women

The Baggage We Carry

Betwa Sharma

An artist from Pakistan and another from India tell the same story in their works—of women in chains

Women Who Rock

Growling, rasping and purring, here is the vanguard of female indie music, rocking stage after stage with performances like none other

Confessions of a Female Bartender

arindam

“My mother would pray I’d leave the job. She’d tell me family and friends were not happy that I was bartending”

Death of the Lady

Olivier Lafont

A subspecies of the human race is fast becoming extinct. A lament to all that was graceful and dignified about women

Gold-Digger Nation

Vijai Maheshwari

The former editor of Russian Playboy on Ukraine’s curious distinction of having the highest number of gorgeous women per square kilometer

My Wife’s an Actress

Kiran Nagarkar

This book on the rebels of Hindi cinema, the women who crossed into a forbidden zone, probes their minds too sparsely.

Can’t Get No Self-Satisfaction

Lakshmi Chaudhry

In this age of liberty, women talking about sexual intercourse raises few eyebrows. But the practice or open discussion of masturbation somehow remains a largely male domain.

The Other Half of Cricket

Laisram Indira

She was voted Australia’s International Woman Player of the Year in 2007 and 2008. Meet India-born Lisa Carprini Sthalekar, one of the top women cricketers in the world.