Her Name Was Gauhar

There is little documentation about India’s great performing artistes and even less about the women.

The tawaifs, despite their talent and refinement had the ...

Alicia Vikander HOPES Hollywood GENDER IMBALANCE WILL BE FIXED

Alicia Vikander says male domination in Hollywood also has its presence in the supporting role, but the actress feels the change is happening. The 27-year-old “Ex Mac...

The Most Boring Video On A Very Important Human Right

My father often used to tell me about how, during the Second World War, he used to walk the many kilometers from the farm to school, past the camps of the occupying forces....

Of Demons And Social Pressure

Life OK?s new prime time starter is Jaane Kya Hoga Rama Re. Unlike its predecessors, it has had an unimpressive beginning. Model Town, the site of the narrative is most con...

My Daughter’s Name Is Jyoti, Call Her By Her Name, Says Dec 16 Rape Victim’s Mother

Three years after a young woman was gang-raped and murdered in the national capital, her mother made an emotional appeal to the people of the country to acknowledge her nam...

Akshay Kumar Donates Rs. 1 Crore For Chennai Flood Relief.

Akshay Kumar has extended a helping hand to the rain ravaged people of the city by donating Rs.1 crore for relief work. Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar has extended a help...

Three Stories That Explain Why I Am Relentlessly, Passionately, And Impatiently Optimistic

After a decade and a half of working on the issues facing the world’s poorest people, I like to call myself an impatient optimist. When I visited rural India last mon...

Marrakech International Film Festival 2015

In Apocalypse Now, as Willard and his crew make their way up the Nung River, the captain learns that Kurtz, his main target, previously staged a successful, but unoffi...