WOMAD Music Festival

The WOMAD Festival, which stands for World of Music, Arts and Dance took place in Wiltshire, England from 27th to the 30th of July 2017.

WOMAD was originally founde...

Helen Mirren On Why She Resisted Calling Herself A Feminist At First

Though Helen Mirren emphatically calls herself a feminist now, she admits she's resisted the term in the past. Making the commencement speech at Tulane University in New Or...

Hema Malini Just Dropped A Truth Bomb About Sexism In Bollywood

How sexist is Bollywood? Now that's pretty much a rhetorical question. So when actress Hema Malini addressed the issue in an interview with Mumbai Mirror, it really didn't ...

Yigal Ozeri Paints Hyper-realistic Women Living In Nature Without Malice

The reaction to Yigal Ozeri's astonishing paintings, composed of thousands of tiny brushstrokes, has two elements to it. There's an immediate hit of 'holy shit, that's not ...

Opinion: A Censor Board Member's View On 'Padmavati'

Violence or vandalism cannot recreate history. In fact, it cannot create anything. It only destroys - destroys peace, democratic discourse, creativity and free speech. Unfo...

The Juxtaposition Of Disability And Gender Rights

Women, in particular, are rendered invisible despite the fact that Deepa Malik is breaking barriers as the first Indian to bring home a medal from the Paralympics The first...

How Mohammed Waris (and others like him) Could Benefit From The New Disability Law In India

Following India’s glittering performance at the 2016 Paralympics (when disabled athletes won four medals, including two golds – our best since 1968), one could ...

Prime Time Flavours

Y.A.R.O Ka Tashan filled in Baal Veer’s slot in November 2016. The child super hero who was a human endowed with supernatural powers was taken over by a humanoid boy ...

Indian Women In 2016: Incredible Courage, Fortitude, Willpower And Gumption Defined The Year Women And Sport

Sakshi Malik, Dipa Karmakar, Deepa Malik, Geeta Phogat, PV Sindhu, Sania Mirza and many others grabbed headlines for achievements, records and Olympic medals. But worth cel...