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Filmmaker and actress Gopi Desai steps on the stage after a long time, in a play that combines the fondness of Gujarati audiences for family dr...

Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew gets a gender-flip

Jo Clifford was asked to adapt The Taming of the Shrew, the play which she hated the most once. “I wasn’t ready to do it then,...

Contrary to Patriarchy, Adivasi Festivals are centered around Women

Tribals or Adivasis, as they are popularly known as a symbol of self-assertion, comprise of around 8.2 percent ...

Venice Film Festival to premiere a host of Netflix Movies

The 75th Venice International Film Festival, organized by La Biennale di Venezia is all set to take place at Ve...

Autumn of The Matriarch

Lillette Dubey’s Primetime Theatre Company completed 25 years in 2016, and the celebrations continue, with a series of new plays.

When she set up her group in...

Actor Tanuja Roots For Gender Equality

In a career spanning over five decades, the 73-year-old has portrayed varied characters. Actor Tanuja, a veteran actor who is known for her roles in films like Jewel Thief ...

A Forgotten Chapter

The caste system is still a contentious issue in most of India; in Maharashtra the Brahmin-Dalit problems persist, years after the flaring up of the anti-Brahmin movement f...

The Great Indian Rural Vacation

Airbnb, the peer-to-peer network for rental accommodation, recently signed a partnership with the Self-Employed Women’s Association (Sewa), a non-profit, for rural ho...

Begum Sahiba Of Lucknow: At The Age Of 100, Hamida Habibullah Lives On As An Iconic Figure

Petite, graceful, confident, determined, tireless, exuding an old world charm… there are many words that can be used to describe the charming Begum Hamida Habibullah...