Vidya Balan: Women’s Empowerment First Personal, Then National Issue

She says empowerment is a cause which must be personal for every woman before it is regarded as a national issue. “I think we have a long way to go before every woman...

Urbanworld Film Festival to Open with Muhammad Ali, Close with Misty Copeland

The 2015 Urbanworld Film Festival will open with BET biography “Muhammad Ali: The People’s Champ” and close with “A Ballerina’s Tale,” t...

Many Issues Need To Be Told Through Women-Centric Films: Madhur Bhandarkar

Mumbai: Director Madhur Bhandarkar, known for making women-centric films, feels a number of issues still need to be told through such movies.Madhur, who started the trend o...

Great Time For Women In Cinema But It’s Still A Man’s World, Says Sushmita Sen

Sushmita Sen, who is returning to TV as a judge for Comedy Superstar (she was last seen on Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena in 2008) has plans to make a comeback to Bollywood, too. Sh...

Charlie Hebdo Film Je Suis Charlie To Premiere At Toronto Film Festival

A documentary about the Charlie Hebdo attack will receive its world premiere at this year’s Toronto film festival.
The latest schedule announcement from the fest...

The little Girls Of Dakshina Kannada Villages Who Are Not Allowed To Dance In The Name Of Islam.

In the deafening noise around the ‘big things that matter’, little yet important aspects of social life go unnoticed and unchecked. Little things like dancing c...

Jon Stewart’s Seven Most Serious Moments On “The Daily Show”

With Jon Stewart’s final episode as host of The Daily Show airing today (Aug. 6), you’re likely to find several lists of his “best” or “funnie...

Masalamommas Launches An Online Show!

After launching masalamommas.com in 2011, we are proud to be able to bring some of the amazing conversations about culture and motherhood to our readers in an online show!<...

How Vice’s Feminist Channel ‘Broadly’ Plans To Get Women Right

“TO BE HONEST,” Tracie Egan Morrissey tells me. “I actually don’t really care what men think or how they feel.”

It’s about ten m...