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Feb- 2018 -24 February
Asian suffragettes – hidden histories talk at Asia House puts role centre stage as Shahida Rahman and Dr Helen Pankhurst debate…
February 28 Asia House has announced this event has been postponed due to adverse weather conditions – if you have…
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21 February
UK Asian Film Festival (March 14-25) – Awards for stars Amy Jackson, Mahira Khan, Meera Syal and Anita Anand among others at launch event
Festival brochure now available – special event and awards ceremony to kick off packed festival, including talks and concerts… BRITAIN’S…
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21 February
‘Garbage’ – cult director Q’s latest transgressive work will upset many (he hopes…) as it enjoys world premiere at Berlin International Film Festival 2018
Berlinale screens controversial film which is unlikely to ever get a cinema release in India… HIS FIRST film was banned…
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16 February
‘In the city of lost times’ and ‘These silences are all the words’ – Two new art exhibitions at The Tetley, Leeds as part of #NewNorthSouth
Silent souls: Graveyards and Libraries in Pakistan speak through artists’ pictures as collaboration between art institutions and museums in north…
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14 February
‘#JeSuis’ – behind Aakash Odedra’s first full length work as a choreographer and tackling the forces of darkness. . .
Star soloist presents first complete choreography piece for others and talks about challenges and why personal stakes are high… HE…
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12 February
Waris Hussein breaking through BFI Season – Emmy and BAFTA winning director talks about ‘Doctor Who’, Richard Burton and ‘A Passage to India’ and ‘Edward & Mrs Simpson’
One of the first British Asian directors – if not the first of real prominence in the modern era –…
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9 February
‘Pad Man’ – Time for change, Twinkle Khanna and Sonam Kapoor say their film is part of turning up gender equality…(Bollywood’s first feminist film?)
Stars Twinkle Khanna and Sonam Kapoor tell acv what it meant to be part of a film that is challenging…
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2 February
‘Lies We Tell’ – A difficult love letter to Bradford…
New film is honest portrayal of society in flux says man who grew up there… MITU MISRA is not your…
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Jan- 2018 -27 January
Jaipur Literature Festival (#ZeeJLF) 2018 Day 3: Shashi Tharoor on restating liberal Hinduism, and Helen Fielding and Amy Tan talk success…
Few can doubt there is a battle for the soul of Hinduism but a prominent Indian political figure says Hindu…
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26 January
Jaipur Literature Festival 2018 (#ZeeJLF) – Showtime: Rupi Kaur wins hearts and minds…
Jaipur Jaipur Literature Festival Day 1/5 The established (Pico Iyer and Sir Tom Stoppard) and new were very much on…
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