The grim reality of gender-based atrocities pervades every corner of our world, evincing in abhorrent forms such as sexual violence, dowry deaths, domestic violence, female foeticide and infanticide, female genital mutilation, child marriage and the suppression of women’s autonomy in education, speech and attire.
Women have proved themselves as superb multi-taskers and have excelled in work-home balance unlike their male compatriots.
When a story becomes an identity
Producer Prerna Arora celebrates womanhood
Exploring and reflecting on what it means to be a woman, Olympe Ramakrishna greets viewers on International Women's Day, with an exhibition depicting the theme of feminine identity in urban India.
Months before the Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF), the Forum for Film Studies and Allied Arts took part in renewing the Marathi and Bengali theatre streams with a Marathi theatre film session from 27 to 28 August, at Nandan in Kolkata.
Over the decades that I have been covering movie festivals like Cannes, Venice and so on, I have noticed a reluctance to offer interview slots with celebrities to international journalists.
Kolkata witnessed the play “Shuno Punnyoban” at Usha Ganguly Mancha, Rangakarmee, on 25 August this year that aptly showcased how the epic of the Mahabharata is still relevant today in the modern world as it suffers from its own sets of trials and tribulations, trying to find the answers towards ending the suffering.
Pushpak Dance Academy has a heartwarming record of bringing productions of different dance groups or academies together. On 1 July, a packed Rabindra Sadan witnessed another such example of bonhomie featuring four extraordinary items
Black coffee has been proven to have several positive effects on the human body. However, consuming excessive amounts on an empty stomach can cause irritation, giving rise to feelings of bloating, cramps and acid reflux.
