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International Women's Day

2010-03-07T08:24:00.000-08:00

International Women's Day turns 100 next year www.internationalwomensday.com

Pierced eyeglasses: Nailed vision

2006-05-23T14:16:00.000-07:00

What can you expect a body modification and gadget enthusiast to do?

Musical bag

2006-05-23T14:08:00.000-07:00

This geeky MPC2000 bag is inspired by electronic music’s most acclaimed gear.

Eminem, ex wage War of Words

2006-04-07T15:37:00.000-07:00

The Eminem-Kim Mathers split got nasty – and public – on Thursday when Kim called a Detroit-area radio station to tell her story.

Calendar Girls grin and bare it

2006-04-07T15:35:00.000-07:00

Six members of the Rylstone and District Women's Institute, who tastefully posed nude six years ago to raise money in aid of Leukaemia Research, have done it again.

Women need support to move: PM's wife

2006-03-12T09:24:00.000-08:00

What empowers a woman is not the money or career but a freedom to exercise her choice, that's how the women achievers feel.

The woman taking Chile's top job

2006-03-12T08:26:00.000-08:00

Chile's first woman president, Michelle Bachelet, is breaking many political traditions.

Nadira dies after long illness

2006-03-09T07:05:00.000-08:00

The actress, who made her name playing a series of vampish women in Bollywood movies in the 1950s and 60s, died after a long illness. She was 73.

So long, farewell

2006-01-11T01:22:00.000-08:00

This always happens. That temporary break turns into a permanent separation, and before you know it, you're saying lame things like, "It's not the blog, it's me."

Gurinder Chadha to help with Boney M musical for West-end

2006-01-06T00:05:00.000-08:00

The rumour that a sequel to Bend it Like Beckham was in the works may have been untrue, but Gurinder Chadha does not get any less busy.

Jennifer Aniston GQ Cover Girl

2005-11-16T21:01:00.000-08:00

The December issue of GQ is all about the Men of the Year, but this year a woman will grace the cover.

Girls are not inferior to boys: Sania

2005-11-16T20:18:00.000-08:00

It’s startling but true that, despite being born in an era quite different from my ancestors, the average person’s thoughts about women—particularly the girl child—haven’t changed.

Preethi Nair's third book released

2005-09-05T12:41:00.000-07:00

Her first book almost got her into trouble with her parents because she did not tell them about her new career

Misery of India's child sari weavers

2005-08-29T14:23:00.000-07:00

Ten-year-old Divya sits in a low-roofed hut hunched over a six feet high and six feet wide pit loom

The rising music stars of tomorrow?

2005-08-28T07:38:00.000-07:00

If you've kept your ear pinned to the ground this past year, apart from risking a nasty neck injury, you'll know that diversity within the British Asian music scene has hit a giddy peak, with emerging talent dabbling in a wealth of different genres and striking out against tired labels

NY is hot for Jaffrey

2005-08-28T07:28:00.000-07:00

The 70-plus actress who was discovered on a cookery show, is in her prime, says Aseem Chhabra

Newspaper trying to attract women

2005-08-26T13:30:00.000-07:00

The London Times is revamping its T2 daily supplement in an attempt to encourage more female readers to buy the paper

Female DJs spin their way to success

2005-08-25T08:15:00.000-07:00

While it's no longer a novelty to see a woman on deck at a club, women still often feel pressured to prove they can spin, cut and scratch as well as the guys

Lip syncing is now a crime

2005-08-24T13:41:00.000-07:00

Ashlee Simpson, are you listening? A little travel tip for you. Don't go to Turkmenistan, your favorite genre of music has just been made illegal

60% of Chinese bloggers are female

2005-08-24T13:30:00.000-07:00

Because 'girls are more emotional'

20 most beautiful women under 20

2005-08-22T14:34:00.000-07:00

The indiatimes list has Natasha Suri, Aarohi Misra, Sneha Ullal, Deepika Padukone and others...

Sarita Choudhury signed up for next Shyamalan film

2005-08-19T08:04:00.000-07:00

The actress will have a role in Lady in the Water

‘I was born under a lucky star’

2005-08-06T13:16:00.000-07:00

K J Udeshi, Reserve Bank of India’s first lady deputy governor who retires soon, on her life and times

The Judith Miller web site

2005-06-29T09:12:00.000-07:00

The New York Times reporter and author of four books on the Middle East, biological weapons and the Holocaust refuses to reveal sources to federal prosecutors in the US

Redhotcurry burns up the competition

2005-06-05T12:47:00.000-07:00

Lopa Patel has outshone women at the BBC, Channel 4 and the Sun to be named media professional Asian woman of the year

redhotcurry.com

Singularly happy

2005-06-04T23:00:00.000-07:00

Currently, the cynosure of all eyes is the Naina girl, Urmila. But if Urmila is to be believed, the only entity who is loco about her, besides her fans, is her dog, Loco

Men, beware the evil of women

2005-05-28T12:38:00.000-07:00

The femme fatale, the 'crazy one,' and the 'good girl.' Which one is the most dangerous?

Women in the news

2005-05-28T07:09:00.000-07:00

Newsworthy should be as gender neutral a term as the word reporter

'My sex appeal is my confidence, not my clothes'

2005-05-19T12:23:00.000-07:00

Actor Urmila Matondkar speaks on love, life and being a sex symbol

'I'm like Madonna'

2005-05-19T12:03:00.000-07:00

Sizzling Mallika Sherawat, in Cannes for the first time, likened herself to Brigitte Bardot, Grace Kelly and Madonna all in one sentence

Mallika hires bouncers

2005-04-29T06:37:00.000-07:00

Sherawat's latest move is in sync with the showgirl’s usual nakhras

Liz Hurley’s Made in India fantasy

2005-04-15T15:14:00.000-07:00

Brit belle, enchantress, and a virtual goddess in the eyes of her fans, the model-turned-actress has transformed herself into an apparel designer to prove where there is beauty, there is also oodles of brain

Farewell, Anoopa

2005-03-20T05:59:00.000-08:00

A message from Uttama...

Women without a clue

2005-03-19T19:59:00.000-08:00

It's not the number of women in the newsroom that counts towards diversity. It's what they have to say

Madhuri Dixit is mom again

2005-03-10T22:22:00.000-08:00

The Bollywood superstar gave birth to a baby boy at a hospital in Denver, Colorado

Mrs Israel is Mrs World

2005-02-27T02:00:00.000-08:00

Photo courtesy: Jewella C Miranda

Asiana drop Nina Wadia as editor

2005-02-24T11:21:00.000-08:00

The actress' departure from the fashion magazine could see deputy editor Poorna Shetty taking over

Nagma in gutka storm

2005-02-20T06:47:00.000-08:00

Who is the actress named by Jumbo in his confession?
Also read: Twist in tale: Nagma vs Nagma

‘She battled, inside her head and outside’

2005-01-22T19:40:00.000-08:00

She either had jeans or evening gowns, there was no in-between in Parveen Babi’s life, says her former partner Kabir Bedi

Dashed (Re)alliance

2005-01-19T12:31:00.000-08:00

A face that launched a thousand ships or a thousand besotted suitors

Asian JLo faces religious wrath

2005-01-18T14:09:00.000-08:00

Deeyah, 27, has become the target of violent threats from members of the Muslim community offended by her glamorous image

Talented young writer catapulted by fanfic on Harry Potter

2005-01-11T13:10:00.000-08:00

A 21-year-old journalism student Francisca Solar, from Chile, published her version of the sixth part of the Harry Potter saga on-line in Spanish

Deeyah to release debut single in January

2004-12-19T11:54:00.000-08:00

The music reflects her background in classical Indian singing and her love of pop

Courage in Journalism Award nominations

2004-12-19T10:19:00.000-08:00

The only awards program exclusively for international women journalists

China crowns first Miss Plastic Surgery

2004-12-18T10:03:00.000-08:00

Student with new eyelids, cheeks is winner

MS took Carnatic music across cultures

2004-12-14T08:38:00.000-08:00

She was never a jet-setting artiste, but her golden voice cut across cultures and put Carnatic music on the world map

'If I were a journalist...'

2004-12-06T21:28:00.000-08:00

Actress Konkona Sen Sharma indulges in some scribe-speak at IFFI 2004

Shyamolie Varma finds her true nature

2004-12-05T09:24:00.000-08:00

The erstwhile model has been a passionate painter since childhood

Beyonce bole to Bollywood

2004-12-03T05:26:00.000-08:00

The pop star says she loves desi movies and khaana

Women's issues, election

2004-11-20T14:13:00.000-08:00

Boston Globe columnist Ellen Goodman has made women's issues a priority in her opinion writing. In covering the presidential election, Goodman fought to keep issues like economic equity and reproductive rights on the table

Condoleezza Rice gets key post

2004-11-16T01:53:00.000-08:00

United States President George W Bush has chosen the national security adviser as his new secretary of state

Bollywood compilation brings out women's voices

2004-11-13T12:38:00.000-08:00

A new music compilation brought together by the BBC's Bhagwant Sagoo features some of the best female voices, past and present, in India

Arafat's wife accuses top Palestinian officialsof power grab attempt

2004-11-08T06:51:00.000-08:00

'Let it be known to the honest Palestinian people that a bunch of those who want to inherit are coming to Paris,' she shouted in Arabic in her first public comments since Yasser Arafat left his West Bank compound for France

Swan Song

2004-11-07T13:16:00.000-08:00

Antara Maali on how she copes with the wear and tear of every character she performs on screen

From bathroom Cronkite to CNN VP

2004-11-05T15:41:00.000-08:00

Her father wanted her to be a doctor, but Rena Golden pursued her passion of writing

Download Sneha Mistri's single

2004-11-02T07:20:00.000-08:00

The singer will be the highest profile Asian singer to launch her debut single on the download charts next week

Dow Jones Newswires appoints Sumathi Vaidyanathan as South Asia bureau chief

2004-11-01T03:38:00.000-08:00

As the head of reporting operations for the newswire in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, she brings in a wealth of experience to her new role, including more than eight years with Dow Jones in Singapore

Tete-a-tete with Nirupama Menon Rao

2004-10-31T12:32:00.000-08:00

Meeting her is a new experience, for she is the first woman Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka

Who will be the next UN Secretary-General?

2004-10-31T12:15:00.000-08:00

If it all comes down to a ladies’ race, India may well nominate Sonia Gandhi

No, I guess you c_nt

2004-10-31T09:50:00.000-08:00

VisualEditors.com got ahold of a black-and-white image of the Chicago Tribune page that caused such a flap

Meera, Laila, Ayesha in BBC1 drama

2004-10-29T13:20:00.000-07:00

Playing alongside the women will be Sanjeev Bhaskar and Ace Bhatti

BBC cuts ex-Spice Girl video

2004-10-22T19:17:00.000-07:00

Geri Halliwell's bottom-wiggling scenes too raunchy for young fans

Break-up survival guide

2004-10-21T13:41:00.000-07:00

Losing a loved one is never easy

Russian painter dips into the colours of India

2004-10-18T01:53:00.000-07:00

Ludmilla Chakrabarty, perhaps the only Russian painter living and working in India, says her canvas has enormously been enriched by the colours of this country

Elizabeth Hurley's beach strip gets director arrested

2004-10-16T05:43:00.000-07:00

Leslie Phillips says, ‘Only shame was I never got to sleep with her. Problem was there was always too much of a queue!’

Rekha, 50

2004-10-10T14:06:00.000-07:00

Truly, age cannot wither her stunning beauty nor diminish her ability to stir continued controversy

Aga Khan files for divorce

2004-10-10T13:51:00.000-07:00

After six years of marriage, one of the world’s richest men and leader of the Ismaili Muslims, and his German wife Begum Inaara, claimed their relationship had 'irretrievably broken down'

Feeling hot, hot, hot!

2004-10-10T13:38:00.000-07:00

Every film, though a flop, has taught me more about the art
-- Payal Rohatgi

Blogger Wonkette shops a novel

2004-10-10T12:33:00.000-07:00

Sex-obsessed Washington, DC, blogger Ana Marie Cox, also known as Wonkette, is shopping a first novel. The David Black Literary Agency submitted her 20-page proposal to New York publishers last week. The proposed novel, a political satire titled Dog Days, is set in the summer weeks between the Democratic and Republican national conventions

News source: www.crainsny.com

‘My life is a joke’

2004-10-09T03:31:00.000-07:00

High maintenance Perizaad Zorabian says her mornings are not just about ragas

Martha Stewart joins many women behind bars

2004-10-08T09:19:00.000-07:00

She may be the headline-grabber, but numerous women also make their home behind bars. In fact, women are the fastest-growing segment of the population in federal penitentiaries and state prisons

Producer turns lens on self to reveal AIDS growth

2004-10-08T09:18:00.000-07:00

In reporting on the growing number of women being infected with AIDS in the United States, journalist Sharon Sopher turned a camera lens on her own story of living with the virus

BBC ex-boss blames women for 'dumb' shows

2004-10-07T23:18:00.000-07:00

Alasdair Milne, director general from 1982 to 1987, told The Times: It just seems to me that the television service has largely been run by women for the last four to five years and they don't seem to have done a great job of work

Yahoo CFO makes huge gains

2004-10-04T12:39:00.000-07:00

The hefty stock option gains of Susan Decker puts her on pace to take home the third-biggest annual paycheck for a woman in Silicon Valley history -- a payoff that is drawing criticism

Psycho actress Janet Leigh dies

2004-10-04T12:32:00.000-07:00

Her Oscar-nominated role as the victim of a shower stabbing in Alfred Hitchcock's movie became iconic

‘Don't tell me I am 75’

2004-09-28T01:13:00.000-07:00

Lata Mangeshkar has decided to head out of town. ‘No, I won’t tell you where I’m going,’ she laughs. The Melody Queen prefers not to celebrate her birthday
Also: Happy Birthday, Lata!

End of the world for Skeeter Davis

2004-09-27T13:34:00.000-07:00

The Grammy-nominated singer and veteran of the Grand Ole Opry, died after a long battle with breast cancer

‘I'm never saying farewell'

2004-09-25T10:27:00.000-07:00

Having assembled her elaborate Hello, I'm Dolly show, Dolly Parton has made a renewed commitment to touring. Just don't call it a farewell tour

Lone woman gets voting station

2004-09-25T10:12:00.000-07:00

Indian election workers say they plan to clock a full day running a polling booth next month in a remote village near Tibet, where the total electorate is one

Who will the lucky girl be?

2004-09-25T04:41:00.000-07:00

Fans would think with his good lucks, charm and great voice the Asian pop sensation Raghav has got a steady girlfriend. But (lucky for some girl out there) the 23-year-old singer announced that he is still available and would like to get married in three years

Top career choices for Uma

2004-09-23T06:20:00.000-07:00

Bharti has threatened to quit. Yet again. This time the sanyasin promises she will take sanyas from politics after her Tiranga yatra

Britney not legally married yet?

2004-09-23T00:34:00.000-07:00

Britney Spears and Kevin Federline are still not legally married despite a weekend ceremony that was such a surprise not even the parents and bridesmaids knew they were going to a wedding

Why I put Jane Austen in a sari

2004-09-21T13:43:00.000-07:00

After Bend It Like Beckham, filmmaker Gurinder Chadha has given an Indian twist to an English classic

Jay Sean teams up with Bipasha Basu

2004-09-20T13:40:00.000-07:00

The rising British Asian star is getting ready to release his followup single next month, with a video featuring the Bollywood actress

Some silly points and plenty of long legs

2004-09-20T13:33:00.000-07:00

From Mandira to Maria, Rakshanda to Anusha, sex appeal has hyped cricket to fever pitch

India and her heavenly bodies

2004-09-18T12:39:00.000-07:00

The astrologer Shelley von Strunckel has a huge following on the subcontinent. She tours the sites with Sophie Campbell

Undercover, investigative journalist

2004-09-17T12:47:00.000-07:00

September 26, 1887: Nellie Bly goes crazy to get the story

5 Latina hotel maids sue hotel for sex bias

2004-09-14T08:11:00.000-07:00

Martin Gringer, lawyer for the Broadway Plaza Hotel denied the charges, saying the women were motivated by money

Good Housekeeping comes to India

2004-09-14T08:04:00.000-07:00

The India Today Group is all set to launch the US magazine by the month-end

Jackson's ex-wife fears for future

2004-09-13T13:45:00.000-07:00

Debbie Rowe has said she fears she will never find love again and that there is much sadness in her life

Love plays cheerleader at US Open

2004-09-13T13:43:00.000-07:00

While Leander Paes battled it out on the courts making it to the semi finals of the men's and the mixed doubles, Rhea Pillai flew in to New York with friends to cheer him on

Platinum perfect

2004-09-08T13:21:00.000-07:00

Singer Lata Mangeshkar completes 75 years on September 28

Wedding bells for Ritu Beri?

2004-09-08T13:17:00.000-07:00

The internationally acclaimed designer is rumoured to have accepted a proposal from 47-year-old Sunny

What baby?

2004-09-06T20:36:00.000-07:00

The News of the World reported that British actress Elizabeth Hurley was pregnant for the second time, with Arun Nayar’s baby. But Nayar, when contacted in Mumbai denied the news. ‘I never read newspapers. What did they say again?’ he guffawed

Pregnant employees treated like dirt

2004-09-06T20:19:00.000-07:00

Problems include dismissal, redundancy, forced resignation or being denied training

Heidi Klum's legs worth more than a million

2004-09-06T20:01:00.000-07:00

The German beauty's perfect pins were assessed on their length, shape, rarity and commercial value by a jewellery specialist

Lashing out

2004-09-04T13:24:00.000-07:00

What do Liza Minnelli, Betty Boop and camels have in common? Eyelashes. The kind that, if you stand too close, can bowl you over

Mandira Bedi at long leg

2004-09-04T13:07:00.000-07:00

The huge SonyMax hoarding, bang outside Andheri (west) railway station in Mumbai, is one helluva sight you cannot miss!

A much, much smaller version of the image can be seen here

Anju Bobby George leaps to 5th position

2004-09-04T13:00:00.000-07:00

The star long jumper's career-best performance at the Athens Olympics pushed her world ranking, as released by the International Association of Athletics Federations

Director's Indian touches marthe very English 'Vanity Fair'

2004-09-03T16:08:00.000-07:00

Imagine Sense and Sensibility with a soundtrack of sitar music or Howard's End with an elephant interlude and you'll get the idea