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From Delicate to Daring: Actresses Who have fought the Good Fight

Gone are the days when women in Bollywood were portrayed as diffident and reserved. Over the years, the role of...

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Hollywood’s Glass Ceiling yet to be Broken

With an upsurge in women demanding to be taken more seriously, one would expect the percentage of films starring women as leads to go up. But s...

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Writers of Colour

Women, as a collective, have always faced discrimination through the ages, and women of colour even more so as their stories get subsumed within the larger narratives of wh...

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Anuskha Sharma’s take on instances of Gender Inequality in B-Town

It’s hard to speak up when, once the wise said that, words are a double-edged sword. A lot of us don’t speak because the swinging might be on its way to our nec...

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10 Female Superheroes To Remember

Gal Gadot-starrer ‘Wonder Woman’ that arrived in theatres last Friday is the rare superhero film with a female protagonist. Here are 10 other female superheroes...

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In The Line Of Fire


Bestselling author Danielle Steel’s new book Dangerous Games has a tough female protagonist, the kind who is still not all that common in fiction; mostly the st...

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Powerful Figures In Bollywood Films Confront Violence Against Women In India

At the climax of “Anaarkali of Arrah,” the new Bollywood film about a folk artist who specializes in suggestive dances and bawdy songs, the brash heroine calls ...

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How Thelma Still Drives Geena Davis

As a slugger, a president, the Thelma to Louise or an advocate for gender parity in Hollywood, Geena Davis is the ultimate female protagonist. Through her performances in t...

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Happy To Be Part Of The Change: Sonakshi Sinha On Female Roles In Bollywood

“We are moving in a direction where films are being made with female protagonists, and it’s really exciting because, finally, good and amazing roles are being w...

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Sonakshi Sinha: Stop Labelling Movies As 'Women Centric'

The 29-year-old actress feels the gender of the protagonist shouldn't determine the kind of film one is making. "I really want people to stop calling it a 'female or women ...

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