Where do Women Stand when it comes to Stand-Up Comedy?

When I picture a stand-up comedian in my mind, it’s always a man. This is eerie, yet a sad truth of the comedy industry. Take a trip b...

NFHS reveals Shocking Information about Marital Rape, use of Condoms and Sterilization

The National Family and Health Survey is a treasure box of valuable information. It is a large-scale, multi-rou...

SRK urges World Leaders to Promote #MeToo Movement

The beloved Shah Rukh Khan was highly applauded after his speech ended at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. He was prese...

Trap Door, throws light on Trans Representation and Anti-trans Violence

The increasing representation of trans identity throughout art and popular culture in recent years has been nothing if not paradoxical. Tran...

The Asset: Hollywood's Sexiest Monster

Who doesn’t like a good monster movie? Shots of buildings being decimated, people running for their lives, cars being flung like toys ...

Has Justice for Women in India Improved?

In 1890, a case of a Bengali child bride named Phulmani, who died following brutal conjugal intercourse went to trial in the Calcutta Sessio...

Boys for Sale: An Intriguing Documentary about Gay Prostitution in Japan

“If you’d never experienced this, it would be hard to understand.”

That’s the first line of Boys for Sale, a documentary that had its North ...

The More Things Change…

Ajit Dalvi’s Marathi play Samajswasthya, directed by Atul Pethe, is a startling reminder that in spite of all the progress India has witnessed ov...

Transgender Community hopes for a brighter future in 2018

The transgender community is incredibly diverse. Some transgender people identify as male or female, and some identity as genderqueer, non-b...