Art historian and curator Seema Bhalla explores the journey of courtesans in India in this book of essays, dispelling myths ...

Although India, Pakistan and Germany have had three powerful women in power, gender parity across other metrics remain low. If men can elect Indira Gandhi, Benazir Bhutto or Angela Merkel to lead ...

Indian herbalists make extravagant claims for ashwagandha. But recent research shows that it offers significant sexual ...

Consequently, well into the early 20th century, agrarian relations in the Tamil countryside continued to be marked by ...

Three women have been chosen for the role at Elizabeth Gaskell's House in Manchester precisely because they "didn't know her" ...

For almost a century and a half of our nation’s history, women were barred from exercising this fundamental right. This is a film about their long, difficult struggle to win the right to vote. It’s ...

Powerhouse women dominated Billboard's charts over the first 25 years of the century. Women artists etched some of the most vaunted records ever on Billboard’s charts over the first quarter of ...

Atkinson reached 50 in his 11th Test, quite a way down a list headed by Australia's Charles Turner: he got there in six matches, just ahead of Philander, Tom Richardson of England and Sri Lanka's ...

India's most popular sport is making giant global strides backed by diaspora, an audience-friendly short format, and a gush of money. Can it now capture the attention of a wider global audience?

The Murty Classical Library of India sifts through multiple languages and thousands of years to bring a nation’s literary ...

When it comes to longevity, consider that International Women’s Day has taken place each March 8 for more than a century, dating back to before the 19th Amendment to the Constitution gave American ...

The story of Bhopal is intertwined with the story of its women, none of whom were content playing second fiddle to the men.