Woman

How shows like The Fame Game, and films like Tribhanga, Shakuntala Devi are finally embracing the idea of flawed motherhood

A common theme in the West, the idea of flawed motherhood and the mother's guilt had been pushed under the carpet by Hindi cinema for the longest time because it is uncomfortable to address.

Studying women presidents and prime ministers on screen, from Meryl Streep in Don't Look Up to Dimple Kapadia in A Thursday

The womanhood of Meryl Streep's character in Don’t Look Up and Dimple Kapadia's in A Thursday is nothing but a marketing gimmick. The women US president and Indian prime minister are one-dimensional in different but significant ways.

It's a gentleman's world: A deep dive into why there are such few women umpires in cricket

While there is much needed social media outcry on the growth of women’s cricket worldwide, there is no focus on the need for more women in umpiring. As my conversations with umpires across the spectrum over the past weeks revealed, there should be.

Nagpur woman cooks up fake gang-rape story to marry boyfriend, sends police into tizzy

Over 1,000 security personnel, including Nagpur Commissioner of Police, investigated the case and after going through footages of 250 CCTVs, concluded that she had cooked up the gang-rape story

Mumbai woman, raped and assaulted with iron rod, dies in hospital; Uddhav Thackeray promises fast-track trial

One accused has been arrested for the gruesome crime. According to reports, she succumbed after a 33-hour-long battle in the hospital

Mumbai woman raped inside tempo, assaulted with iron rod in Sakinaka; accused arrested

The police control room received a call in the early hours of Friday that a man was thrashing a woman on Khairani Road, the police said on Friday

In Justice BV Nagarathna, India poised to have its first woman CJI in six years from now

Currently a Karnataka High Court judge, once elevated, she will become the second CJI from her family.

Sikh community demands law after reports of woman's forced conversion, marriage to Muslim man: All you need to know

Members of the Sikh community took to the streets in Jammu, Kathua, Udhampur, Reasi, Srinagar and Anantnag, and blocked highways in some areas

9 Months Episode 5: What are the changes you can expect in your body & how the baby develops

In this episode, author Meghna Pant talks to Dr Gandhali Deorukhkar and Dr Niti Desai about the best part of pregnancy — the second trimester. The experts discuss what changes women can expect in their body and how the baby is growing through the second trimester.

Woman accused of witchcraft, beaten to death in Bihar’s Nawada; four arrested, search underway for others

A 50-year-old woman was allegedly beaten to death in Bihar on Tuesday by villagers, who accused her of practicing witchcraft, police said