India has over Eighty Ways of Draping a Sari
There are more than 80 recorded ways to wear a sari. The most common style is for the sari to be wrapped around the waist, with the loose end...
The Perpetrator Beta vs. the Victim Beti: Tales from a Chauvinistic Society
Varnika Kundu, daughter of an IAS officer, was terrorised and almost kidnapped, in Chandigarh, by Vikas Barala, son of BJP Haryana chief. Our New Delhi-based columnist, Payal says that...
Bimal Roy Challenged the Taboos through his Cinema of Social Realism
Samina, a movie buff, talks about the life and times of the celebrated filmmaker, Bimal Roy. His cinema of social realism challenged the taboos that gripped the society then....