Twists In The Tales

As 2015 winds down, some shows will unfold newer plots in 2016. Udaan is striding into 2016 on a new note for Chakor. The latter is on the run from Bhaiyyaji and his henchm...

The Top 6 Good-News Stories of 2015

This is a tough time to feel optimistic about the future. With the notable exception of impressive global cooperation on climate change and energy, our papers and screens h...

Bring On The Girls

Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl was a publishing sensation and made legit the dysfunctional ‘girl’.

Paula Hawkins’s debut novel, The Girl On The T...

Dark Christmas Film Festival

‘This the season for film festivals—and before we get to the big ones happening next month, we have an ample supply of mini-local festivals here in Utah. The on...

These 15 Events Prove That 2015 Was A Good Year For Gender Equality In India

It’s been three years since December 16th, 2012. Three years since India was plunged into a social revolution of sorts, when the brutal gangrape of a 23 year old stud...

Vietnam Hosts First Indian Film Festival, Will Screen ‘3 Idiots’, ‘Jodha Akbar’

The first ever Indian Film Festival-Vietnam kickstarted on December 18 in Ho Chi Minh City. Organised by the Indian Embassy in Vietnam and Directorate of Fil...

Is India Winning The Fight Against Childhood Malnutrition?

India has won significant battles against childhood malnutrition in recent years, but it still needs to win the war. Around 14 million fewer children under the age of five ...

Marrakech International Film Festival 2015

In Apocalypse Now, as Willard and his crew make their way up the Nung River, the captain learns that Kurtz, his main target, previously staged a successful, but unoffi...

2015: The year of heroines in Bollywood

Be it Deepika Padukone’s role as independent but hassled daughter in ‘Piku’ or Kangana Ranaut’s double avatar as Tanu/Datto in ‘Tanu Weds Manu...