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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Faltering economy, poor citizens, South Asia’s bully: The reality of India’s global ambitions
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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Indore Congress candidate backed out days after attempt-to-murder charge added to 17-year-old case
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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In Mathura, Muslims say they were denied their vote. No complaints in Hindu areas
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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: Neighbours rescue infant from second floor sunshade after she fell from fourth floor balcony
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Watch: Argentinian woman is crowned Miss Universe Buenos Aires at 60
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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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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‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ trailer: Barry Jenkins directs prequel to 2019 photorealistic animated film
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Start the week with a film: A divorce from hell in ‘The War of the Roses’
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Aditi Rao Hydari on playing diverse characters: ‘I want the audience to take me home with them’
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The story of India’s unique ‘Milk Revolution’ is going to the Cannes Film Festival
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’