Retroscope - Salaam Women

Many of you are familiar with the question of being born female in India. But it will be nice to go through the exercise together –imagine you are a daughter in India...

The Train Derailment That Gushed Oil Into A Quebec River Has Spawned Freaky Fish

What is shocking, however, is the extent of the problem: the rate of the deformations in one sample was found to be ten times higher than normal.
The 2013 derailment o...

Her Name Was Gauhar

There is little documentation about India’s great performing artistes and even less about the women.

The tawaifs, despite their talent and refinement had the ...

Akshay Kumar Donates Rs. 1 Crore For Chennai Flood Relief.

Akshay Kumar has extended a helping hand to the rain ravaged people of the city by donating Rs.1 crore for relief work. Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar has extended a help...

Cinema’s Daring Ventures

We all want to or have at some point wanted to cast aside the veil that shrouds questions pertaining to sexuality. Put the patriarchal hold on gender along with its ascribe...

Crime And Punishment

The film Drishyam (in its many versions), raised curiosity about the Japanese book that inspired it. The bestselling Japanese novel is also reportedly being made into anoth...

Anushka On Gender Discrimination: An Actor Gets A Better Hotel Room Than An Actress.

Gender discrimination has existed in our society for quite some time now but there are rarely people who speak about it. Bollywood has also been a great victim of gender di...

The Labour Room Bullies

Obstetric violence, the abuse of pregnant women by health workers, is shockingly common in the Indian medical system though it is rarely talked about. Recently, three infan...

Candice Bergen Calls Out Tyson Foods For Animal Cruelty

Candice Bergen is seeing red after sickening cruelty to animals was exposed at a Tyson Foods slaughterhouse. The Emmy- and Golden Globe Award-winning actress has teamed up ...