Cleveland International Film Festival 2016: "Parched" A Beautiful Portrait Of Subjugated Women In India

Ohio -- From the beautifully-framed opening shot, "Parched" rolls out a lush, lovely portrait of four women struggling to survive in a patriarchal town in India.You see, th...

How He Became Foster Father To 200 Children Of Farmers

In 2008, a farmer in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra committed suicide. He was survived by his wife, four children, and his very old father. Three of the four children w...

India's Tribes And Lower Castes Demand Legal Right To Shelter, Land

For as long as she can remember, Panchi Sahariya and those in her tribal community in central India have been threatened, harassed, beaten and even arrested for living on l...

True Review Movie - Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Cast:Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Jeremy Irons, Holly Hunter, Gal Gadot

Direction: Zack Snyder

Pro...

Kaleidoscope - Gone Girls

A couple of years ago, the mass kidnapping of girls by Boko Haram militants in Nigeria made headlining news the world over. The trauma of parents not knowing what happened ...

Policy Shame: Sick, Rare And Ignored

Rare diseases are a diverse set of over 7,000 different conditions that afflict an estimated 1 in 20 Indians and 350 million people worldwide. Put simply, it means that eve...

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...

Kaleidoscope - Liars All

Liars come in all shapes and sizes, what happens to the people they deceive?

Two books about liars, one in which a young woman is cheated by her husband, the other ...

New York International Children’s Film Festival Gives Young Heroes Their Stage

A film festival for children might sound, on the surface, like a safe and festive zone — sunshine, puppies, hugs and happy families. But any young reader or moviegoer...