India, Sept. 12 -- The conversation kicks off quite effortlessly when actor Richa Chadha, on hearing that I work for this newspaper, immediately takes a shine to me. In the blink of an eye, she recalls her "good, old" college days when she interned at the daily in the same section. "I have a stack of newspapers with so many bylines," she reminisces.

The discussion continues about her experiences in journalism and then turn towards her forthcoming film, Section 375: Marzi Ya Zabardasti , opposite actor Akshaye Khanna. This section of the Indian Penal Code defines rape as a criminal offence and states that a man is said to commit rape when he has sexual intercourse with a woman against her will or without her consent or if she is a minor. ...