New Films And Old Surface At The Pune International Film Festival

The annual Pune International Film Festival is the first such event in the calendar, but it tends to behave as though it is the last. The world cinema section is usually a ...

True Review-Television: This Week – Thrills Abhi Baki Hai

Life OK’s Zindagi Abhi Baaki Hai Mere Ghost is in keeping with the channel’s credo of entertainment with a difference. Tagged as a Horror Comedy, it has a good ...

Of Gender Divide

Since the creation of Eve from Adam’s rib, the human rib on gender issues has not stopped tickling. Left no wiser since Biblical times, the issue remains burning and ...

The Darkest Hour

“Police records in India reveal that a woman is raped every 34 minutes, molested every 26 minutes, kidnapped every 43 minutes and killed every 93 minutes”
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True Review - Movie - Chauranga

Cast: Sanjay Suri, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Riddhi Sen, Soham Maitra

Direction: Bikas Ranjan Mishra

Produced: Onir, Sanjay Suri, Mohan Mulani

Written:...

Sisva In Gujarat Has An All Women Panchayat: They Are Delivering Results What Generations Have Failed

Sisva in Gujarat has an all women panchayat, led by 26 year old Hinal Patel. These girls are not only breaking stereotypes, but delivering results.  In a country, wher...

True Review - English : Hollywood - '15 Going on '16

2015 was a year of blockbusters. It may not have kick-started that way with the release of The Woman in Black 2. January essentially saw the predominance o...

Eliza By Any Other Name

December 2015 marked the end of the year long birth centenary celebrations of pioneering theatre personality Begum Qudsia Zaidi. To her goes the credit for translating and ...

Retroscope: The Amazing Choir From Shillong

I schooled in the St. Joseph’s Convent on Bandra’s ​Hill Road. Opposite our school was the grand St.​Peter’s School. ​O​urs was strictly a girls&r...