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FRONT PAGE REGION NEWS INDIA WORLD BUSINESS MAGAZINE OPINION VIDEO MORE Politics Crime Law & Policy Odd News Tech Health Activism N Bhojpuri is not the only language in Bihar   print this page September 1, 2012   By:   Anugya Chitransh The recognition of Bhojpuri as a National Language in the monsoon session of the parliament and Chidambaram’s promise to do so has made people sit up and take notice that Bihar has lots to offer linguistically. The growing popularity of regionally flavored mainstream movies like Ganagajal , Apaharan and Gangs of Wasseypur to name a few, have also added to this growing curiosity. “Maharashtra’s language is Marathi, Gujarat’s Gujarati, so it’s a popular conception that Bihar’s language will be Bihari”, says Pransu, an NRI who traces his roots to Bihar. In a country as culturally rich and diverse as India, languages change after every 10 kilometers or so. In this milieu, the lang...

Indian Women: Celebrating Femininity deepak parvatiyar · Indian women are a bundle of energy, confidence and ambition. They are fashionable yet traditional. They are modern but also inherit our cultural values. They are independent but also the homemakers. A 21st century Indian woman pursues her dreams with resolve. She works and dances and enjoys all colours of life. She is beautiful and graceful and brings colours to our lives. Directed by Deepak Parvatiyar, the film captures the blissful colours of femininity that makes India so colourful. Director: Deepak Parvatiyar

http://twfindia.in/OfftrackDetailsPage/offtrackDetails280113b.php The caring camera Trans World Features (TWF) ‘We Care Film Festival’ has disability as its theme. From a small beginning it has now grown to be recognised internationally thanks to the untiring efforts of individuals like Satish Kapoor, reports Deepak Parvatiyar   A lmost a decade ago, when Satish Kapoor left his plush job in a major corporate house to launch an exclusive film festival to highlight the issue of disability, he had no takers. This was a new concept in India and for the first two years he had no films on disability for the competition. All he could manage were a few foreign language films courtesy the embassies and Bollywood films, (only a handful of films had been made on the issue of disability till then, that the producers permitted him to show. “At times I had no money, but I persisted,” he says. The perseverance has paid off. The festival titled ‘ We Care Film Festival’ on disabil...