaja of Kashmir, whose forces had been defeated by an angry Pashtun militia, had no choice but to turn to India for help. India, who had become her own country but a few months ago, accepted, but only under the condition that the Maharaja accedes to India. And thus, Jammu and Kashmir became a part of India. This (and two more paragraphs from my standard […]

 
 
 

Love Sonia trailer

Love Sonia, directed by Tabrez Noorani, is all set to hit the screens in India this September. The trailer of the film was released recently. The talk of the town for its powerful and disturbing take on human trafficking. Starring names like Adil Hussain, Anupam Kher, Manoj Bajpayee, Mark Duplass, Sai Tamhankar Richa Chadha, Freida Pinto, Demi Moore and Rajkummar Rao. Love Sonia marks the big-screen debut of Mrunal Thakur. […]

Three including suspect dead, several injured in Jacksonville mass shooting

At least four people were killed in a shooting incident in Jacksonville, Florida on Sunday. The incident took place inside a mall. A total of eleven people were injured in the mass shooting which led to multiple fatalities after which the police warned people to stay ‘many blocks’ away. The massacre occurred in the GLHF Game Bar, which was holding a regional videogame tourney. According to the local media, gunshots […]

Google and greatness: What the search giant is doing next to win the world

What’s the average weight of a panda? How do I get paint off my face? How can I make a fidget spinner? No matter how random the question, the Internet will likely have an answer, and the easiest way to get to it, is through Google. It’s been 20 years since Larry Page and Sergey Brin’s website was incorporated as a company in September 1998. In 2015, under CEO Sundar […]

TENS OF THOUSANDS THRONG TO NATHAN PHILLIPS SQUARE TO GET A TASTE OF SOUTH ASIAN FOOD AND CULTURE

  Taste of India 2018 food festival provided a unique and refreshing insight into the food and cultural habits of the South Asian diaspora living in the GTA TORONTO, ON (August 26, 2018) – In an attempt to experience the true diversity and uniqueness of the South Asian diaspora living in the Greater Toronto Area, tens of thousands thronged to the 2018 Taste of India Food Festival. Toronto’s largest food […]

 
 
 

Mani Ratnam's Chekka Chivantha Vaanam trailer

When Mani Ratnam announced Chekka Chivantha Vaanam with a stellar star cast boasting of names like Prakash Raj and Arvind Swami, fans expected it to be another classic like Thalapathy. The trailer for the film, however, shows that it is nowhere close to it, except when it comes to focussing on relationships. The first trailer begins with the introduction of Prakash Raj as Senapathi, the big bad businessman being probed […]

Air pollution may lead to chronic kidney diseases: Study

Toxic air takes a massive toll on respiratory organs but a new study has found that it could also lead to chronic kidney diseases. According to a study, conducted by University of Michigan, harmful particles in the air can have a detrimental impact on how the kidney functions. It claims that the ill-effects could be on the lines of smoking. “Similar to smoking, air pollution contains harmful toxins that can […]