Bhanwari Devi

#MeToo: Time to rethink the biased and deeply flawed idea of ‘due process’ that has failed women time and again

#MeToo needs to be the hammer that shatters our biased and deeply flawed idea of due process, leaving room for something better to emerge.

Nandita Das on making Manto, casting Nawazuddin Siddiqui and using anger as a means for resistance

In this conversation with Firstpost, Nandita Das talks about the perils of making a period film and the power of Saadat Hasan Manto's writing | #FirstCulture

Of sati, lore of queens confined to palaces, and the modern-day Rajasthani girls who dance

What a visit to Rajasthan's palaces, where reminders of the women who committed sati still exist, taught a writer about the way women are treated in the state | #FirstCulture

BJP asks Rahul Gandhi if he can be blamed for crimes committed by Congressmen

Countering Rahul Gandhi's stand on Nathuram Godse killing Mahatma Gandhi, the BJP on Thursday asked the Congress vice-president if he can be blamed for the crimes committed by Congressmen.

Cong outrage over rape accused Nihalchand: Pots calling kettles black?

The allegations against Nihalchand Meghwal by the Congress about a rape case are empty threats. When it comes to crimes against women the pots cannot call the kettle black.

Mallika Sherawat faces criminal complaint for 'wearing' national flag

Mallika Sherawat and the makers of her next film Dirty Politics are in trouble as a criminal complaint has been filed against them for depicting the actress "draped in the colours of the Indian national flag,"

Veteran Congress leader Parasram Maderna passes away

Senior Congress leader and former Assembly Speaker Parasram Maderna died in Jaipur this morning following respiratory failure.

Delhi Cong candidates' list out: Why Rahul's ordinance row was just for show

The list of candidates for the Delhi assembly polls reveals that the withdrawal of the controversial ordinance overturning the Supreme Court order keeping criminals out of politics has made little difference.

Mallika Sherawat is not Bhanwari Devi

Controversies follow Mallika Sherawat like rains after gathering clouds. To no one's surprise Mallika has fuelled a storm of protests while playing Bhanwari Devi, the slain Rajasthani nurse in KC Bokadia's Dirty Politics.

Mallika Sherawat receives threat calls after signing film on Bhanwari Devi

Actress Mallika Sherawat, who is playing the lead in Dirty Politics, says her brother has received threat calls because she is doing the film based on the alleged murder of Bhanwari Devi by a politician from Rajasthan.