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The discussion on gender inequality has been going on for a while now. Thankfully as a society, we are slowly redefining gender roles that have been instilled in us. We need to move away from the stereotype that men can only bring home the bacon and women can only take care of the family. Yet, many obstacles still stand in the way of truly achieving this positive change in society. One of the most prevalent obstacles being toxic masculinity. This is what Vaibhav Toshniwal, 31, wanted to tackle ...

How the Bangalore Literature Festival 2020 was held neither online nor on-ground, but in both forms One of the founders on how the litfest returned in physical letter and digital spirit. Jeffrey Archer in conversation with Nirmala Govindarajan. “Can you shift a bit to your left? And keep your eyes up here…” Who, asked the bemused authors, was speaking to them? It felt a bit like the voice of god, but it was merely the tech team giving instructions to the writers/speakers from the...

Updated: British writer spoke about his fondness of the late author and more at BLF Share Article AAA British writer spoke about his fondness of the late author and more at BLF This year’s pandemic, among its many disruptions, robbed Bengalureans of a chance to see Alexander McCall Smith in person. The internationally acclaimed British author was part of the line-up of speakers at the ninth edition of the two-day Bangalore Literature Festival (BLF) that commenced on Saturday. But he could onl...

Bangalore Literature Festival wears a mask Bangalore Literature Festival this year is both online and offline, giving you the choice to be or not to be there. December 12, 2020 / 07:23 AM IST In these times of fledgling hope – generated by the word ‘vaccine’ – perhaps it is natural to dream that life may just go back to where we left it in March. Every city, reeling under the utter overhaul of interactions, has been walking a new tightrope in recent times – that of the masses thro...