Powerful Figures In Bollywood Films Confront Violence Against Women In India

At the climax of “Anaarkali of Arrah,” the new Bollywood film about a folk artist who specializes in suggestive dances and bawdy songs, the brash heroine calls ...

Marriage Not A Disqualification In Bollywood: Shabana Azmi

Shabana Azmi, who through her work strongly supports the empowerment of women, says the role of women in Indian cinema has changed greatly.She has been married for over thr...

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 Quee...

Not Much Has Changed For Women In 300 Years: Pallavi Joshi

Acclaimed actress Pallavi Joshi, who plays Maratha queen Tarabai in the TV series "Peshwa Bajirao", says though gender equality is being celebrated, the majority of women i...

IFFI 2016: SP Balasubramaniam Receives Centenary Award

Girl power and cinema rooted in reality were buzzwords at the inaugural ceremony for the 47th edition of International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa on Sunday. Hoste...

Do We Know What Our Children Want?

"There's always room for a story that can transport people to another place."

J.K. Rowling

Over the last one century or so, ordin...

Help Us! Women In Indian Mill Pen Letter Describing Sexual Abuse At Work | Reuters

A letter from six women at a spinning mill in Tamil Nadu, describing the sexual harassment they face at work and asking for help, exposes the widespread exploitation of wom...

Cleveland International Film Festival 2016: "Parched" A Beautiful Portrait Of Subjugated Women In India

Ohio -- From the beautifully-framed opening shot, "Parched" rolls out a lush, lovely portrait of four women struggling to survive in a patriarchal town in India.You see, th...

Women Transform Societies - Melinda Gates

When Neelam Bhengra’s husband wakes up before she does, he makes the tea. It wasn’t always this way,Neelam told me when i met her last year in Jharkhand. Things...