Close Encounters with Rekha

On her 66th birthday, Khalid Mohamed writes on the eternal mystique of Rekha.

It’s ...

Snake Bites: Bollywood’s Naagins

Film historian Dhruv Somani takes stock of the Naagin and Naag movies, which have crowded the Bollywood repertoire for decades...

Sisters Under The Skin

Jennifer Weiner’s sprawling novel, Mrs Everything, captures an era in American life, through the criss-crossing lives of two Jewish siste...

Children’s books with dyslexic protagonists who overcome struggles

Dyslexia is a common learning difficulty that can cause problems with reading, writing and spelling. Also called reading disabil...

‘Own money’ a necessity for a woman’s true independence

Knowledge and awareness about personal finance is an absolute necessity to achieve true independence and equality. In such case, living in a wo...

2018 had only 8% of Hollywood’s top films directed by Women

The number of Hollywood’s top films directed by women hits rock bottom, despite the efforts to prevent gender discrimination, with women ...

#MeToo Movement in India

On October 15, 2017, actress Alyssa Milano encouraged spreading the hash tag #MeToo, in an attempt to draw attention to s...

Scarlet Johansson tops Forbes list of Highest Paid Actresses

While rumour has it that Scarlet Johansson isn't the most popular actress anymore like she was a few years back, the 33-year-old actress isn’t down or out, she’...

The Tale: A First Person Account on Life as a Survivor

We finally have a film which takes on the #MeToo movement. Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein's scandal kicked off an international reckoni...