latest
Health

Bill Gates Predicts Eradication Of Polio In Pakistan By 2017

Bill Gates said Wednesday that "with any luck" polio will be eradicated by 2017 in the last two countries where it remains active, Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Microsoft fou...

Read More
Human Rights

Amendment Sc& St Prevention Of Atrocities Act Will Ensure Speedy Justice

The amended Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Rules were recently notified. The major amendments to the principle act include addition of ne...

Read More
Sustainable Development

Meet The Art Collective Of ‘Sad Asian Girls’ Destroying Asian-American Stereotypes

When you think of an Asian woman, what comes to mind? A tiger mom? An anime fantasy? A manicurist talking about you in another language? For Asian women, these stereotypes are...

Read More
Environment

Climate Change Is Forcing A New Manifest Destiny

I hate to say it, but I might be living at the wrong latitude—or at least, my kids certainly are. Reams of climate change reports—and a quick look at the news show...

Read More
Festivals

Cannes: Directors Fortnight Unveils 2016 Lineup

Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight sidebar announced the selection for its 48th annual edition today, unveiling an impressive, if slightly smaller-than-usual lineup &mda...

Read More
Alternative Entertainment

Best Musical Exchanges Between India And Pakistan That Blurred Boundaries

From ghazals to live jamming sessions, gigs and Bollywood music composing, Indian and Pakistani artists have collaborated, appreciated and thrived each other’s’ mu...

Read More
Bollywood

Akshay Kumar Donates Rs 50 Lakh Towards Drought Hit Maharashtra.

Maharashtra is currently facing one of the worst droughts in recent years. Of the 43,000 villages in the state, 27,723 villages have been declared drought-hit and 54 out of th...

Read More
Hollywood

Duran DuranDefends LGBTI Equality In North Carolina

The pop group performs in Charlotte in front of a rainbow themed US flag Duran Duran didn’t follow the path of Bruce Springsteen or Ringo Starr but the message was the s...

Read More
Trending

Engaging Youth With Policy Making And Governance

Vision India Foundation is a unique initiative to involve youth in the country’s development by providing them exposure, training and opportunities in policy making and ...

Read More
Gender

Here's Why 14 Women Including Twinkle Khanna Are Painting Dead Trees

If you happen to take a walk around Juhu in Mumbai one of these days, some vibrant and colourful trees will welcome you – trees that are no longer alive but have been pa...

Read More

THOUGHT FACTORY: CELEBRITIES AND RIGHT TO PRIVACY

From Mystique to Masses: How Modern Media Transformed Stardom into Spectacle. Monojit La...

November 26 2024

POLITICS: A NATION AT CROSSROADS AND APATHY

India stands at a crossroads, grappling with economic disparity, political polarization,...

November 24 2024

GENDER: HOW PATRIARCHY SILENCES RESISTANCE

Patriarchy persists by co-opting privileged voices, masking systemic exploitation in ind...

November 23 2024