"This Diwali, Spread the light Of Awareness" says Bollywood actress Taapsee Pannu to her country and fans

“Lets stop talking about gender equality and woman empowerment and instead do something. This Diwali, spread the light of awareness,” is the message Taapsee Pan...

Wonder Woman Honorary Ambassador For The Empowerment Of Women And Girls

Wonder Woman, the iconic superhero, has been named an Honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment of Women and Girls by the United Nations and will be tasked with raising aware...

Why Iceland Is The Best Place In The World To Be A Woman

Rebekka is so tiny that, even on her tiptoes, arms aloft, she cannot reach. So her teacher lifts her up to the unvarnished wooden monkey bar. “One, two, three,”...

It’s A Great Time To Be A Woman In B-Town: Sonakshi Sinha

With her choice of progressive roles — be it in the recent Akira, a RAW agent in Force 2 or the journalist she plays in Noor, Sonakshi Sinha has been impressing audie...

Women Directors Are Everywhere, But Film Festivals Are Still Catching Up — NYFF

The following essay was written by a participant in the 2016 New York Film Festival Critics Academy, a workshop for aspi...

Fisherman’s Daughter Went Without Food And Refused To Marry For Education

Shalini Munuswamy, who was rescued from bonded labour and given a chance to continue her education five years ago, has successfully graduated from high school and is all dr...

This Gutsy British-Indian Is The First Woman To Complete A Solo Arctic Expedition

A British woman of Indian origin, Bharulata Kamble, has become the first woman in the world to complete a solo Arctic Circle expedition. Unlike Victor Bruce who set the ear...

Snakes In The Living Room!

Snakes In The Living Room!I can’t believe this that our desi news channels have no clue about geographic locations in

various cities. Take for example, early ...

Femme Very Fatale

There have been dangerous women in popular fiction, a few serial killers too, but Jodie Danforth is in a class apart. It is a generalisation, perhaps unfair, that women are...