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Honey Boy director Alma Har’el calls out Golden Globes for lack of female nominees: Don't look for justice in awards system
Fp Staff •Alma Har’el has taken to Twitter to slam Golden Globes for their snub of women directors after the nominations for 2020 were unveiled on Monday.
Standing up to bullies, embracing better scripts: Things Bollywood could do better in 2018
Karishmaupadhyay •The Hindi film industry needs to make some changes — here are our recommendations on how Bollywood can better its game in 2018:
Parched director Leena Yadav on why she doesn't like the tag 'women-centric films'
Ankitam •Director Leena Yadav talks to us about her upcoming film Parched which has been doing the rounds of the award circuit
Do accomplished Indian women really need mentorship and men don't to be on company's board
Theladiesfinger •The problem is that accomplished women seem to constantly need to prove their worth by joining such programmes and getting their names onto lists of worthiness, while accomplished men continue to become board members without facing any such hurdles
Sebi's norm on women directors: Almost half the listed cos rush to appoint wives, daughters on board
Fp Archives •Companies listed in SEBI will now be ensuring compliance with a new norm that holds appointing at least one woman director on their respective boards.
Shame!1 in every 6 cos appoint women relatives of promoters as directors to comply with Sebi norm
Fp Staff •After SEBI's decision, many companies stepped up their efforts to have women directors on their boards although many of them happen to be family members of the promoters.
New Companies Bill: Here are the pleasure and pain points
Jagannathan •After years in hibernation, the all-new Companies Bill has finally been passed. It's modern, simpler and sweeter, but implementation is another story
Do companies with more women directors do better? Correlation is not causation
Ajay Shah •There are simply too many studies that jump to conclusions based on correlations. There are many things you can't infer from a regression analysis