How feminism, not Bollywood, drew global audiences to Indian cinema in 2024
Women-led Indian films have made a splash across the world this year, including at major festivals.
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Global leadership to be tested in 2025
Trump returns to the White House, Germany chooses its next chancellor and pressure on MacronFinancial Times - 1d -
How Israel’s ‘Operation Grim Beeper’ rattled global spy chiefs
Few western intelligence officials say they would approve something similar to Israel’s pager attackFinancial Times - 2d -
Global corporate borrowing climbs to record $8tn in 2024
Companies take advantage of huge investor demand to pull forward bond issuance originally planned for next yearFinancial Times - 2d -
Manmohan Singh, former Indian prime minister, 1932-2024
As finance minister, he paved the way for a transformative liberalisation of the state-controlled economyFinancial Times - 3d -
How the Stock Market Defied Expectations in 2024, by the Numbers
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Indian Ocean tsunami: how survivors found love after Boxing Day disaster
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Modernism and Islamic motifs: How Indian artists envisioned Christ's birth
Over the centuries, painters in India have depicted Jesus's birth from a uniquely local perspective.BBC News - 5d -
Shyam Benegal, influential director of India’s ‘parallel cinema’, dies aged 90
The film-maker challenged mainstream Bollywood and pioneered a new wave cinema movement in the 1970s that tackled social issues. Shyam Benegal, a renowned Indian film-maker known for pioneering a ...The Guardian - 6d -
Bollywood is losing the plot
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