Search Result

Search Result
Festivals

India’s Lipstick Waale Sapne wins award at Tokyo film fest

India’s Alankrita Shrivastava won The Spirit Of Asia Award for her Lipstick Waale Sapne (Lipstick Under My Burkha) at the Tokyo Intern...

Read More
Alternative Entertainment

Community Radio Inspires Women In Isolated Village To Express Themselves

In one of India’s most disadvantaged and isolated districts, Radio Mewat is sharing information and raising awareness to help women stand up for their rights against ...

Read More
Human Rights

Situating Law In The Land

Instead of a blanket ban, the Supreme Court can delegitimise polygyny in India for not being in consonance with the Koranic procedure, just as it invalidated instant triple...

Read More
Festivals

Mumbai Film Festival: Day 6 Highlights

The world premiere of the impressive ‘Trapped’ and the searing Egyptian film ‘Clash’ Two taut, tense thrillers set in confined spaces were the high ...

Read More
Gender

Gender Parity Initiative Alters Views On What Is Masculine: ‘A Man Is Not A Man If He Beats His Wife’

On May 9, when Yakub Kurne got his sister Tasneem married at 18, it was a transformation for the Muslims in Motyal, a sleepy village in Maharashtra. Until a few years ago, ...

Read More
Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope - Honesty Or Racism?

It’s a hot topic right now—millions of refugees from Islamic countries flocking to Europe and tilting the population balance. Already, prophets of doom are pred...

Read More
TV

True Review Television - Tamanna: a Primetime Pick

Star Plus’ Tamanna isn’t just about the challenges of a woman cricketer and her single parenting. The script has taken a macro view of social biases, enforced v...

Read More
Gender

A Muslim Filmmakers Journey Breaking Her Own Stereotypes

In 2009, I quit my job as Gulf Correspondent for The Washington Post and decided to pursue filmmaking full-time. I had become a journalist to tell realistic stories about t...

Read More
Human Rights

Passionate Debate Erupts Over The Future For Women In Islam

Sparks flew when Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who lives under a fatwa for her condemnation of Sharia law, came face to face with fellow Somali women’s activist Hibaaq Osman The f...

Read More
Documentary / Shorts

Maternal Mortality in India

Hanna Ingber Win explains her reporting project on maternal mortality in India.

In Muslim island villages, families marry off their daughters as young as 12 year...

Read More