Exploring the Darker Side

After watching a couple of her films, Vandana Kumar believes, that it couldn’t be merely a coincidence that Isabelle Hup...

Amol Palekar - In a flashback that is very present!

I am often visited by Amol Palekar flashbacks, writes Aparajita Krishna

As time passes by...

A CUT above the rest…

My friendship with her is deep.

She's a feminist and the most expressive among most whom I know.

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Female Sexuality Needs a Nuanced Direction in Bollywood

Female sexuality is one of the least explored themes in Bollywood, probably due to the fact that filmmakers see...

Feminism and High Art

In London Contemporary Music Festival this year, among other things, one can take the chance to experience a fairly different sort of music- background music from a pornogr...

Waiting for the Ban on Banning of Banning!

While the intentions of outright banning books, art, music, symbols, statues, or behaviour are usually always good—desires to end raci...

Writers of Colour

Women, as a collective, have always faced discrimination through the ages, and women of colour even more so as their stories get subsumed within the larger narratives of wh...

Naseeruddin Shah Admonishes Censor Board

Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah came out in strong criticism of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), in light of the delayed certification of the film Lipstick Un...

People Are Squeamish About Female Sexuality: Swara Bhaskar

Swara Bhaskar doesn’t beat around the bush or dress up her words. And her video last month with Taapsee Pannu, which addressed the issue of how much cleavage is good ...