No Middle Ground: The Risks Of Being A Human Rights Defender In India

The middle ground for human rights work throughout India is eroding fast. Social activists, civil society leaders and “right to information” activists—who...

Transgenders’ Welfare Now In Charter Of Work By Ministry Of Social Justice

The Union Government has included welfare of transgender persons in charter of work to be handled by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, following demands from civi...

True Review Movie - Waiting

Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Kalki Koechlin, Rajat Kapoor

Direction: Anu Menon

Produced:Priti Gupta, Manish Mundra

Written:AtikaChohan

Genre: Dra...

Kaleidoscope - From A Child’s Heart

It has been observed that more often than not books for or about kids have a male protagonist.  Two recent books buck that trend and have girls leading-- and very inte...

In The Family Tree, Women Become Land Owners In India

65 year-old Basi behen* lives in a small village in the Narmada district of west Indian state of Gujarat. Married at 15, for close to five decades, she tilled a small plot ...

The Wage Gap: Is Gender Bias The Chicken Or The Egg?

When a field of work traditionally dominated by men is “feminized,” guess what happens. Wages drop! This shows that gender bias is a factor - maybe a big one - ...

Snapped: Kajol’s Meet With PM Narendra Modi

Actress Kajol met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Wednesday regarding Help A Child Reach 5 campaign, which spreads the importance of good hand washing habits around th...

Group Pioneers Cheap Tricycles To Transport Women In Labour

Despite huge efforts to bring down maternal and infant mortality and the strides already achieved, one new-born child dies every 15 minutes with 30,000 new-born deaths reco...

Has Celebrity Feminism Failed?

It has become fashionable to identify as a feminist in Hollywood, but a social and political force needs substance, not just award-ceremony speeches, to refocus the spotlig...