On Tuesday, 10th October, it was World Mental Health Day. I know I am a little late to the party, but it took me a while to decide whether to share my personal history with mental illness out in the open. And not because I am ashamed to talk about it, but because it’s not …
’So do you like it here?’ asked the English tourist, while I was on duty at the fruit shop. ’Have you ever wondered about the meaning of life?’ I asked instead of an answer, slicing up a rotund pumpkin and scattering seeds all over the counter. ’Yeah,’ he probed. ’Well, I found it,’ I said …
Sri Lanka Diaries Part 4: A Typical Day at Millennium Elephant Foundation Read More »
’Personal power is the ability to take action’ – Anthony Robbins One day something happens. It can be something mundane, or something traumatic. One can never tell. But it’s something targeted, like a laser beam aimed at a switch inside your brain. And there’s a sudden click and then the silence that always comes with …
At the 18th edition of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival – which took place from 18 to 28 March 2014 in London – I interviewed three women filmmakers that really inspired me. Because: a) they do something they love, b) they mean business; and c) they are talented, cool and beautiful. One of them …
The 18th edition of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival in London is taking place from 18 to 28 March 2014, with a programme of 20 award-winning documentary and feature films. The festival is taking place at the Curzon Mayfair, Curzon Soho, Ritzy Brixton and for the first time at the Barbican. This year’s programme …
Great Women Filmmakers attend this year\’s Human Rights Watch Film Festival Read More »
Interview with investigative journalist on human and child trafficking, Lydia Cacho Lydia Cacho is an award winning investigative journalist who single-handedly exposed a powerful human trafficking network in her native Mexico. She’s been imprisoned, tortured and raped in an effort to shut her up, but that didn’t stop her. She’s travelled the world to investigate …
Fearless Woman Stands Up for Sex Traffic Victims Read More »
