Category: Features
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Khushwant’s best writings in `Punjab, Punjabis & Punjabiyat’ are just rivetting
By Jagpal Singh Tiwana HALIFAX: Khushwant Singh’s best writings collected in the form of this book — Punjab, Punjabis & Punjabiyat — are just rivetting. His daughter Mala Dayal, who has edited the book, says in the Introduction, “The pieces collected in this book are my father’s best writings on Punjab, its land and people…” The…
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Soulpepper brings rip-roaring Paris in the ‘20s to theatre lovers
TORONTO: Hello, theatre lovers! The modern-day musical is back with `A Moveable Feast: Paris in the ‘20s.’ This sold-out performance is currently on at the Soulpepper Theatre in Toronto. For those of you who like to see the unexpected, this is a marvel in the genre of musicals, seamlessly fusing theatre, music, art, literature and…
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Winning People’s Choice Award at TIFF is so surreal: Radhika Madan
TORONTO: Young actress Radhika Madan, whose first film Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota (The Man Who Feels No Pain) won the People’s Choice Award in the Midnight Madness section of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) here on Sunday, says she couldn’t have asked for more. “I don’t know what to say. It is so…
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Herzog’s documentary highlights the tragedy of being Gorbachev
By Gurmukh Singh TORONTO: German director Werner Herzog’s `Meeting Gorbachev’ is one of the best documentaries being screened at the ongoing Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) as record crowds have thronged its screenings. And it sums up the tragedy of being Gorbachev. In the form of long interviews filled with images and footage of the…