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10 Nights, New Writing Festival, Santi & Naz, Flowers, Stars and Conquerors, Empireland, Bradford – theatre  

New Year, new month and the South Asian theatre scene is very much alive and vibrant… By Suman Bhuchar TEMPERATURES…

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Huge crowd welcomes in Bradford City of Culture 2025 despite Arctic conditions

AN ESTIMATED audience of around 10,000 witnessed the opening show of Bradford 2025 City of Culture, ‘Rise’ – which included…

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‘Anuja’ – Oscar winner Guneet Monga, stars Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Mindy Kaling back short film in Academy Awards contention (video)

We speak to the producer and creative talents behind this short live action film which has reached a shortlist of…

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Bird Bites: Oscars voting, The Glassworker, Payal Kapadia and our latest stories…

The end of the first full working week of 2025 has seen one awards ceremony complete its cycle as others…

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2024 end of year quiz – Are you really an Asianculturevulture?

by Suman Bhuchar IT IS time for our annual end of year Quiz and something to amuse yourself in this…

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Theatre treats for the holiday season

What’s out there in this festive period and caught our bird’s eye… By Suman Bhuchar THE END OF THE YEAR…

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Shyam Benegal remembered – as his funeral took place today

Legendary film director, Shyam Benegal passes away, aged 90. The ‘Don’ of New Indian Cinema has left a huge legacy…

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Zakir Hussain – Great tabla maestro was inspiring global music figure…

*Family issue notice of special prayer meet in Mumbai for December 27 (see poster below) * Press Trust of India…

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Zakir Hussain – Colossus of Indian music passes away – more to follow

A monumental figure in Indian music and we will be publishing a longer piece shortly… ONE OF INDIA’S greatest ambassadors…

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Film Bird Bites: ‘All We Imagine as Light’ historic Golden Globes noms; Sundance stars; Santosh win; ‘Bandit Queen’ 2 ; ‘Nawi’ Kenyan Oscar film

What’s been happening in global South Asian film this week… Historic Golden Globe nominations for India’s ‘All We Imagine as…

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