Manisha Mishra

When Odisha is taking the lead in political empowerment of women and has elected seven from the fairer sex to the Lok Sabha, the translation of Basanti, an Odia classic dealing with social…

Unwed motherhood is not uncommon in Odisha. The latest census report records that at least 11,000 women in the state have become mothers before the age of 15. But has society’s attitude…

Kalank is not a kalank  (blemish/disgrace) as you might have read in some reviews by now. Kalank is a beautiful take on the spontaneity of forbidden love, and the very helplessness of it…

If you are looking forward to a positive, optimistic weekend, Hichki is a must watch for inducing all those good vibes, and returning to your school benches and remembering your old…

While there are some movies that show the obvious, apparent simplicity of human emotions, there are some that dig deep beneath the surface. Revolutionary Road (2008) is a film that talks…

If places can intoxicate, Zuluk can create an unending hangover. While tourists around us were planning to go to the much-hyped Lachung, Pelling and Kalimpong, we settled for the…

‘Khamosh Adalat Jaari Hai’ (2016) by director Ritesh Menon is definitely not the first adaptation of Vijay Tendulkar’s Shantata! Court Chalu Ahe (1963), but can be considered one of the…

Twenty-one days at the theatres and still going strong!!! And no, it is not yet another run-of-the-mill story of woman empowerment. A film with an unusual approach with an even-more unusual…

‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’ definitely doesn’t talk about unfamiliar, unconventional women-oriented issues. Nor does it raise voice against something untrodden by the Indian society. It is…