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Alankrita Shrivastava

Alankrita Shrivastava is a screenwriter and director who made the award-winning film, Lipstick Under my Burkha. She completed her post-graduation from Jamia Millia Islamia in 2003.

Pandemic may have brought us closer to our need for stories

Tue, Dec 29, 2020

In the dark shadow of COVID, the private screen seems to have found a new shine, a dynamic dazzle. It is this private watching that has saved many a film economically in these times, and many a viewer emotionally.

Students who protest against discriminatory laws are real patriots. They offer hope for future

Thu, Dec 19, 2019

If there is any hope that the polarisation of India on grounds of religion will come to an end, that there will be a step forward in reducing caste-based discrimination, that hope lies only with the students of India. They are the conscience keepers of our society.