Nazo Shinwari is an avid writer and a freelance journalist from Pakistan with a penchant for travelling. As a Media Graduate, she enjoys making human interest stories and documentaries in her free time while also indulging in photography and painting. As a feminist, Nazo believes in the social, political, and economic equality for all the sexes; regardless of sexuality, race, class, or anything in between.
The resistance to intolerance that has risen from the Janaki and Naveen's dance to the Rasputin video makes us not give up hope of a secular society that looks beyond religion.
In the Indian imagination, an ‘Aunty’ is a middle-aged, usually fat woman who is married and has children. Young women, especially unmarried ones, either do not want to associate with the term or are expected to steer clear of it.
Bincy as Lady Macbeth in Joji is extremely subtle in her acts and ambition. She is the one who first plants the seeds of independence and desire in the mind of Joji when she advises him to sell off the horse without asking for Jomon’s permission.
Amol Palekar's movie Anaahat (2003), a Marathi film (Anaahat means Eternity), poses several questions about Niyog Pratha and emphasises on a woman's choice to explore her sexual freedom.