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India at Cannes
The Indian film glitterati was on a mission at the 66th Cannes Film Festival—to show that their industry is more than just Bollywood and that it seriously wants to create …
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More Displaced by Natural Disaster in India than Anywhere Else in 2012
A new report has revealed that more than 32 million people were forced to evacuate their homes due to natural disasters in 2012. This was more than double the number …
Read MoreAn Interview with Krys Lee
Earlier this week, one of AGI’s resident reporters held a wide-ranging conversation at the London Review of Books cafe with a brilliant new writer, rising Korean American literary star Krys Lee, …
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An Enduring Literary Bond
“I wanted to write before about your writing, Ruskin, but forget… you have written in very small hand writing, as if you wanted to squeeze a lot of news into …
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MAKING A SPLASH IN CANNES:Leading Indian director says films can reach wider audiences
Cannes | May 2013 ILMMAKER Anurag Kashyap believes it won’t be too long before the world wakes up to Indian film talent and urged the Indian government to support the …
Read MoreRetro Snapshots of Developing Korea and Japan Evoke Strong Emotions
A cyber-scuffle erupted earlier this week when two contrasting photo collections from the sixties emerged on a Korean site. Documenting daily life in the metropolises of Seoul and Tokyo, the …
Read MoreAustralia Makes Asian Language Learning a Priority
The Australian government came a step closer to formalising its plans to make Asian language study compulsory for schools this week. It has released a draft curriculum for public consultation …
Read MoreJapanese Politician Attempts to Justify WWII Sex Slaves
Toru Hashimoto, the Nationalist Mayor of Japan’s second biggest city, Osaka, has made an impressive amount of international headlines in his relatively short political career. With his (relatively) hard line …
Read MoreImran Khan Pakistan : A Personal History
hen Anne Penketh, AGI’s contributor wrote about Imran Khan in November , she asked, Is the former Pakistan cricket captain ready for the captaincy of his country? Khan founded PTI …
Read More2013 Chinese Visual Festival: Interview with Xiaolu Guo
British- Chinese Xiaolu Guo is a renaissance woman of sorts – she’s a writer in two languages (Chinese and English), as well as a filmmaker. She pens novels and short …
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