‘Everyone has a hidden agenda. Except me!’ This might have been the conviction of outspoken actress Swara Bhaskar when she tweeted from an article by historian Rana Safvi which read “Mughals came to India as conquerors but remained as Indians not colonists. They encouraged trade, developed roads, sea routes, ports & abolished taxes. Hindus were richest under them.” Rana is of course a well-known historian with several articles and books […]

Bollywood actress Swara Bhaskar has written an open letter to a stalker who has hounded her since the day she was born – sexism. And she wants the world to hear what she has to say. The actress, who recently attended the India Today Woman Summit, read the letter out loud and spoke about how her entire life has been informed by sexism and misogyny. With a tinge of sardonic […]