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So you are bringing up a boy in a gender sensitive manner at home. But does he have enough examples to follow as he grows older asks Sajana J.

Having just pulled out a one-rupee coin from my 16-month old son’s throat, I’ve begun to realise that “safely” is the primary way to raise boys. Or girls, for that matter. But clearly, there is more to raising a kid. Irrespective of whether it is a boy or a girl.  

‘Tis a ‘Ban Her’! season in Indian film industry. Small but powerful coteries of film producers are holding lives and careers of female actors to ransom. Behave or be banned, and don’t question our logic seems to be the diktat says Sajana Jayaraj

With "Move On" as a tagline, this new Kannada movie seems to be showing the industry a new way ahead with a fresh take on life, love and women. Padmalatha Ravi reviews.

19-year-old Sengodi  doused herself with petrol to protest death sentence. She died within two hours. Most of the mainstream media downplayed her act of protest. Some trivialised it by saying she killed herself over a love affair. Is political protest a male prerogative? Geeta Charusivam, introduces us to Sengodi, and questions the media’s bias.

Most of you must have read of Sengodi’s self immolation in front of Kancheepuram Taluk office on 28th August 2011. She was a long standing member of Makkal Mandram and lived in its ‘‘Commune’ ’ with us all.

You beat up your wife, ruin the career of another female actor – and get to play the victim. The real-life script of Kannada actor Darshan, handled by the films producers leaves you speechless by its utter chauvinism and hypocrisy. Padmalatha Ravi writes about the new Khaps of Karnataka who are now protecting marriages, ruining careers and saving its “heroes”.

Cars for boys, dolls for girls. Girls are expected to be demure, boys naughty and spirited. It doesn't matter anymore who made these rules, but do parents today still push them? Rohini Teresa Mathew, mother of two girls, writes about her experiences with gender sensitive parenting.

Life right now is exasperating, thanks to my youngest daughter. The days just whiz past in a blur of hurried activity, flying tempers and yells of "No! Don't do that". There just isn’t time to think!

Our cities are growing cosmopolitan. Big brands making a splash, mall culture, apartment culture is taking over the old life we knew. But how’s the ‘fabric of culture’ holding up in this changing scenario? Who is the keeper of 'respectability' amidst all this? Sajana J narrates an incident to give you a glimpse.

Sanchali grew out of a feeling of need to free history from the stuffiness of boring text and dark museums. By the time Dakshayini Gowda had completed her courses –BA in Fine Arts from Chitrakala Parishat, Bengaluru, and MA in Archeology and Museology from Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda – she was thinking up ways of taking history to the people. Thus began Sanchali, which in Sanskrit means ‘movement’.