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Feminism in focus
2+ hour, 7+ min ago (292+ words) 3. In France, Gisele Pelicot's landmark case has brought major changes to sexual assault laws there. These are now consent-based, putting survivors' and victims' agency at the centre of what defines a crime and how it ought to be dealt with....
Congress part of ‘anti-India’ Global Progressive Alliance, claims BJP after Pitroda remarks
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (390+ words) NEW DELHI: The BJP on Saturday alleged that Sam Pitroda has "inadvertently" exposed the real face of the Congress by "revealing" that it is part of an "anti-India" global alliance and Rahul Gandhi often visits abroad to participate in their…...
How Feminichi Fathima turns everyday domestic life into quiet feminist cinema
2+ week, 4+ day ago (213+ words) This week, it came to Delhi's Alliance Francaise for a screening ahead of its OTT release on Manorama Max today, fresh off actor Shamla Hamza's Kerala State Award win for Best Actress in 2025 for her performance as Fathima. A journey…...
INTERVIEW|‘Had Arikomban not been captured, he wouldn’t have been alive today’
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1169+ words) Dr Arun Zachariah has dealt with the wild for 28 years, and continues to do so. Chief Forest Veterinary Officer with the Kerala forest department, he became a household name in the state after the widely-debated Arikomban translocation, and was involved…...
Love, law, and the ‘ex’tent of the matter
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (453+ words) This week, quashing a case in which a petitioner had taken her ex to court after the end of a long-term relationship, alleging breach of promise, Justice B Puga...
'Piplantri: A Tale of Eco-Feminism' selected for world premiere at IFFI 2025
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (356+ words) NEW DELHI: Piplantri: A Tale of Eco-Feminism has been officially selected for its World Premiere in the Indian Panorama (Non-Feature) section at the 56th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) starting November 20 in Goa. The feature-length documentary directed by Suraj Kumar…...
Veteran director V Sekar, famed for socially conscious family dramas, passes away in Chennai at 72
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (340+ words) CHENNAI: Veteran director V Sekar, known for helming a series of family dramas in the 90s and 2000s, passed away in Chennai on Friday. He was 72. The Tiruvannamalai-born filmmaker joined AVM Studios at the age of 19 as a lab assistant. Later, he…...
Margaret Atwood reflects on literature, feminism and luck
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (942+ words) NEW YORK: The cover of Margaret Atwood's memoir shows a close-up of the author holding up a finger to her mouth, a mischievous look in her eyes, as if to suggest a riddle or two: Is this a book in…...
High time for intersectional feminism
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (360+ words) At the end of October, it emerged that women sanitation workers at Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU) in Rohtak, Haryana, had been forced to show photographic e The former two are contractual workers who have since been suspended following a complaint…...
INTERVIEW | ‘Communalism is rising in Kerala... but resistance is also building’: Aruna Roy
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (350+ words) THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala has, according to social activist Aruna Roy, been witnessing the rise of communalism, and the resistance to it. In a chat with TNIE, the recipient of the second K R Gouri Amma Award, who was named one of…...