You Can FailCan We Move On: From the Trope of the Feisty Small Town Girl Obsessed With Upward Mobility Though depictions of a small-town girl's dreams represent feminist progress, she is never given the ability to fail or appear vulnerable. By Aditi Murti
Level UpBollywood Is Finally Shooting Overt Sex Scenes. How Can the Process Be Ethical, Safe? Armed with crotch pads, communication skills and trauma handling know-how, intimacy coordinators can uncomplicate intimacy in Bollywood. By Rajvi Desai
Hard As NailsCan We Move On? From the Lady Cop Trope That Shows a Male‑Centric Idea of an Empowered Woman With her slaps and lathi-charges, Bollywood’s female cop takes violence against women personally – and hides the structural forces behind it. By Aditi Murti
Fraught Feminism‘Tribhanga’ Shows the Costs Women Incur For Rejecting Society’s Patriarchal Expectations Renuka Shahane offers a window into what life for single, independent women is like when they reject all restrictions on their autonomy. By Rajvi Desai