As we make our way to the Port Operations Building (POB) inside the expanding Vizhinjam international port in Thiruvananthapuram on a sweltering afternoon, we expect to hear the buzz of vehicles and people moving around. However, near-deafening silence welcomes us. But once we are inside the POB, the scene changes. All the action happens here, […]
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Fit with Fab Farzana Begum walks into Fit with Fab every morning in Visakhapatnam, her hijab neatly tucked in place, a symbol of her identity. “My hijab is a part of me, just like my strength. It doesn’t limit me; it empowers me,” she says. In a field where women are often under-represented, she stands […]
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Shilpa Reddy (in white) unveiling the Raising Shakti Foundation | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement/ Dinakar Shilpa Reddy, Hyderabad-based former Mrs India winner, fashion designer, fitness enthusiast and an advocate of sustainable living practices formally launched the non-profit organisation Raising Shakthi Foundation (RSF), ahead of International Women’s Day. A curtain raiser event was held on Thursday […]
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Satheesh Vellinezhi | Photo Credit: Satheesh Vellinezhi Folks, you won’t believe it. I’m scared to tell you. Okay, since you insist, I’ll tell you, just to avoid you from throwing a tantrum. Here it is — I’m in pain, excruciating pain, but I’m still writing the column. That’s different from you being in excruciating pain […]
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Differently-abled is a euphemism these women dislike. Despite facing several challenges, they are empowering people and making a difference in their lives. They want to prove why it is important to listen to disabled people for an inclusive society. On the occasion of International Women’s Day, MetroPlus speaks to some of the women leading the […]
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Yamini Mohan with her work, ‘The Hanger’ | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Emblaze, currently at Amuseum art gallery, showcases works — paintings, installations and sculptures – by 26 women artists from across Kerala. A joint venture of the Centre for Art and Cultural Studies and the Amuseum, the exhibition was opened on International Women’s Day. […]
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Air India CEO Campbell Wilson. File | Photo Credit: AP Air India on March 8 said 15% of its 1,825 pilots are women pilots, making it an airline with the largest number of female pilots. To mark International Women’s Day, the Tata Group-owned Air India, along with Air India Express and AirAsia India, has scheduled […]
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Afghan women stage a protest for their rights to mark International Women’s Day, in Kabul on March 8, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the country has become the most repressive in the world for women and girls, deprived of many of their basic rights, the United Nations said on […]
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Amy Jackson in a still from ‘Achcham Enbadhu Illaye’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The British flag is flying high inside Binny Mills at Perambur, Chennai. A location that has featured in prominent Tamil cinema sequences earlier, this place has been re-created as a London prison set, spread over 2.5 acres, for the shoot of […]
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Mila Deb as Dushala | Photo Credit: Special arrangement These women on stage are strong, sensitive and fighting for a space of their own. Hyderabad-based theatre group, Sutradhar celebrates International Women’s Day with Adhikar, a set of two plays, in Bengali and Hindi titled Dhuli Kanya Dushala and Weekend respectively, on March 4. Directed by […]
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