My Daughter’s Name Is Jyoti, Call Her By Her Name, Says Dec 16 Rape Victim’s Mother

Three years after a young woman was gang-raped and murdered in the national capital, her mother made an emotional appeal to the people of the country to acknowledge her nam...

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...

Behind The Ghunghat

Is it possible to have a conversation around Gender and Sexuality vis-à-vis television content? I would say NO! Indian television is still in its infancy regards cre...

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...

7/7/07: Heart Of Darkness

Reyhaneh Jabbari was just nineteen when she was arrested for the murder of a man who tried to rape her. After six years of torture and torment she was hanged in October 201...

15th River To River - Press Release And Invite For The Pre-Opening Exhibition.

Curtain Raiser

“Everything is a celebration in the garden of childhood”
- Pablo Neruda

A question which frequently haunted me raises its head as I write...

‘It’s Horrific’: Melinda Gates On Rapes In India

MEXICO: One of the world’s most powerful women – Melinda Gates has for the first time spoken out against the recent spate of rapes and sexual attacks on women i...

The Portrayal Of Violence Against Women In Indian Cinema

It has become something of a cliché to claim that the 1950s was the golden age of Indian cinema, and that during the 1950s, we had more women-centric films than at o...