On The Road With Bangladesh's Only Female Rickshaw Puller

Bangladesh’s only known woman rickshaw puller, Mosammat Jasmine, may be a feminist icon but to the passengers she cycles around the streets of Chittagong, she is know...

Wanted: Content For Change

Back in the 1990s, I was at a lesser known Irani bakery in Pune; other than the famous Shrewsbury biscuits, this one was also famous for bread rolls. My aunt made several v...

Of Meanies And Queens

What’s a soap opera without a couple of mean women or vamps? Call them what you may, these epitomes of the Wicked Witch from the West or East from the Wizard of Oz, a...

Television, A Truely Great And A Truely Horrible Parent

It’s one of the hoariest premises in fiction. A person, decidedly unfit to raise and care for children, is put in charge of younglings with indisposed parents. It is ...

Contraceptive Cruelty: How patriarchy Determines Birth Control Use In India

A month or so before her wedding, 23-year-old Rituparna’s mother suggested that they go to a gynaecologist for a ‘normal check-up’. Once there however, he...

This Human Rights Activist Is Disrupting India’s Sexual Health Education With A Unique Online Platform

Where do you go for advice on matters that are considered taboo? Topics such as love, sex, and relationships are best kept away from public forums, unless you want a thousa...

Udayer Pathe - A Star Is Born

With Udayer Pathe, a new star was born – the name was BIMAL ROY.
As cinematographer, that star quality was evident after he shot P.C .Barua’s MUKTI. Deser...

True Review Television - Threshold Of New Shows Take A Window Seat

Just launched, two new shows, on two different channels which could grab eyeballs at primetime. Star Plus’ Ishqbaaz is the conventional drama about three contenders t...

True Review Movie - Dhanak

Cast: Hetal Gadda Krrish Chhabria Vipin Sharma Gulfam Khan Vibha Chibber Vijay Maurya Suresh Menon Rajiv Laxman.

Direction: Nagesh Kukunoor

Produced: Manish...