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Nov 4, 13 • 573 Views • cult • Aniket Dasgupta • No Comments
When you think Iran, chances are you are thinking of veiled women and scenes straight out of Argo. But having had Iranian friends I knew it wasn’t all true and then I chanced upon these images on a street style/culture tumblr that goes by the name The...
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Sep 3, 13 • 327 Views • Café, politico • Chirag Mehta • No Comments
The Iran Sanctions Act passed by the US has a nifty feature called ‘extraterritoriality’ which means that Washington has the power to impose unilateral sanctions on third parties that interact with Tehran. A silent clause however allows dealings as may be...
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Jul 11, 12 • 261 Views • Features, Movies • Yash Thakur • 4 Comments
At the Cannes Film festival in March 2009, one of the four jury seats had been left empty as a mark of respect for an absent man. On the placard, the name read ‘Jafar Panahi’. Amidst political drama and intense power struggle, there was a silent tension...
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Jan 22, 12 • 137 Views • Movies, Reviews • Saahil Dama • 2 Comments
A seemingly prosaic, mundane drama, A Separation didn’t hook many people at first impression for we are a world that goes to the movies for ‘a change’ and not to be buffeted under a snow-storm of a quotidian lifestyle, coming straight from the...
