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Wear Pink Sit properly. Talk politely. Study hard. Work harder. Prosper. Get promoted. Eat your greens. Bend carefully. Fall in love. Get married. Brush your teeth. Make babies. Love, live. Conversations, the beautiful ones. The ones that define our lives and livings. The ones that leave an imprint on...
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January 20th, 2016, Dubai, UAE – Film lecturer at SAE Dubai and independent filmmaker Reshel Shah Kapoor picked up two awards for her documentary feature film titled ‘Black Sheep’, at the Human Rights Awards and World Documentary Award hosted in Indonesia yesterday. Under the umbrella of the International Film...
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All around us are people who need help, but not everyone believes they can be of help, or are capable of making a difference even in just one stranger’s life. And while the boxes we slowly build around us as we go through life perfectly serve their purpose of...
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Describe your childhood. I was born and brought up in the beautiful east Indian city of Kolkata (also known as “Calcutta”), once the capital of the British East India Company, and famous for its long line of artists, reformers, writers and filmmakers of international repute such as Rabindranath Tagore,...
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GAP, Forever 21, Zara, H&M, Mango, and so many others… we love them. We love being able to update our wardrobes every few months, or even every month if we want to. Those who have more buying power shop at these places virtually every single day. Thanks to “fast...
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The music industry has had its share of badass female artists, loved, adored and even hated by many. Apart from making some of the biggest hits, they managed to ruffle many a feather through quirky antics, disruptive behavior or defiant attitude; in other words not conforming to norms set...
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While literature and history is replete with examples of gender inequality and objectification of women. Be it fact or fiction, reams of paper have also been used to illustrate the female gender as strong, emancipated and intellectually extraordinary. From the feisty Scarlett O’ Hara, the demonically powerful SHE, effervescent...
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How many times have we heard ourselves saying: “Beauty is only skin deep” and “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” and actually believing it? Many times, I suppose, especially during our impressionable years… and then faithfully, we hold on to them even as we find ourselves learning just...
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Way before the deluge of the Indian drama with likes of Kiyon Ki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi (Because a mum-inlaw was once a daughter-inlaw) and what have you; it was actually the Pakistani small screen that had the subcontinent viewers glued to their seats. From the awe-inspiring Khuda ki Basti...
Wear Pink Sit properly. Talk politely. Study hard. Work harder. Prosper. Get promoted. Eat your greens. Bend carefully. Fall in love. Get married. Brush your teeth. Make babies. Love, live. Conversations, the beautiful ones. The ones that define our lives and livings. The ones that leave an imprint on...
January 20th, 2016, Dubai, UAE – Film lecturer at SAE Dubai and independent filmmaker Reshel Shah Kapoor picked up two awards for her documentary feature film titled ‘Black Sheep’, at the Human Rights Awards and World Documentary Award hosted in Indonesia yesterday. Under the umbrella of the International Film...
GAP, Forever 21, Zara, H&M, Mango, and so many others… we love them. We love being able to update our wardrobes every few months, or even every month if we want to. Those who have more buying power shop at these places virtually every single day. Thanks to “fast...
The music industry has had its share of badass female artists, loved, adored and even hated by many. Apart from making some of the biggest hits, they managed to ruffle many a feather through quirky antics, disruptive behavior or defiant attitude; in other words not conforming to norms set...
While literature and history is replete with examples of gender inequality and objectification of women. Be it fact or fiction, reams of paper have also been used to illustrate the female gender as strong, emancipated and intellectually extraordinary. From the feisty Scarlett O’ Hara, the demonically powerful SHE, effervescent...
How many times have we heard ourselves saying: “Beauty is only skin deep” and “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” and actually believing it? Many times, I suppose, especially during our impressionable years… and then faithfully, we hold on to them even as we find ourselves learning just...
Way before the deluge of the Indian drama with likes of Kiyon Ki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi (Because a mum-inlaw was once a daughter-inlaw) and what have you; it was actually the Pakistani small screen that had the subcontinent viewers glued to their seats. From the awe-inspiring Khuda ki Basti...
