We are all influenced by our experiences. Growing up, a number of women have made remarks that have irked or upset me. One colleague once remarked, “The managers like me more because I am fair and I look like a foreigner.” Another lady gave me life advice that still remains an indelible...
Beware of who you follow, my mother always said, because not everyone has your best interests in mind. I must have forgotten this advice those couple of years when I considered Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut to be a female empowerment idol in India. Anyone who follows Bollywood is aware of the...
Indian attitudes toward sex are misogynistic and hypocritical. In January, an interview with Sunny Leone, a Canadian-Indian actress and producer, by seasoned journalist Bhupendra Chaubey took India by storm. Before becoming the Bollywood star she is today, Leone worked in the adult entertainment...
A debate over intolerance has spread across India following murders earlier this year, while a leading Bollywood actor says the country is unsafe. India is the only country where Jews have lived without persecution, where Parsis from Iran have found a home and where different religions have...
