gender

Screen Southasia: Q&A session for ‘The Next Guardian’
A conversation with the filmmaker Arun Bhattarai, director of ‘The Next Guardian’.
The Editors | Jun 15, 2023

Screen Southasia: Q&A session for ‘Is it too much to ask?’
A conversation with the filmmaker Leena Manimekalai and Smile from 'Is it too much to ask?'
The Editors | May 11, 2023

The path to women’s political participation in Bhutan
In Bhutan’s 2023 National Council elections, only one woman was elected to the NC from a female population of around 360,000. Despite progress in recent years, women still face challenges to political participation.
Yangchen C Rinzin | May 08, 2023


The making and unmaking of a star
On the life and times of Qandeel Baloch, Pakistan’s first social-media celebrity.
Laxmi Murthy | Jul 26, 2018


Questioning Sairat’s politics
The caste and gender dynamics of Nagraj Manjule’s ‘Sairat’.
Firdaus Soni | Jul 25, 2016

Of love’s austere and lonely offices
The film Aligarh has ruffled the feathers of conservatives within and outside Aligarh Muslim University.
Samiya Javed | May 26, 2016

Women in labour
What are the implications of the rise in commercial surrogacy in India?
Vrinda Marwah | Mar 30, 2015

Of nymphs and flowering trees
Female rites of passage – Ramanujan’s Kannada tales and Ovid’s Metamorphoses.
Lora Tomas | Mar 20, 2015
