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As the country watches the ghoulish drama of a man, who killed and dismembered his girlfriend, issues of domestic violence and society’s lack of awareness and support come up again.…

In 1958, when ordinary women were not expected or encouraged to have adventures, American novelist Paul Gallico created the character of a London cleaning woman, Ada Harris—or ‘Arris in Cockney lingo–who…

Angela Lansbury passed away at the age of 97, in October, after a prolific career in films, television and the stage, studded with awards and accolades. Active to the very…

The culture, evolution, values, social attitudes of a society so often rest on the clothes people—particularly women—wear. In Iran, people are out in the streets protesting the hijab forced on…

There are two minor miracles here: one that The Woman King, a film with a predominantly Black female cast was greenlit by a Hollywood studio, and two that it has opened to terrific box-office response.…

The names Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes,Mary Jane Kelly do not ring any bells. But everybody has heard of Jack The Ripper, a notorious serial killer…

Dropping by at a police station with a friend who wanted to report the theft of her bag, one ran into a woman who was weeping about her husband beating…

Words like inclusivity and diversity have been added to the woke vocabulary now, and women of all races, ages and sizes are entering mainstream advertising that for decades used over…

This happens quite often. A middle-aged woman, say aged 50, is standing in a queue. A man will casually saunter ahead of her. She will either not protest, or if…

As the horrific rape-murder of Priyanka Reddy causes country-wide outrage, baffled attempts to understand what turns young men into savages and knee-jerk ideas about women’s safety come up, which are…