Retroscope - In admiration

“ You must be the writer?!” The tall man greeted me sitting in the large drawing room .

His unexpected, if direct greeting, knocked me down that night w...

On The Write Journey: Vinod Ranganathan

Vinod Ranganath has been a renowned name in the big-league of story-screenplay writers. He wrote India’s first daily soap, “Swabhimaan”, which launched th...

Kathleen Turner: Equal Pay Day Shows How Far Women Still Have To Go

Yesterday was Equal Pay Day, and Kathleen Turnerpenned an op-ed for the Huffington Post emphasizing the importance of equal pay and how much is at stake in the 2016 electio...

Bryan Adams Cancels Concert Over LGBT Laws

Bryan Adams is the latest star to cancel a show in protest over new LGBT laws. “Mississippi has passed anti-LGBT ‘Religious Liberty’ bill 1523. I find it ...

Speaking About Rape Is Scary. For Some Writers, Fiction Can Help

“The first person to tell me I was gang-raped was a therapist, seven years after the fact,” novelist Jessica Knoll wrote in an essay for Lena Dunham and JenniKo...

Kaleidoscope : Killer Docs

Doctor-cum author Robin Cook, is an expert writer of medical thrillers—he wrote his first novel, The Year of the Intern, while he was on board the Navy&rsqu...

For Teens In Crisis The Next Text Could Be A Lifesaver

The message to the Crisis Text Line was answered by Aaron Amrich, a volunteer crisis counselor based in California. It was sent by a 19-year-old woman who wrote that she wa...

Women’s Day Special: TV Actresses Talk About Their Proud Moments As Women

On the eve of Women's Day, popular television actresses including Rashami Desai, TinaaDattaa, VahbbizDorabjee talk about their proud moments as women. Rashami Desai –...

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...