Beyond The Call Of Duty: This IPS Officer Performs In Street Plays For An Important Cause

Tejaswini Gautam is not an ordinary IPS officer.
When Tejaswini is in a police uniform, she carries out her duties with passion, but as soon as duty hours are over, sh...

Parents Should Use RTI For Education Rights Of Children

The Right to Education Act, 2009, explains that schools have a duty to give information to local bodies or government. Section 12 (3) says: “Every school shall provid...

TBI Blogs: Why The Proposed Amendment To The Maternity Benefits Act Is Being Hailed As A Win For Women’s Rights

Workplaces tend to view an employee’s pregnancy as, at best, an inconvenience to the business and, at worst, a career-ending sentence. From time to time, women across...

True Review Television - Balika Vadhu: Change Of The Guard

Generation leaps are the flavours on Prime Time. Coincidentally, both shows which have taken the leap are Colors’ top line shows – Balika Vadhu and Chakravartin...

Retroscope - No Ordinary Mother

The doorbell rang this afternoon- an odd time for it to ring. I was not expecting guests. I opened to find Nazma standing outside.

"You never call me these days!" S...

How Women Became 'Seen Not Heard' In Fairy Tales

Maybe she had children, and wanted to warn them about the wayward world beyond adolescence.
Maybe her mother, or her mother's mother, told her the story, and as a chil...

What Does A Parrot Know About PTSD?

Nearly 30 years ago, Lilly Love lost her way. She had just completed her five-year tour of duty as an Alaska-based Coast Guard helicopter rescue swimmer, one of an elite te...

Why Tagore Would Have Been Branded Anti-National Today

Yes, you read it right. Rabindranath Tagore, the poetic force of our national anthem was against the idea of nation and nationalism. To him, it was merely a machine that in...

True Review - Two New Shows Of Relevance

In the last few weeks, two channels have espoused women empowerment in their new offerings at Prime Time. Star Plus premiered Tamanna last week, before that Colors launched...