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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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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The march of triumph for Jaques Audiard’s Emilia Perez started at the Cannes Film Festival, where all the actresses of the film– Zoe Saldana, Selena Gomez, Karla Sofía Gascón and…
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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…
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Back in 1962, KA Abbas made a film called Gyarah Hazaar Ladkian about the problems of working women in Mumbai. The leading lady is in the dock for murder, and when…
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Back in 411 BC, the Greek poet and playwright, Aristophenes, wrote Lysistrata, a comedy about a woman who rallies others in a unique plan to end the Peloponnesian War between Athens…