Shabana Azmi’s charity gets star treatment

Amitabh Bachchan and son to help promote Mijwan Welfare Society at fashion show Years after Kaifi Azmi wrote the moving poem Aurat, envisioning women’s empowerment, h...

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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Small farmers hold the key for sustainable growth

Sustainable agricultural growth and food security lie in the hands of small and marginal farmers, who hold 80 per cent of country’s farms, Vice-Chancellor of Acharya ...

The Job Of A Filmmaker Is To Afflict The Comfortable And Comfort The Afflicted

MUMBAI, March 14, 2014 – On Saturday, acclaimed Indian filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, blockbuster Nigerian director of note Tunde Kelani, and Oscar-nominated American produc...

Why women die

Pakistan, and the rest of the world, is observing International Women’s Day today – March 8. Concerned NGOs and members of civil society will raise women’...

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...

Gauri Khan: Charity Work is an Eye-Opener for Me

The first time you set your eyes on Bollywood’s first lady Gauri Khan, you’ll realise that the elegance and poise she exudes, is of a different kind. She is a c...

Vandana Bahadur: A woman of steel in all-male gram panchayat

On a pleasant Sunday in January this year, as the nation was celebrating the 65th Republic Day, a 32-year-old woman was fending off 100-odd men at a panchayat meeting in Ma...

Women's Day: Why is TV cocking a snook at women's empowerment?

Why does women’s empowerment find little space on the small screen? While there is a deluge of TV shows revolving around female protagonists preoccupied with househol...