True Review: Lakshmi - A Story of Hope, Courage, Victory

Director: Nagesh Kukunoor

Cast: Monali Thakur, Nagesh Kukunoor, Shifaali Shah

Rating: 2.5 stars

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Empowering Girls Is A Human Right and Part of Sustainable Development

Many of us are shaped by what we experience as a child. In high-income countries, girls have lives often full of possibilities and choices, while for those girls in low- an...

True Review: Ragini MMS 2

Director: Bhushan Patel

Cast: Sunny Leone, Parvin Dabas, Sahil Prem

Rating: 1 star

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Holi Aayee Re...

The weekend belonged to Holi, unequivocally. I simply couldn’t help but remember the time the only channel, our very own Doordarshan filled its play list of Chayageet...

The Ghanta Awards 2014

The Ghanta Awards recognise the worst of Bollywood annually. Over the past four years, the awards have managed to create an impressive audience base and media presence by i...

One in, one out’ for female directors at top UK companies

The UK’s biggest companies are likely to appoint a female director only if the post has been vacated by another woman, according to research that suggests sex bias is...

True Review: Heroes - The Fightback Files on Channel V

Heroes- The Fightback Files is Channel V?s say on reality television. The target audience is definitely the youth; so far the stories are very urban-centric. Who knows when...

Seven unforgettable stories in the battle against sex trafficking, collected over two decades of my reporting

We think of slavery in terms of those sepia photographs in the history books, the horror that Abraham Lincoln helped end. That’s what I thought when I first reported ...

True Review: Queen Starring Kangana Ranaut

Director: Vikas Bahl

Cast: Kangana Ranaut, Rajkummar Rao, Lisa Haydon

Rating: 4 stars

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