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Festivals

A Festival Of Films For Her

The heroine’s role in India’s first ever film was not played by a woman, but a man. In Dadasaheb Phalke’s Raja Harishchandra (1913), the character of Queen T...

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Alternative Entertainment

Can't Wait For These 8 Women-Centric Films To Hit The Screens In 2017

Thanks to the likes of immensely talented actors Vidya Balan, Kangana Ranaut and Alia Bhatt, Bollywood is no longer taking its female leads for any less than their male counte...

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Bollywood

'It's My Body.' This Video By Actors Swara Bhaskar, Taapsee Pannu Has Gone Viral

In the beginning, it masquerades as a video giving you helpful style tips. How much cleavage is too much, after all, is a question women ask all too often. By the time the vid...

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Hollywood

Anne Hathaway Shines Spotlight On Parental Leave During International Women's Day

On Wednesday, March 8, American award-winning actor and UN Women Global Goodwill Ambassador Anne Hathaway will deliver a keynote address at the United Nations Headquarters in ...

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Trending

When Little Kamali Rides The Waves

Have you seen the latest video of Wild Beasts — Alpha Female — making the rounds on social media? This catchy number by Hayden Thorpe will hook you instantly. Thor...

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Gender

The Gender Identity Crisis for Today’s Children

It’s been almost a year since I wrote about the issue of transgender students and bathrooms in schools, and it is time to revisit the subject. One week ago, the Trump ad...

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Health

World Health Organization Names 12 Superbugs. Most Are Present In India.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has published its first ever list of antibiotic-resistant `priority pathogens' -a catalogue of 12 families of bacteria that pose the greate...

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Human Rights

India Urged To Build Housing Law On Human Rights

India needs a housing law that is rooted in human rights as bulging cities and rising inequality make housing unaffordable for ever more people, according to a United Nations ...

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Sustainable Development

Village Of Bachelors Carves Out A Road To Welcome Its First Bride

On the last day of February this year, Ajay Kumar Yadav brought his bride home to a hero’s welcome. That is because, Neetu, his wife, was the first to marry someone from...

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Environment

David Attenborough Attacks Plan For Borneo Bridge That Threatens Orangutans

Endangered pygmy elephants and orangutans threatened by scheme for Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary David Attenborough and Steve Backshall have joined conservationists and char...

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BOLLYWOOD: AKSHAYE KHANNA, ECHOES OF BRANDO

Monojit Lahiri investigates how Akshaye Khanna’s fiercely private stardom, selecti...

January 2 2026

POWERFUL PEOPLE 2025: THOSE WHO REFUSED THE EASY ANSWER

Power, in 2025, did not always announce itself loudly, nor did it seek instant legitimac...

December 31 2025

THOUGHT FACTORY: THINKING SLOWLY IN NOISY TIMES

A year-end reflection on The Daily Eye’s Thought Factory, where writers interrogat...

December 30 2025