Cross Country Cinema

Bengali director Kaushik Ganguly's Bishorjon opens with Padma, a Hindu Bangladeshi, finding a wounded Nasir Ali, a Muslim Indian lying unconscious on the banks of ...

No more ‘talaq, talaq, talaq’!

The Supreme Court on 22nd August 2017 struck down the Muslim practice of triple talaq, which allows men to instantly divorce their wives, as unconstitutional.

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‘Detroit’ - Bigelow falters with omission of black women

‘Detroit’ – is the directors first movie since ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ which was a multiple Oscar nominee. This movie is the re telling of the horr...

Indu Sarkar

Cast: Kirti Kulhari, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Supriya Vinod, Anupam Kher, Tota Roy Chowdhury

Director: Madhur Bhandarkar

Producer: Bharat Shah, Bhandarkar Enterta...

Big Switch: Teens Work on Leaving No Footprints Behind for the Future Generations

The world has been shedding its green skin interminably, courtesy human intervention in it’s natural process. But hitherto we were paying least attention to the lurki...

Sliver Of Light: The Transgender Community Gets A Lease On Life

The Kochi Metro Rail announced its service inauguration with grand zest and the Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi himself gracing the event. However the main highlight is ...

Goop Festival: Gwyneth Glows Like A Radioactive Swan

With its kale ice-cream, rose quartz eggs and inhouse shaman, Paltrow’s ‘wellness adventure’ is silly and fun. But is it only for rich, white people who a...

50 Years After 'Loving', Hollywood Still Struggles With Interracial Romance

Fifty years ago, on June 12, 1967, the Supreme Court’s decision in Loving v. Virginia legalized interracial marriage. Just two weeks earlier, shooting had been comple...

In Northeast India, The Movement For LGBT Rights Is Gaining Visibility

He was only 18. It was the first time he had joined a protest rally against the Supreme Court of India's ruling on homosexuality. ‘’It was the first ever public...