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The cover of <em>Of Mothers and Others</em>.

by Bhakti Bapat Mathew -India- Motherhood has always been idolized in India. In most Bollywood movies, the mother of the protagonist is an ocean of love and sacrifice. She is usually portrayed as a sexless figure, (despite evidence to the …

Changing Perspectives on Motherhood in India: An Interview with Jaishree Misra Read more »

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Actress Toral Rasputra. Photograph from the <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page">Wikimedia Commons</a> and used under the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Creative_Commons">Creative Commons</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en">Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported</a> license.</a>

by Bhakti Bapat Mathew –India– It is 8 o’clock at night. A family of six – a mother, father, three teenage daughters and a young son – are all avidly watching the same TV show. Surprising? Not in India, and …

In India, Prime-Time Hindi Soap Operas as a Vehicle for Social Change Read more »