Watch: A Fierce Song That Challenges The Entire Dowry ‘System’ In India
I grew up hearing stories of dowry. A domestic worker in my building often complained about having two daughters, because of the dowry she’d have to give. Another person ‘joked’ about having four...
View ArticleThis Song Is A Harsh Reminder Of The Girls India Killed Just Because They...
In India, while we scream hoarse about protecting Bharat Mata and its daughters, every day, the fate of hundreds of hundreds of girls is decided even before they’re born. Son preference is still at...
View ArticleWhy Facebook’s First Female Engineer Left Her Job To Face Her Fears
On an average, we check our Facebook newsfeeds 14 times a day, and per day, the website gets 1 billion returning visitors from across the world, which means the newsfeed is something that’s seen 14...
View Article10 Ads Of 2016 That Didn’t Just Sell A Brand, But Also A Powerful Message
1. Nike’s ‘Da Da Ding’ ad, that showed us what unstoppable women power looks like. This powerful ad puts the spotlight on those that legacy media and us as people often don’t give enough importance to...
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Sona Mohapatra Blasts IIT Bombay For Blatant Sexism At Their Cultural Fest
Singer Sona Mohapatra is one who’s known to not mince her words at all – especially when it comes to highlighting the glaring gender divide and gender discrimination in India. Earlier this year, she...
View ArticleWatch: Man Allegedly Kicked Out Of Flight For Talking In Arabic, Shares Video
Yesterday, what looks like an incident of racism came to light when YouTuber Adam Saleh and his friend Slim Albaher were allegedly kicked out of a Delta Airlines flight in London, which was on going to...
View Article‘I Love Writing About Women’: A Chat With Powerhouse Writer Chitra Banerjee...
For many young women readers in India, the search for a writer who tells their stories is a continuous one. A writer whose stories may not necessarily make you travel the world while sitting on your...
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Anushka Sharma Slams Sexist Media In A Powerful FB Post
The trailer of Anushka Sharma’s upcoming film, “Phillauri”, released earlier this month, presenting an interesting plotline we’ve probably never seen in Bollywood before. Sharma’s production and...
View ArticleFinally! A Bra Commercial That Boldly Smashes Body Image Stereotypes
For many Indian women, talking about lingerie is something that’s done in secret, with girlfriends or with saleswomen in ‘that’ section of clothing stores. We still heavy on patriarchal notions and...
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Kangana Showed Who Is Queen On This Episode Of Koffee With Karan (And We...
In the last episode of Koffee With Karan, there was something else brewing (apart from the coffee of course). Kangana Ranuat was on the couch, all guns blazing in classic queen fashion. For the entire...
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His Friend Sexually Assaulted, Actor Prithviraj Vows To Never Do What Most...
On February 17 in Kochi, a group of seven men abducted and sexually assaulted a female actor in a moving car, as she made her way back from a shoot in Thrissur. The police have made arrests in the...
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‘I Was Only 13’: Sonam Kapoor Speaks Out On Being Abused As A Child
In an interview with Femina dated March 5, actor Sonam Kapoor opened up about how a man molested her in a cinema theatre when she was 13. “Before I became a celebrity, I was just a regular pretty girl...
View ArticleThis Silent Epidemic Is Affecting 56 Million Indians, But We Just Don’t Talk...
I grew up in listening to the word ‘depression’ being thrown around quite often. From “She’s entered depression since two days”, “He has been like this only… seems depressed”, to “If you don’t eat...
View ArticleAbhay Deol Boldly Calls Out Bollywood Actors For Endorsing Fairness Products
Just last month, a violent mob in Noida attacked four African nationals as it was alleged that a Class XII boy who had died of a drug overdose was last spotted with a group of Nigerians. Were these...
View ArticleNawazuddin Siddiqui Gives A Powerful Message To A Country Obsessed With Religion
SIXTEEN POINT SIX SIX โพสต์โดย FilmPost.in บน 23 เมษายน 2017 Let’s face it: we’re living in a hate-filled world. Religious bigotry is dominating our headlines, and we are being increasingly defined by...
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Anushka Sharma Slams Sexist Media In A Powerful FB Post
The trailer of Anushka Sharma’s upcoming film, “Phillauri”, released earlier this month, presenting an interesting plotline we’ve probably never seen in Bollywood before. Sharma’s production and...
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Kangana Showed Who Is Queen On This Episode Of Koffee With Karan (And We...
In the last episode of Koffee With Karan, there was something else brewing (apart from the coffee of course). Kangana Ranuat was on the couch, all guns blazing in classic queen fashion. For the entire...
View ArticleThis Silent Epidemic Is Affecting 56 Million Indians, But We Just Don’t Talk...
I grew up in listening to the word ‘depression’ being thrown around quite often. From “She’s entered depression since two days”, “He has been like this only… seems depressed”, to “If you don’t eat...
View Article‘Izzatnagari Ki Asabhya Betiyaan’: Bold Documentary Challenges Khap...
Every year, 1 in 5 honour killings in the world is from India. In our 21st-century ‘developing’ country, shackles of caste stop young people from choosing whom they can and cannot love, whom they can...
View Article‘Phullu’ Trailer Asks Uncomfortable Questions In A Country That’s Silent...
“These rich women use pads, not us,” says a character in the trailer of ‘Phullu’, a very apt line to show the condition of a country where 88% menstruating women lack access to sanitary pads. This is...
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