Gender Play
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Why women were not allowed to act in William Shakespeare’s plays until 1660
Young men and boys performed all the women’s parts.
Elizabeth Steinway, The Conversation
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What Bhisham Sahni’s ‘Madhavi’ tells us about female agency (or the lack of it) in the Mahabharata
Choices and desire are not granted to women in the original episode from the epic.
Pratiti
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An Indian app is using blockchain to transform the way women talk about sexual abuse
Smashboard is building a secure network of survivors, therapists, journalists and lawyers. Also a possibility: a feminist cryptocurrency.
Manavi Kapur, qz.com
Trending
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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How Guwahati became the second-most polluted city in the world
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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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Can BJP use Ram as a campaign tool during the election?
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In rural Bihar, BPO centres are opening new doors of opportunity for young women
Started under the government’s digital village scheme, outsourcing centres are empowering rural women socially and financially.
Mohammed Imran Khan
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Why a trans-woman in Kolkata insisted on having a legal wedding with pomp and circumstance
‘We have been given equal rights, so why couldn’t I marry the legal way?’
Shabina Akhtar
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I spent a year as David Bowie – and had some very strange days
It was July 2015, and I was in an airport hotel with hair the colour and cut of David Bowie in The Man Who Fell To Earth, circa 1976.
Will Brooker, The Conversation
Video
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Watch: This fan-made trailer imagines Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie starring in a James Bond film
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Watch: Mount Ruang erupts in Indonesia, spewing columns of ash and lava
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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Decathlete Caitlyn (formerly Bruce) Jenner's story reminds us that a woman can win in men's sports
Born a boy, Jenner always considered herself a girl.
Anvar Alikhan
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‘Bow down, bitches’: When celebrity feminism goes wrong
They claim to be new-age feminist, but pop stars like Beyonce and Taylor Swift have – even if unintentionally – reinvented feminism as 'getting paid' and 'being sexy'.
Susan Hopkins, The Conversation
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A question for Indian quizzers: Where are the women?
But here's how to fix the gender imbalance at events.
Sowmya Rao
The Reel
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future