Mahmood Farooqui

Supreme Court to hear plea challenging Peepli Live director Mahmood Farooqui's acquittal in rape case

Supreme Court will hear a plea by an American woman challenging Delhi High Court's order acquitting Peepli Live co-director Mahmood Farooqui in a rape case

The Harvey Weinsteins of Bollywood — Why women in the film industry don’t speak out

It’s imperative that woke men challenge Bollywood’s hyper masculine bro-code and call out its sexual predators.

Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment row: What we need to get right about 'consent'

Consent is a complex issue. But it's one we cannot take for granted.

Mahmood Farooqui case: Are there different types of 'no' that survivors of sexual assault use?

I have spoken to over a lakh-odd survivors in my lifetime, and can state for a fact that there was no 'template' any of them followed in denying their consent

Mahmood Farooqui acquitted: Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury's Pink is the best on-screen lesson on consent

Last year, filmmaker Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury’s Pink became a milestone of sorts in addressing consent.

Delhi HC's verdict in Mahmood Farooqui rape case is travesty of justice: Hopefully, Supreme Court will overrule order

The judgment of the Delhi High Court in the case of Mahmood Farooqui versus State, has acquitted Farooqui of all charges.

Mahmood Farooqui acquitted of rape: India urgently needs a Sex Offenders Registry to curb crimes against women

Union minister Maneka Gandhi pointed out that the listing of names of sexual offenders and placing it in the public domain would definitely act as a deterrent.

Farooqui acquitted in rape case: Delhi High Court's 'shoddy' reasoning of consent is confused and dangerously absurd

The High Court's judgment in Mahmood Farooqui rape case reasoning for such a polysemic 'No' is shoddy, confused, and dangerously absurd.

Delhi HC acquits Mahmood Farooqui in rape case, says consent does not merely mean hesitation

Consent to any sexual advances does not come from a mere hesitation, the Delhi HC on Tuesday said while acquitting filmmaker Mahmood Farooqui in a rape case.

Peepli Live co-director Mahmood Farooqui acquitted in rape case involving US researcher

The Delhi High Court on Monday acquitted Mahmood Farooqui, co-director of Bollywood film 'Peepli Live', in a rape case involving a US researcher.