Women in Hindi cinema over the years: Dignified dames or damsels in distress?

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 11:34

It’s high time women are given due respect in Hindi cinema.

French artistes tour Rajasthan

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 5, 2013, 19:45

A group of 35 artistes from France are on a two-month visit to India, performing street shows with an aim to generate awareness about freedom of women and women empowerment issues.

Website promotes female condoms for Women`s Day

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 5, 2013, 18:59

As a mark of women`s empowerment ahead of International Women`s Day, March 8, online couponing destination www.cuponation.in is offering discounts for female condoms to increase awareness about the product.

Women carving out bigger, bolder role in arts

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 5, 2013, 16:52

The rules are changing for women when it comes to the complexities, profundities and experimentation with life and art.

International Women’s Day: Films that immortalised womanhood in the recent past

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 5, 2013, 15:33

A stroll down memory lane: The films in the recent past that celebrated womanhood.

Turkmenistan to gift women $14 on Women`s Day

Last Updated: Monday, March 4, 2013, 08:17

Women in the former Soviet state of Turkmenistan will receive 40 manats (around $14) as a gift from the state ahead of the International Women`s Day, celebrated on March 8.

Film festival to mark International Women`s Day

Last Updated: Sunday, March 3, 2013, 18:38

The fourth edition of the Women`s Film Festival focuses on female directors. The three-day event, starting March 8, will screen ‘Gulabi Gang’, ‘Gangoobai’ and ‘Firaaq’, among others, to commemorate International Women`s day, an organiser said.

International Women`s Day: Jackie Shroff, Renuka Shahane to felicitate three women

Last Updated: Saturday, March 2, 2013, 12:37

Three eminent women will be felicitated in Mumbai on the eve of International Women`s Day by actor Jackie Shroff and actor-director Renuka Shahane, for their contribution in their respective fields.

Health – Where genders differ

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 17, 2012, 21:59

Though the social outlook towards women is changing, yet the gender difference does come into play when the issue is related to health.

Women`s Day rallies by girls, separatists in Srina

Last Updated: Thursday, March 8, 2012, 20:18

Schoolgirls and a woman separatist group took out rallies in the city here to observe International Women`s Day.

Vidya’s ‘Kahaani’: A celebration of womanhood

Last Updated: Thursday, March 8, 2012, 17:56

For actress Vidya Balan, the word ‘impossible’ seems to be impossibility. From the coy, shy damsel in ‘Parineeta’ to the bold, ‘dirty’ Silk, Vidya’s trajectory has seen several crests and many more troughs.

Women in politics: India ranks 105th in world

Last Updated: Thursday, March 8, 2012, 14:48

As the country celebrates Women`s Day on Thursday, data on Parliaments across the world reveal that India much behind other countries when it comes to women`s participation in politics.