Film Festival Opens In Cinema-Less Saudi Arabia

The Saudi Film Festival opened Monday with 58 homegrown cinematic works to be screened in the ultra-conservative kingdom that continues to ban public cinemas. "Welcome to a...

Change Makers: Using Entertainment Education For Social Change

Change Makers: Using Entertainment Education for Social Change

Asian Center for Entertainment Education and its flagship program The Third Eye, in association with ...

Thames Water Hit With Record £20m Fine For Huge Sewage Leaks

Massive fine reflects change in sentencing as previously low penalties failed to deter water firms from polluting England’s rivers and beaches Thames Water has been h...

‘Our Society’s Lens Is Never Focused On What Women Have Achieved’

When I started out, it wasn’t a conscious decision to create only works about women. I had dabbled in theatre for a while but it was with Why Mee Savitribai that I fi...

Deshkar Memorial Music Fest To Feature Works Of Five City Poets

The disciples of musician Pt Prabhakarrao Deshkar will be organizing a two-day music and dance festival on March 17 and 18 in memory of their guru who was a renowned teache...

After Her Husband’s Death, Shanno Begum Defied Odds to Become Delhi’s First Woman Uber Driver

“My name is Shanno Begum from Delhi.”

Thus begins a video telling the story of an extraordinary woman who overcame the impossible to become the first wo...

Exotic Venues & Unique Themes: These 7 Film Festivals Celebrate Cinema With A Difference!

Here, there are niche windows for every kind of cinema, and that’s the beauty of the Indian festival landscape. These festivals are unique in different ways: some foc...

Whistling Woods News Desk

“The vigour with which the participants interacted and questioned about the craft, sends a clear signal that we are taking our writing very seriously,” said Anj...

Women and Work

“Historic imbalances in power relations between men and women, exacerbated by growing inequalities within and between societies and countries, are leading to greater ...