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One of the renowned filmmakers of India, Rituparno Ghosh, made a debut as a leading actor in a gay themed bilingual (Bengali and English) movie, Aarekti Premer Galpo (Just Another Love Story) released last Friday. As a director, Rituporno Ghosh has made extremely sensitive movies both in Hindi and Bengali and most of them have won national awards, international [...]

One of the horrible and tormenting realities of human world is the abuse and pain human beings inflict on little innocent children and other human beings. Casa Do Menor’s latest campaign titled ‘Hands’ against sexual and other kinds of abuse of small children is very disturbing. The tag line: Certain Things hang on forever. Set the kids free [...]

When unfounded judgment, biased opinion, or exaggeration sets in, critical thinking is missing. When the ego overpowers an evaluation of a situation, critical thinking is eradicated. With critical thinking, ego does not have a place. The objective reality is what is important. Critical thinking is a mental process. A critical thinker has to go through [...]

Amid the euphoria caused by the recent US elections, a story published in an English newspaper states the doubts over the chances of real progress for achievement of rights of LGBTs in the new government. According to the newspaper, voters have been critical of Obama for the approval of Proposition 8, draft amendment to the constitution approved in [...]