Michelle Obama talks to Youtubers Prajakta Koli, Liza Koshy (America) and Thembe Mahlaba to highlight the work being done globally to help further girl education in India, Vietnam, and Namibia.
LUCKNOW: The contribution of city’s Prerna Girls School towards girl child empowerment has been recognised by the Emmy Awards – a prestigious annual award of the United States which recognises outstanding and exemplary work in different areas of television.
A documentary titled ‘Creators for Change’ bagged the award for ‘Outstanding Daytime Non-Fiction Special’. The shooting for the documentary took place in January 2020 while the video was released in March 17, 2020 just before the pandemic.
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Revisiting the Italian Occupation of the Dodecanese (1912-1943)
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The Dodecanese (literally: “twelve islands) are a shining beacon of Greece.
Located in the south-eastern Aegean, they stretch from beautiful remote islands (such as Kastellorizo and Symi) to historically and politically significant islands like Rhodes, and encompass a total size of around 2,700 square kilometres and a population of 200,000.
Next year will mark 75 years since they achieved union with the Greek motherland, but the road towards that union was not easy.
One of the most interesting and overlooked periods in the history of the Dodecanese is the Italian occupation of the Greek islands in the early 20th century up until World War 2.
By Dr. Kumar Mahabir
Not many Indian parents in India and the Indian Diaspora are inclined to encourage their children to study the Arts, the Humanities, and Social Sciences. They prefer, instead, to influence their children to study Medicine, Law, and Engineering as a career.
The result is that there are proportionately few visual artists, stage performers, comedians, spoken-word poets, filmmakers, directors, and actors.
A ZOOM public meeting was held recently (10/1/21) on the topic “Films on Indo-Caribbean identity, culture, and heritage.” The Pan-Caribbean meeting was hosted by the Indo-Caribbean Cultural Centre (ICC). It was chaired by Dr. Kirte Algoo of Suriname and moderated by Bindu Deokinath-Maharaj of Trinidad.