Shaifali Agrawal

इंटरव्यू – देवदत्त पटनायक
An image of Devdutt Pattanaik

देवदत्त पटनायक आधुनिक समय में, प्रबंधन, प्रशासन प्रक्रिया और नेतृत्व जैसे क्षेत्रों में पौराणिक विचारों की प्रासंगिकता के विषय पर लिखते हैं। डाक्टरी की पढ़ाई और प्रशिक्षण पूरा करने के बाद उन्होने 15 वर्ष तक स्वास्थ्य देखभाल उद्योग और दवा निर्माता कंपनियों के साथ काम किया।

By Shaifali Agrawal
March 16, 2020
इंटरव्यू – देवदत्त पटनायक
Review: Risk-averse Bollywood Tackles Taboo Issues
A still from the film ‘Secret Superstar’, showing a young girl and boy staring at each othjer, both wearing school uniforms

Several recent mainstream Hindi films have dealt with issues of sexuality and gender not usually discussed in the intended audience’s drawing rooms.

By Shaifali Agrawal
May 1, 2018
Review: Risk-averse Bollywood Tackles Taboo Issues
Men hijack women’s happiness and sexuality even in their freest moments: Review of five films released in 2015-17
Scene from a Hindi movie 'Angry Indian Goddesses'. The six protagonists are standing together laughing, in a disco with bright lighting.

The women in Parched (2015) are sitting and chatting, seemingly free from their daily oppression for once, when a cell…

By Shaifali Agrawal
December 4, 2017
Men hijack women’s happiness and sexuality even in their freest moments: Review of five films released in 2015-17
Interview: Varsha Kale on the Dance Bar Girls’ Movement in Maharashtra
Varsha Kale

We interview the honorary president of the Bharatiya Bar Girls Union (BBGU), Varsha Kale, on the occasion of dance bars reopening in Maharashtra after being banned for 11 years by the state government.

By Shaifali Agrawal
April 18, 2016
Interview: Varsha Kale on the Dance Bar Girls’ Movement in Maharashtra
Interview: Varsha Kale on the Dance Bar Girls’ Movement in Maharashtra
president of the Bharatiya Bar Girls Union (BBGU), Varsha Kale,

We interviewed the honorary president of the Bharatiya Bar Girls Union (BBGU), Varsha Kale, on the occasion of dance bars reopening in Maharashtra after being banned for 11 years by the state government.

By Shaifali Agrawal
May 15, 2017
Interview: Varsha Kale on the Dance Bar Girls’ Movement in Maharashtra
Interview: Shubha Tole Talks About Tracks Only Women Scientists Navigate
Shubha Tole, Indian neuroscientist, Professor and Principal Investigator at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai, India, in lab, talking about women in science careers.

Shubha talks about social and subconscious biases in society against female scientists, her approach to tackling these challenges, and how she helps her female students maintain a healthy balance between their personal and professional life.

By Shaifali Agrawal
July 15, 2016
Interview: Shubha Tole Talks About Tracks Only Women Scientists Navigate
Interview: Rath Wang on LGBT Inclusiveness at Workplaces in Japan
Rath Wang in professional attire of white shirt and black coat. His hands are crossed, and he is smiling. The image is from the torso up.

Rath Wang is a founding member of Nijiiro Diversity (Rainbow Diversity), Japan’s first non-profit organization promoting LGBT equality in the workplace. He leads the Ernst and Young Unity Network for LGBT employees and allies in Japan. Rath appeared at number 4 in the OUTstanding and The Financial Times 2015 listing of The Top 30 LGBT Future Leaders.

By Shaifali Agrawal
June 24, 2016
Interview: Rath Wang on LGBT Inclusiveness at Workplaces in Japan
Interview: Fashion Designer Purushu Arie on How Gender-Neutral Clothing is Changing the Fabric of Our Times
Purushu Arie with curly hair, wearing black goggles, and a red and blue sherwan. A red silky handkerchief peeks out of the left-chest pocket.

Purushu talks about his new fashion line, about the connection between attire and gender roles, the social statement cisgender people make when they wear gender-neutral clothing, and how the rise in gender-neutral clothing will affect the way we think about masculinity.

By Shaifali Agrawal
August 16, 2016
Interview: Fashion Designer Purushu Arie on How Gender-Neutral Clothing is Changing the Fabric of Our Times
Interview: Devdutt Pattanaik
Photo of Devdutt Pattanaik, with Shikhandi on Krishna's chariot in the background.

Devdutt Pattanaik writes on relevance of mythology in modern times, especially in areas of management, governance and leadership. Trained in medicine, he worked for 15 years in the healthcare and pharma industries before he focussed on his passion full time. He is author of 30 books and 600 columns, with bestsellers such as My Gita, Jaya, Sita, Business Sutra and the 7 Secret Series.

By Shaifali Agrawal
November 1, 2017
Interview: Devdutt Pattanaik
Being a friend does not make him better than a stalker: Glorification of men who can’t take no for an answer in Hindi cinema
Still from the film: Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu

The very last lines of a film are the voice-over by the hero, “Someday I will convince her to… marry me”….

By Shaifali Agrawal
February 1, 2018
Being a friend does not make him better than a stalker: Glorification of men who can’t take no for an answer in Hindi cinema