An impassioned Manikarnika movie review by Surbhi Rastogi that speaks of how she much she loved the movie, recommending this as a must watch.

"I wrote The Queen of Jasmine Country in six weeks," says Sharanya Manivannan, "unlike the five years, nine years, a dozen years that I labour over a manuscript."

Putting someone on a national postal stamp is a matter of great honour, and there are several Indian women on postal stamps, from historical to contemporary women.

From the widow of an ordinary official to the empress of a great empire, Nur Jahan was exactly that - the extraordinary woman who was the light of the world she ruled over.

Saraswathi Rajamani joined Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's Indian National Army at 16, as a spy, and has lived a sensational life that seems like fiction now. She passed away in January this year.