The United Nations Wants To Crush Extreme Poverty

Negotiators at the United Nations agreed Monday to a set of development goals that aim to end extreme poverty and hunger around the world in the next 15 years, while fighti...

Vidya Balan Admires Gender Neutrality In Cinema

Vidya Balan has a special admiration for directors, who do not carry the baggage of gender stereotypes in their films. A case in point being Sujoy Ghosh, whose latest outin...

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...

Female Child Has Equal Rights Like Boys: SC

"Female child is entitled to enjoy equal rights that a male child is allowed to have," the Supreme Court observed on Tuesday, passing a slew of directions, including mainti...

Rahul Bose: Films Need To Be Looked At From Gender Perspective

Actor-director Rahul Bose believes people need to view films through the lens of gender and see if men and women are given equal importance in stories that are brought on t...

Cry To Protect Child Rights In Tea Gardens

Eight-year-old Tilti from the tea-producing district of Sivasagar, loves mathematics but she is not going to school any more. "I stay at home to look after my two-year-old ...

'Parched' Director Leena Yadav To Make Her International Debut

Indian filmmaker will make her international directorial debut with a tragic love story 'Secret Sky' set in Iran. The 45-year-old filmmaker, who has made Hindi films like '...

Jaipur To Host National Children's Film Festival From Nov 14

Mumbai: The second three-day National Children's Film Festival (NCFF) organised by Children's Film Society of India (CFSI) will open in the Pink City, Jaipur, from Children...

John Abraham, Sonakshi Sinha Pay Tribute To Soldiers At Amar Jawan Jyoti

Actors John Abraham and Sonakshi Sinha on Thursday paid tribute to the armed forces and unsung heroes at the Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate here.
The actors, who were ...