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Editorial April 2021
Dear Readers, The March issue of Desh-Videsh was a wedding issue, so some important events from this month were not covered. Allow us to cover those historic events in this issue. And as you know the month of March is an eventful one that includes …
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National Award for Kangana Ranaut
Kangana Ranaut does it again. The Queen gets another National Award for best actress of 2019 for two films: Manikarnika and Panga. The names of the recipients of the 67th National Film Awards were announced on Monday March 22, one day before her 34th birthday. …
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Shanaya Kapoor to Debut under Dharma Production
The latest child of famous actors to join the Bollywood bandwagon is Shanaya Kapoor, the beautiful daughter of actor Sanjay Kapoor and Maheep. She is being launched by none other than Karan Johar under the new talent management wing of his Dharma Production DCA, Dharma …
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Must Read Books April 2021
Death in Colaba Bay: A Colonial Bombay Mystery by Ambika Subramanian Death in Colaba Bay is a thrilling tale of Victorian Bombay, a city where dreams are realized, and nightmares are lived. In the bustling and modern port city of Bombay in 1898 —home to …
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Words to Live By: Women in Hindu Scriptures
“Hinduism has the strongest presence of the divine feminine among major world religions, from ancient times to the present” says Edwin Bryant, an American Indologist and professor of Religions of India at Rutgers University. The goddess is viewed as central in Shakti and Shiva Hindu …
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Thalaivi Trailer Released
The trailer of the much discussed Jayalalitha biopic Thalaivi was released on March 23, 2021. The film is directed by Vijay and it will be released mid-April of 2021. The film also casts Arvind Swamy, the famous Tamil and Hindi star of Roja and Bombay …
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British Government Must Apologize for Jallianwala Baugh Massacre
In 2019, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby visited the site of a brutal massacre, Jallianwala Baugh, which happened in 1919 under British colonial rule in India and offered his personal apologies. He expressed his “deep sense of grief” for a “terrible atrocity.” The former …
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What Is Sanatana Dharma According to You?
Someone asked me this question recently. Sanatana Dharma is so vast; it has so many aspects. How to put it briefly? Let me try. Sanatana means eternal and Dharm is difficult to translate. It means: to do what is right in a given situation, to …
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How You May Benefit from Another Government Stimulus Plan
For the second time in 10 months, the US Congress has approved a fiscal stimulus plan that is designed to provide a financial boost to a wide range of Americans in response to hardships created by the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes individuals, businesses and other …
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Historic Dandi March By Raj Shah
A 61 year old man, 91 years ago, walked 241 miles in 25 days, which included three rest days, at a pace of nearly 11 miles per day. That man is not other than our own Mahatma Gandhi ji and that walk was called the …
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