At UN, Bollywood’s Farhan Akhtar leads push to involve more men to end violence against women

When the moderator of a panel discussion on Wednesday at United Nations Headquarters in New York on how to end violence against women looked a little disappointedly at her ...

7 Unasked Questions On A Ban

Augustine Veliath

India’s Daughter was banned. Let us look at seven unasked questions in this debate. Was banning the film a knee jerk reac...

Treat women equal to men, says Shabana Azmi

On the occasion of International Women’s Day on Sunday, veteran actress-social activist Shabana Azmi says rather than treating women like goddesses, the society shoul...

India?s quiet women farmers slip into crisis

Millions of women have gone from being land owners and cultivators to becoming labourers over a decade. Slight and dark, Shyampati, 30, leaned against a house made fragile ...

Mahesh Bhatt and Garry Lyons to empower creative streaks in Bollywood in Elevate 2015!

Writer, filmmaker and activist, Mahesh Bhatt will be presiding over the second annual conclave for Elevate 2015. Alongside, Bhatt is Garry Lyons, professor, screen writer a...

The Empowering Advice Women In Hollywood Would Give Girls

“What advice would you give to the young girls of the world?” That’s the question BuzzFeed posed to 11 famous women on the Oscars’ red carpet on Feb...

When women thrive, the world thrives

This week India’s leadership will play a key role in defining the security of the world’s fundamental economic and social resource in the 21st century: Its demo...

US singer & animal rights activist Belinda Carlisle to drive auto rickshaw across India for charity

Global pop icon Belinda Carlisle is to drive an auto rickshaw across north India to raise funds for the Animal People Alliance (APA), which has been working to improve the ...

Duchess Of Cornwall Announced As President Of Women Of The World Festival

The Duchess of Cornwall has been announced as the President of Southbank Centre’s WOW – Women of the World Festival. The launch of WOW in 2011 and the opening o...