Well-behaved women rarely make history

Mona Ambegaonkar is an Indian film and television actress. She has featured in over 15 plays, 18 feature films, 38 T...

Two is Company

There has been, after Stieg Larsson’s ‘Girl’ books, a proliferation of kickass heroines. Crime fiction was never short of fem...

Short stories that will make your day

“The journey of a lifetime starts with the turning of a page.” – Rachel Anders.

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‘Ek Ladki Ko Dekha…’ is not just an entertainer, but also a trendsetter

India waved the flag for homosexuality last September; many wondered what could be its results in the upcoming years along with the voices of t...

Morocco’s Women of Strength

Life is not easy for women living in the Atlas Mountains of central Morocco. Being a home to Amazigh population, their culture and language gai...

Queerscapes at Kala Ghoda - Film screenings, discussions on LGBTQ lives feature in the Festival

In the new year post reading down of Sec 377, many doors have opened up for the LGBTQ community in India. There are more film releases and even...

The Kids Are Alright

So many stories for children are fairy tales or uncomplicated narratives with easy-to-digest messages. What made the 1929 story Emil a...