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2025 Cinema Recap Part 3—Hits and Misses
by Rajiv Vijayakar 3 minutes read2025 was replete with lessons for the film industry and trade, should they ever bother to see a rather too-transparent writing on the wall. Several filmmakers have stated that they …
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Bangladesh’s Dangerous Interregnum
by TN Ashokby TN Ashok 6 minutes readBangladesh has entered 2026 without the two women, who monopolized its politics for three decades. Khaleda Zia died on December 30th at 80; Sheikh Hasina lives in Indian exile, sentenced …
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Johns Hopkins Names AMA’s Sanjay Desai Vice Dean for Education at School of Medicine
by SAH Staff Reporter 2 minutes readThe Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine has appointed Sanjay Desai, M.D., M.A.C.P., chief academic officer of the American Medical Association, as vice dean for education. In a statement issued …
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A South Asian Realtor’s Perspective on Immigration and Homeownership in the DC Metro Area
by Ritu Desai, Special to South Asian Herald 3 minutes readAs a South Asian and a Realtor with more than 20 years of experience in the DC metro area, I have had a front-row seat to the hopes, fears, and …
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The Goddess Who Refused Her Own Myth
by TN Ashokby TN Ashok 7 minutes readShe moved through cinema like something feral that had wandered onto a film set by mistake—too unguarded, too physical, too present for the carefully constructed fantasies of 1950s European film. …
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2025 Cinema Recap Part 2: Of Akshaye Khanna, Sequels and More
by Rajiv Vijayakar 5 minutes readHere’s a lookback at a year so unique, as said earlier (2025 Cinema Recap Part 1, South Asian Herald) that the word gets a new connotation in the context of …