The Women Of Hollywood Speak Out

Colin Trevorrow’s Hollywood fairy tale started at the Sundance Film Festival in 2012. The bespectacled, bearded director, then 35, came to Park City, Utah, with an en...

“Pyaasa” Will Be The Opening Film In The ” Indian Classics” Section At The 45th International Film Festival Of India

The Labour Room Bullies

Obstetric violence, the abuse of pregnant women by health workers, is shockingly common in the Indian medical system though it is rarely talked about. Recently, three infan...

Making Health Care Accessible

Aneema Begum, 61, had the last of her three children 38 years ago. The first two didn’t survive more than a year, and it is after the birth of her last, and only surv...

How Street Plays & Theatre Are Raising The Curtain On Violence Against Women In UP

Domestic violence, sexual harassment and dowry cases are not really news in the rural areas of Uttar Pradesh. But a few compassionate activists and organizations are taking...

Meena Kumari - A Legend

Meena Kumari’s rags to riches saga has a poignant edge to it. Dubbedthe greatest tragedienne of the Indian screen, her doomed personal life flashing with deep tragedy...

Amitabh Bachchan To Donate Pension Of Yash Bharati Award To Social Causes

The Yash Bharati award, one of the highest state level awards instituted by the Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav during his tenure as Chief Minister in 1994, is co...