Boxing Storm: The idea for the story of Toofaan is credited to co-producer and lead actor Farhan Akhtar, not even a nod to Hollywood’s boxing saga Rocky (1976). Rakysh Omprakash …

More often than not, when cases of workplace sexual harassment make it to the news, they are from high-profile professions like films, fashion or media. But women in ordinary jobs, …

The Angel Wore Hermes: Elin Hilderbrand has got her beach read template down flat—scenic locations of Nantucket that she describes vividly, romance, suspense, garnished with a dash of sex. Her …

As a tribute to Dilip Kumar, revisiting one of his ‘Tragedy King’ hits, Jogan (1950), in which, like in many other films, he fell in love with an unattainable woman. …

  At some point in the march of the women’s movement, the word ‘housewife’ became politically incorrect and was replaced by ‘homemaker’. Women who did not have careers, or rather, …

Pulp Fiction Daze: The leading lady of Vinil Mathew’s film Haseen Dillruba (Netflix), fed on a mental diet of lurid crime thrillers, believes that unless there is some shedding of …

The first collection of humour by women that came out in 1976 was called Titters. Because well-bred women did not laugh loudly in polite company, they put their hands over their …

Call Of The Wild: There have been a few films before, pitting dedicated forest officers against poachers and smugglers– from the totally mainstream Kartavya (Mohan Sehgal,1979), to middle-of-the-road Papeeha (Sai …

A tribute to actor-filmmaker Chandrashekhar, who passed away on June 16, 2021: Chandrashekhar was the original dancing star, and one just has to watch Cha Cha Cha (1964) to see …

“I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.” Mary Wollstonecraft encapsulated the essence of feminism in these words, before the term was even coined. The …