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Ria and Reshma.

Making a real difference

Ria Sharma of Make Love Not Scars has received global recognition for her work with acid attack victims.

23 Sept 2017 1:32 AM IST

A still from Pink

When promo time backfires

Interestingly enough, this is not the first or the only time that a movie promotion tactic has backfired.

23 Sept 2017 12:20 AM IST

The trick to keeping the balance and making it relevant, according to Raina, is to create a bridge between the original works of Ibsen and the audience of today.

A tribute to theatre's Father of Realism

It is not just in India where new adaptations of Ibsen are being done, reveals Ila.

22 Sept 2017 7:04 AM IST

While condom advertisements definitely see a rise during this time, they usually avoid addressing the festival itself.

Putting a cap on humour

The fact remains, however, that around Navratri and dandiya nights, the sales of birth control actually shoot up.

20 Sept 2017 12:31 AM IST

The queen stumbles with Simran

Trade analyst Amod Mehra, however, says that the film is not a total loss.

19 Sept 2017 12:05 AM IST

Misogyny is not funny

Aunty ki Ghanti has been taken down from YouTube and a Mumbai event around it cancelled.

18 Sept 2017 12:22 AM IST

Do over the formula

When Shekhar Kapoor refused to touch a remake of Mr India, he threw open the age-old question do remakes work?

18 Sept 2017 12:08 AM IST

Photographs of Rabindranath Tagore standing tall and proud with his wife Mrinalini Devi sitting in front of him, an ornate flower vase in the background, still hold tremendous value.

Frames frozen in time

A city-based photographer is recreating vintage family photographs using elaborate costumes, backdrops and...

17 Sept 2017 12:31 AM IST

Nupur Basus documentary on the plight of women journalists in a world that finds them dispensable if they err on the side of dissent, comes at a much-needed time.

Depicting the plight of the fourth pillar

While Indians are only waking up to the need of the hour, the threat to women journalists worldwide has been around for...

14 Sept 2017 2:06 AM IST

A shout-out to aunty

I just thought of it as a prank but then people started to say that they're actually going to show up: Aakash Shah

13 Sept 2017 12:26 AM IST

Baba Ramdev promoting Patanjali Chyawanpras

Battle of the brands

Dabur claimed that the packaging of Patanjali's Chyawanprash is too similar to its own trademark style.

12 Sept 2017 12:11 AM IST

Picture for representational purposes only. (Photo: Rajesh Jadhav)

A casteist reality check

The constitution says that untouchability is abolished and this is a blatant disregard of that fact: Alok Prasanna Kumar

10 Sept 2017 12:14 AM IST