The 61st book in the ‘Death’ series by JD Robb – Framed in Death–has just come out, and shot right into the bestseller charts. The protagonist of these futuristic novels is Eve…
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Words like Mansplaining, manspreading, manels (panels with no women), have been coined already, the latest is mankeeping. The term, according to a piece by Catherine Pearson in The New York Times,…
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The birth anniversary of Barbara Cartland went by in July month, and 2025 marks the 100th year of the publication of her first book, Jigsaw. Today, hardly anybody remembers her, but at…
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Two Women And A House: This year’s winner of the 2025 Women’s Prize, recently announced, is The Safekeep, a debut novel by Yael van der Wouden, which competed with a remarkable shortlist of powerful women’s…
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They were called naachne-gaanewali, with derision—the tawaifs—whose place in Indian society and contribution to the performing arts is gradually being recognized. The stage show O Gaanewali, by Avanti Patel and Rutuja Lad gives…
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A few years ago, there was some outrage over the discovery of a WhatsApp group by schoolboys in Delhi, on which they were sharing horribly misogynistic content about girls. Like…
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Another International Women’s Day went by, with the usual memes, GIFs and greetings forwarded, programmes to celebrate women, laud them for their strength, multi-tasking abilities, etc. Maybe it’s time to…
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Demi Moore may have misses out on the Best Actress trophy for her performance in Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance, but she won many others– the star not exactly known for her…
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January happened to be the birth month of Cleopatra, who arguably tops the list of the most fascinating women in history. She was not the first queen, or power figure…
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While celebrating women achievers and leaders, we sometimes overlook some of the pioneering women in our own city. In just the areas of Girgaon and Gamdevi in Mumbai, there was…