B-Town celebrates women power

Nandita Das to separate from husband of 7 years

"Yet another Woman's Day! No, I can’t afford to be cynical. I have consciously made sure that cynicism doesn’t seeping into my life and have striven to be an eternal optimist. And there are indeed good reasons to be. If I take my own life, I grew up in a family where I suffered no discrimination absolutely and in fact being the elder of the siblings, was the 'son' of the family.

Nandita Das will quit as the chairperson of the Children’s Films Society of India (CFSI) next month. The actress-filmmaker has turned down the offer to continue her tenure, as she wants to spend more time with her son Vihaan, who will turn two this month. “For now, Vihaan is my priority. The time I can get to spend with him now will never return. Ever since my pregnancy and his birth, I have been juggling things: my work at CFSI, to a monthly column for a magazine and conducting talks and conferences abroad. I have even shot two films in Hindi and Tamil,” she relates.