From a young age, women all over the world are embedded with the idea that true happiness for them, and the highest form of pride for their families, can only be achieved in one way- by getting married. With the cultural change, even in more educationally developed households, marriage is usually seen as an indisposable concept regardless of the individual’s wishes.
The item song Oo antava Mawa is trending and has become a chartbuster. The song is a part of the Telugu movie Pushpa: The rise, based on the smuggling of red sander trees in Seshachalam Forest, Andhra Pradesh. The song’s lyrics are written by Chandra Bose, featuring the renowned south Indian actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu. It has led everyone to groove to its tune.
The rousing documentary ‘Writing with Fire’ has made its way to the 94th edition of Academy Awards and deservedly so.
Jaisalmer Fort in Rajasthan is one of the few ‘living forts’ in India, where several people who once worked for the king who ruled the palace, have built their own restaurants and hotels inside the fort, making it a tourist’s delight.
Born as Hema to Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar, (a theatre actor and classical singer) and Shevanti in 1929, this icon we call Lata Mangeshkar started singing at the age of 5 and honed her skills under the able guidance of Aman Ali Khan Sahib and Amanat Khan, established and famous singers of that time. There’s something about a voice that’s personal, and the nightingale that just flew away had a voice that touches us in a place that’s as personal as the place from which that voice has issued. The ecstasy of surrender that she inspired even as a five year old influenced and mentored a wide generation of younger female singers.
हमारे घर आई थी एक नन्हीं परी सारे आंगन में जैसे खुशियां थी सजी।
जाने कितने अरसे बाद थी देखी ऐसी मुस्कान, एक पल की नज़रों ने डाली थी बंजर दिलों में जान।
Indian society has been patriarchal from its very inception giving rise to gender inequality as its root product. Among all other forms of gender inequalities, the instance of sexual harassment is the ugliest as they don’t just show the social backwardness and frivolous thinking but also affect sufferers’ physical and mental health; destroy their confidence hampering their psyche and reputation along with leaving a forever horrible mark.
The doors of Delhi High Court have been fluttering since last one month with voices being raised to criminalize exception 2 Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). All India Democratic Women Association, RIT Foundation and two other organizations are behind putting forth this initiative. The Court has been going through the legality of the exception and whether it serves any purpose in modern-day India or is it just a colonial provision still draping in the books of the criminal manual.
When I first visited Karauli in Rajasthan for work, I was shaken! I saw unfathomable misery around. Village after village filled with widows of sandstone workers affected by a deadly disease called Silicosis. They are drowned with debt, without enough money for their children’s education, food, health or other necessary expenses.
“There was one problem. My wrist. When I got over the initial awkwardness of being naked just for my own pleasure, I found that a vibrator was not all you needed to achieve pleasure, you also needed another thing not as spoken about as this device – the capability to hold and move it, and the finger strength and motor ability that requires”, says the anonymous writer who suffers from chronic arthritis, as she chronicles her experience of using a vibrator for the Revival Disability Magazine.