Is your love life as slow to heat up as the temperature this spring? Four Straight (and not-so-straight) writers set out to uncover other ways Vancouver singles can improve their chances of finding a date.

CBC Radio One host and Voluntary Service Overseas volunteer Priya Ramu knew she had become part of the Bangladeshi brothel community when she was left taking care of a baby in a slum neighbourhood of Patuakhali.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali, regarded as India’s most successful commercial director, has produced an innocent but compelling work with Saawariya, which is based on Feodor Dostoyevsky’s short story "White Nights"

Mita Naidu, a classical dancer who is also the chair of the festival’s steering committee, said: ""What message does it [Diwali] have for us today? I realized that it has transcended beyond its origins. What has happened is that the festival has crossed boundaries of religion, faith, and culture to create the magical feeling of one community, while still focusing on the eternal truths first communicated 5,000 years ago — light over darkness, goodness over evil, knowledge over ignorance."

Starring Kirron Kher, Jackie Shroff, and Divya Dutta. Unrated.