It does not take a great deal of thought to understand that severe gender discrimination is a part of the film industries all over the world–both on and off screen.…
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It’s a depressingly familiar story. Men in power who harass and abuse women are somehow protected by a shield of political apathy. The protest in Delhi, by wrestlers against Brij…
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As Kate Winslet stepped on stage to received the BAFTA for her performance in I Am Ruth, she said in her acceptance speech, “We want our children back.” Dominic Savage’s dark…
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When we were growing up, Enid Blyton books were very popular, mainly because they flooded the neighbourhood libraries. Also because parents approved of the harmless mystery-solving antics of the Fabulous…
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The recent web series, Jubilee, about the early years of Hindi cinema, has suddenly created an interest in Devika Rani and Himansu Rai, founders of the legendary Bombay Talkies. The show…
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These days when urban women go about dressed in revealing outfits and seldom attract a second look, it was the death of designer Mary Quant recently that reminded people of…
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Marie Curie – the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the first person to win two — is undoubtedly the best known female scientist in a field that…
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“The problem with being a wife is being a wife,” writes Carmela Ciuraru in the introduction of her painstakingly researched and very readable book, Lives of the Wives: Five Literary Marriages,…
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When it comes to the misfortunes of others, we have very short memories. The cases of atrocities against women do not even get adequate media coverage—it’s like everybody wakes up…
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As the Awards season in the US and UK begins to lead up to the biggest show in the movie industry—the Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars–two actresses who…