Catching The Sun' Opens Transitions Film Festival

US filmmaker Shalini Kantayya will open the 5th annual Transitions Film Festival with the Australian Premiere of her feature documentary Catching the Sun. Shalini Kantayya ...

Of Gender Divide

Since the creation of Eve from Adam’s rib, the human rib on gender issues has not stopped tickling. Left no wiser since Biblical times, the issue remains burning and ...

Mother Teresa’s Sainthood To Be Commemorated In International Film Fest 2016

Kolkata: The Mother Teresa International Film Festival (MTIFF) which commemorates special occasions associated with the Nobel laureate will in 2016 present the best and big...

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 ...

NITI Aayog To Soon Unveil Policy On Important Sectors

Taking forward its project of creating a national agenda in consultation with the states, the NITI Aayog will soon come out with policy papers on critical sectors such as a...

Human Rights Day 2015 - Human Rights In Childbirth As A Global Movement

In May 2012, the first ever Human Rights in Childbirth Conference took place at The Hague. The conference brought together lawyers, doctors, midwives, anthropolog...

Initiating A Dialogue Toward Inclusive Identities

“When was the first time you realised that you were a boy or a girl?”
This was one of the initial questions asked to ten year ol...

Aversion To Androgyny

Man’s contempt for that which he cannot understand is well documented throughout recorded history. Witch hunts, crusades, holy wars, inquisitions, imperialism and civ...

Human Rights Film Festival Arrives At The Bloor

Local activist group Jayu uses the arts to raise awareness of human rights stories and press for social change. Formed in 2012, the local activist group Jayu uses the arts ...