Female Directors Tackle Tough Issues

Gender equality remains a hot topic in the film fest world. The industry program of the Toronto fest will focus on the issue, with a series of high-profile speakers discuss...

Why Is India Dragging Its Heels Over The Criminalisation Of Marital Rape?

When I started looking into the issue of marital rape in India, I soon realised how difficult it would be to get anyone to talk. It is a touchy subject, because there is st...

Sushant Singh Joins In The Fight Against Women’s Sexual Harassment In Lucknow

The Charbagh Bus Station buzzed with activity on Tuesday afternoon when actor Sushant Singh landed up there to support the cause of women’s issue. Organised by the UP...

Arctic Drilling: Bad Now, Worse For The Future

For the first time, Hillary Clinton has openly criticised President Obama in her bid to win the Democrat nomination. In a tweet last night , she condemned the president?s d...

Why Global Standards On Sexual Violence Will Get More Women Into Work

It has been said that the glass ceiling is not glass, it is a very thick layer of men. On a basic level, we all know that means women are drastically underrepresented in th...

Skymet Weather App Launches Emotional Campaign To Curb Farmer Suicides In India

Skymet Weather has launched a heart wrenching campaign titled #HelpTheFarmer which aims at reaching out to the masses in order to spread awareness about farmer suicides in ...

Many Issues Need To Be Told Through Women-Centric Films: Madhur Bhandarkar

Mumbai: Director Madhur Bhandarkar, known for making women-centric films, feels a number of issues still need to be told through such movies.Madhur, who started the trend o...

Target Rejects Gender Labels For Toy Sections After Consumer Outcry

Target is abandoning a practice that it believes sends the wrong message to its customers — and some of them are threatening to stop shopping at the retail chain as a...

CNN-IBN Goes On ‘Mission Bengaluru’

Special series on the upcoming Bengaluru Municipal Elections~

New Delhi, 14 August 2015: As the city of Bengaluru gets ready for the upcoming munic...