Saluting Aam Aurat: Society has its superwomen but there are many ordinary women who quietly fought the odds and came out winners in their own way While the media often celebrates and showcases women who break glass ceilings, many ordinary women, too, display heroic resilience and come out trumps in the battle called life. Many women struggle with remarkable grit …
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Women in the Indian movie and entertainment industry: Still caged inside toxic stereotypes The problem is not that Bollywood focuses on prostitutes, the problem is that Bollywood, for decades, has been making obscene efforts to glorify the profession, by completely washing over the rampant sexual exploitation, kidnapping, rapes, child abuse, trafficking and a score of other crimes that the profession …
Read More »महिलाएं और आत्म-सम्मान: अन्तरराष्ट्रीय महिला दिवस
महिलाएं और आत्म-सम्मान: नई शताब्दी में महिलाओं की एक नई छवि उभर कर सामने आई है। सदियों से जो महिलाएं बेडिय़ों में जकड़ी थीं वे आज अनके बंधन से मुक्त हो कर अपनी नई पहचान बनाने में बहुत हद तक कामयाब भी हैं। आज की महिलाएं अबला नहीं रही, कहीं ज्यादा सक्षम और सबल हो चुकी हैं। इस संदर्भ में …
Read More »National Pollution Control Day Information
National Pollution Control Day is celebrated every year on 2nd of December in India in order to give the honor and memorialize the thousands of human beings who had lost their existence because of the Bhopal gas calamity. Bhopal gas tragedy was happened in the night of 2nd and 3rd December in the year 1984 because of the unintentional discharge …
Read More »AIDS Day: ‘Handle with care’, they are humans too
In December 2003, when Chinmay Dharmesh Modi was 9, his parents discovered that they were suffering from AIDS. It was like a bolt from the blue. The situation became turbulent for Chinmay’s family, whereas he was too young to realize the implications of the disease. “My mother had a gynaecological problem, and so her doctor referred her for a few …
Read More »एड्स रोगी की प्रेरणादायक सच्ची कहानी
एड्स रोगी की प्रेरणादायक सच्ची कहानी: हर साल 1 दिसम्बर को दुनिया भर में विश्व एड्स दिवस के रूप में मनाया जाता है। आप तो जानते ही हैं, एड्स एक लाइलाज बीमारी है। ऐसे में जिन लोगों को एड्स हो जाये उनका निराश होना स्वाभाविक ही है। मेरे विचार से एड्स दिवस मानाने की सार्थकता तभी है जब हम एड्स …
Read More »To Teacher With Love From Cinema Celebrities
To Teacher With Love From Bollywood: It’s back to that day of September when we remember the ones who’ve been instrumental in shaping our careers. On this very special day, we ask a few Bollywood celebs about their favorite teachers In love with English Kalki Koechlin: My favorite teacher was my English teacher, Mrs Grimes. She was a very strict, …
Read More »Teacher-Student Bonding Bollywood Sports Films
Teacher-Student Bonding Sports Films – This Teachers’ Day, we look at some sports-based films which have had the essence of the teacher-student bond – The dynamics of the teacher-student relationship have been explored in Bollywood over the years through films like Do Aankhein Baarah Haath, Parichay and Sir. Filmmakers have tried to capture the reverence, camaraderie and the bond that …
Read More »भारतीय खिलौने बनाम चाइनिज टॉयज
बार्बी नहीं डांसिंग डॉल… चाइनिज ड्रैगन को इंडियन टाइगर की पटखनी: भारतीय खिलौनों की दमदार दुनिया भूलिए पावर रेंजर, डोरेमोन, शिनचैन को… और बार्बी तो कुछ भी नहीं… तैयार हो जाइए बच्चों को तंजावुर डॉल और दशावतार जैसे भारतीय खिलौने दिलाने के लिए। भारतीय खिलौने बनाम चाइनिज टॉयज: खिलौने बच्चों के मानसिक विकास में महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका निभाते हैं और बच्चों …
Read More »Women Oriented Films of Bollywood
Women Oriented Bollywood Films: In Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, Deepika Padukone’s character Naina tells Bunny (played by Ranbir Kapoor) that she cannot leave her clinic and her parents and that she will have to let him go. Flushed with love, Bunny doesn’t want to lose Naina again after eight years and he chooses her over a job offer in Paris. …
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