Kaleidoscope - Two To Tango

A new play Mr & Mrs Murarilal has a middle-age man and woman - played by SatishKaushik and Meghna Malik - have a romantic rendezvous in a park.

They have a defi...

Writer Turns Lens On Child Abuse

GUWAHATI: Writer Arup KumarDutta, also known as India's Enid Blyton, on Tuesday said it was time Assamese literature moved beyond the entertainment-based approach to childr...

Aamchi Cinema: Diversity In Unity

How does a simple family in a traditional village grapple with a transgender child and the concomitant sexuality and identity crises? Suhaas Bhosale’s Koti casts a se...

Meet Sonita, The Afghan Rapper Ending Child Marriage One Song At A Time

When Sonita Alizadeh was 10, her parents tried to marry her off. They were unsuccessful, but when she became a teenager they tried again. What they didn’t know was th...

Kaleidoscope - Precious Friendships

Two books about enduring friendships, both beautiful and heartwarming are very different—one about two female friends and the other about four male friends.  The...

HPV Vaccination Reduces Cervical Abnormalities In Young Women, Study Finds

Young women immunized against human papilloma virus were significantly less likely to have potentially cancerous cervical abnormalities compared to those who didn't receive...

This Artist Is Inviting Strangers To Grope Her In Public: Here's Why?

For women around the world, sexual harassment is a daily part of life. Swiss performance artist Milo Moiré is challenging some of those misogonystic norms by showing...

Today's Artists Are Sick Of History Framing Women As Perfect

In art and in life, women have long been held to impossible standards of perfection. Walk through the halls of any museum and you’re sure to encounter classicall...

India Abstains At UN Vote On LGBT Independent Expert

India avoided taking a position on the need to end discrimination based on sexual orientation at the Human Rights Council of the UN, as the Supreme Court is yet to “p...