While we were busy watching the parade on Republic Day a few days ago, a small documentary film uploaded on YouTube, starring Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi, Kalki Koechlin, Tiss director PM Nair and many others, was questioning the idea of freedom. The film, aptly titled Freedom Matters, questioned one of the biggest evils humanity faces today: Human trafficking. The 30-odd-minute-long film starts off by debunking myths about trafficking, such […]

Editing is one of the most important steps in any film making process, and yet, if it is done well, it will often be ignored. Hollywood taught us that a good montage was “invisible,” impossible to notice. These 20 examples defied the idea of montage as a passive construction and instead developed techniques to make this aspect not only visible, but emotionally impactful. From mastering old techniques to bringing “mistakes” […]

When you begin to consider the advice and lives of people from 60 or more years ago, the first thing that comes to mind is typically that we’re about to hear some very interesting advice based on life experience. I think advice from those who are older can come in many forms and to be honest, some of it truly doesn’t apply to today at all. Think about it, many […]

Indian hackers are cracking down on explicit social media pages They say innocent women are having their photos copied and misused to sell sexual content or services Experts believe over 40 per cent of female Facebook users are victims of such crimes in India Love putting up your best photos on Facebook? Beware! Your pictures may be among several thousands that are being morphed and misused to promote online sex […]

In an awe-inspiring video put on the internet, Linkin Park’s ‘In The End’ – one of the most popular songs of current times – has been sung by meticulously putting together scenes from 183 Hollywood movies. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a Linkin Park fan or not. It doesn’t even matter if you liked ‘In The End’ or not. In fact, in the end, it doesn’t even matter. (We just […]

“Chrr tak tak taka daka tak chree… goes the steady printing machine,” begins actor Kalki Koechlin in a video that’s quickly taking social media by storm. The five-minute long video shows Kalki narrating a self-written poem titled ‘The Printing Machine’ in association with the women’s lifestyle Youtube channel of Culture Machine – Blush. The video is part of their #Unblushed series which earlier featured actors like Nimrat Kaur and Sayani […]

Villages on the Moon, constructed through cooperation between astronauts and robotic systems on the lunar surface, may become a reality as early as 2030, scientists say. Moon villages could serve as a potential springboard for future human missions to Mars and potentially other destinations, a team of scientists, engineers and industry experts said at the European Space Agency’s (ESA) symposium “Moon 2020-2030 – A New Era of Coordinated Human and […]

A giant gold-painted statue of China’s Communist Party founder Chairman Mao Zedong has been suddenly demolished, apparently for lacking government approval, days after his supporters installed it at a cost of whopping $460,000. While the 37-meter statue made up of concrete and steel was installed in Tongxu county near Kaifeng in Henan province with high-profile publicity both at home and abroad, Mao’s supports lamented the decline of his hardline ideology. […]

‘Conjuring’ helmed by James Wan, received rave reviews from all fans. Adding up to the existing thrill, he is back with part 2 of the same movie tilted ‘Conjuring 2’. The official trailer of the movie is out and is going viral for all the right reasons. Packed with horrific sequences, the trailer will not let down its fans one bit. Releasing on June 10, 2016, ‘Conjuring 2’ is highly […]

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump’s much-awaited first TV ad features a promise that once he is at the helm he will “quickly cut” ISIS’ head and “take their oil”. Trump’s ad begins with a shot of President Obama and Hillary Clinton. Then comes a US battleship launching a cruise-missile strike. It moves swiftly through an explosive montage — the suspects in the recent California terrorist attack, shadowy figures racing across […]