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When Love Dies

The title may sound mundane but Tayari Jones’s An American Marriage is a layered and moving piece of work. That it comes with Oprah Winfrey’s recommendat...

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Reforms on Sexual Violence hardly reach Women with Disabilities

Research suggests that women with disabilities are more likely to experience domestic violence, emotional abuse, and sexual assault than women without disabilities. Women with...

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How do we Indians Protect our Beti?

Over ten years ago, in 2006, Anu Ranjan, the Co-Publisher of GR8! Magazine and President of the Indian Television Academy (ITA) launched BETI Association, ...

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In 2018, Stans Worship Celebrities as ‘Skinny Legends’

Internet was once taken over by Ice Bucket Challenge, followed by Mannequin Challenge, and a little less popular Running Man Challenge. We saw the internet being stormed by th...

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Cannes in Support of Films made by Dissident Directors

The 71st Annual Cannes Film Festival is scheduled to be held from 8 to 19 May 2018. Asghar Farhadi's psychological thriller Everybody Knows, starring Javier Bardem, Pen&e...

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'The Rider': Probably One of the Best Films of 2018

In Chloé Zhao's second movie, The Rider, which debuted at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, we see Brady Blackburn (Brady Jandreau), the protagonist. He was a rod...

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LifeStraw to provide Clean Water to Kenyan Kids

According to a joint report by the World Health Organization and UNICEF, across the world, 844 million people lack basic drinking water service; 263 million (mostly women) spe...

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Celebrating National Street Theatre Day

Safdar Hashmi (12 April 1954 – 2 January 1989) was a communist playwright and director, best known for his work with street theatre in India. He was also an actor, lyric...

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Maacher Jhol wins a National Award for Best Animation Film

Maacher Jhol (the Fish Curry) directed by Abhishek Verma, on the theme of parental acceptance of a LGBTQ child, has won the Best Animation Film at the recently announced ...

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#PayMeToo Campaign to close the Gender Pay Gap

April 10th was Equal Pay Day, which marks the point in the year where women in the US have to work to catch up with what men earned last year. The median annual difference is ...

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THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM AT THE TABLE

As debates around immigration, citizenship and belonging intensify worldwide, Vinta Nand...

June 21 2026

AI, CREATIVITY AND PURPOSE UNITE

From AI-powered filmmaking education and innovative talent recruitment to empathy-driven...

June 20 2026

PRIDE, IDENTITY, COURAGE, FREEDOM, REPEAT

In this Pride Month conversation, Vinta Nanda speaks with Salim Asgarally about identity...

June 19 2026