Review

Sita Sings the Blues
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Sita Sings the Blues

“For every incarnation of Rama, there is a Ramayana”, says AK Ramanujam in his essay ‘Three Hundred Ramayanas’. So, too, there…
By Lekha Sridhar
January 15, 2015
Sita Sings the Blues
Reel Review: Memoirs of a Geisha
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Reel Review: Memoirs of a Geisha

The Hollywood rendition of the Geisha world, with Edward Said’s Orientalism [1] thrown in, reminds us of a simple fact: things…
By Jasmine George
January 1, 2015
Reel Review: Memoirs of a Geisha
REVIEW: ‘BOUND TO BE FREE’
REVIEW: ‘BOUND TO BE FREE’

‘Bound to be Free’ is a travelling exhibition of exquisitely shot personal and professional photographs, making its way from New…
By Neha Naqvi
December 1, 2014
REVIEW: ‘BOUND TO BE FREE’
Reel Review: Blue Is The Warmest Color
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Reel Review: Blue Is The Warmest Color

There are many ways of looking at Blue is the Warmest Colour, last year’s French release about a love story…
By Bishakha Datta
December 1, 2014
Reel Review: Blue Is The Warmest Color
Working the Night Shift: Women in India’s Call Center Industry (2010)
Cover of the book 'Working the Night Shift' with the title written in white against a dark background. The subtitle: "Women in India's Call Center Industry" is written below in orange text.
Working the Night Shift: Women in India’s Call Center Industry (2010)

The book ‘Working the Night Shift: Women in India’s Call Center Industry’describes the different spatial and temporal conditions that are…
By Aindrila Chaudhuri
November 1, 2014
Working the Night Shift: Women in India’s Call Center Industry (2010)
The Dirty Picture
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The Dirty Picture

The Dirty Picture, directed by Milan Luthria (2011) has ushered in various debates around sexuality through its representation of sexuality…
By Sujatha Subramanian
October 1, 2014
The Dirty Picture
Reel review: Bend it like Beckham
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Reel review: Bend it like Beckham

‘All I have to say is sporty spice is the only one without a bloke’  is the warning given by…
By Debanuj DasGupta
September 1, 2014
Reel review: Bend it like Beckham
Review: Scarlet Road
Review: Scarlet Road
August 1, 2014
Review: Scarlet Road
Reviews: TARSHI Talks
Against a white background, the red-and-black text reads, "Tarshi talks about sexuality and relationships"
Reviews: TARSHI Talks

All clear…. no hush hush TARSHI Talks on ‘sexuality and relationships’ is such a welcome sea of information about sexes,…
By Shalini Khanna
August 1, 2014
Reviews: TARSHI Talks
To The Beat Of Activism
photo shows a brown wall which has an illustration of a woman dressed in a red saree and blur blouse. a man sits in fron of the wall, but his face is blacked out. The message written on the wall says, "i don't 'need to be protected'/ What are you 'protecting me' from? / Think / Make That Change #DelhiGangRape #SafeCityPledge
To The Beat Of Activism

The rape and murder of a young woman in New Delhi on December 16, 2012, left the Indian public consciousness…
By Pattie Gonsalves
July 1, 2014
To The Beat Of Activism
Review: Women We Worship, Women We Abuse
A series of photos of Indian goddesses shown with bruises on various parts of their face.
Review: Women We Worship, Women We Abuse

It is almost a year old, but the Abused Goddesses campaign created ripples in the fabric of activism that are…
By Shweta Krishnan
July 1, 2014
Review: Women We Worship, Women We Abuse
The Impossible Collective: A Review of Rituparno Ghosh’s Dahan (1997)
The Impossible Collective: A Review of Rituparno Ghosh’s Dahan (1997)
June 1, 2014
The Impossible Collective: A Review of Rituparno Ghosh’s Dahan (1997)
Freak Shows: Looking at Human Bodies on Exhibit
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Freak Shows: Looking at Human Bodies on Exhibit

No two human bodies are alike, and our different bodies arouse curiosity. But our fascination for the aesthetics of the perfect human body has historically created a space within art, science and religion for the examination of the ‘abnormal’ and the ‘imperfect’. As a result, some bodies are normalised while others become oddities.
By Shweta Krishnan
May 1, 2014
Freak Shows: Looking at Human Bodies on Exhibit
Review: No More Deaths Because of Unsafe Abortion – Information is Just a Call Away
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Review: No More Deaths Because of Unsafe Abortion – Information is Just a Call Away

Every year more than 15,000 women die because of post partum haemorrhage and every day 10 women die because of unsafe abortion in Pakistan. If you know a woman who does not have access to hospital at the time of delivery or who wants to access safe abortion, then contact on the number provided.
By Saba Ismail
April 1, 2014
Review: No More Deaths Because of Unsafe Abortion – Information is Just a Call Away
Reel Review – Revolutionary Road
Poster of 'Revolutionary Road', which shows actors Leonardo Di Caprio and Kate Winslet leaning their heads against each other
Reel Review – Revolutionary Road

To their neighbours, as to themselves, Frank and April Wheeler are ‘special’.
By Asilata Karandikar
April 1, 2014
Reel Review – Revolutionary Road
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