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The Journey Of NASA’s Smartest Satellite Finally Comes To An End

NASA’S HIGHLY EXPERIMENTAL Earth Observing-1 satellite mission was supposed to last just a year. It did that, and then survived 16 more—all the while testing NASA&...

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New Zealand Anger As Pristine Lakes Tapped For Bottled Water Market

A plan to extract millions of litres of water out of a Unesco world heritage site, send it by pipe to the coast and ship it to foreign markets for bottling has ignited a campa...

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Film Festival Focuses On Social Themes, Targets Young Talent

The 9th Nashik International Film Festival(NIFF) turned out to be a big platform for several budding artists aspiring to make it big in the world of cinema. The festival concl...

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Poetry Slam Tackles Race, Gender, And Class

True to its name, the poetry slam Saturday afternoon did not consign itself to any one subject. Instead, The (X) Agenda—the Fill-in-the-Blank Agenda—tackled the in...

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Radhika Apte: India Ashamed Of Sexuality, Physicality

Actress Radhika Apte, who has often been under the scanner for her 'bold' approach in her films, said anything remotely associated with human body can turn out to be a problem...

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Kevin Costner, Water Planet Team Up To Advance Sustainable Water Reuse

In 2009, famed actor and environmentalist Kevin Costner and Eric Hoek, then a professor of engineering at UCLA, joined forces to develop a system aimed at cleaning up oil &...

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"The Fun Is When Despite All Odds You Are Able To Tell Your Story" - Shafaq Khan, Filmmaker Of Launda Naach, Shares Her Journey.

Shafaq Khan, director of Launda Naach, chatted with Kopal Khanna, Head of communications at Asian Center for Entertainment Education, and spoke about her passions, background,...

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Change Makers: Using Entertainment Education For Social Change

Change Makers: Using Entertainment Education for Social Change Asian Center for Entertainment Education and its flagship program The Third Eye, in association with Hollywood ...

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How Did a DD Show On Sex Education Become India’s Most Watched Television Programme?

The show uses the form of a highly charged soap, complete with dramatic music and cliff-hangers, to impart lessons on spacing between pregnancies, contraceptives, puberty, and...

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Why India Needs More Male Health Workers To Tackle The Maternal Health Crisis

Female health workers are the primary drivers of maternal health initiatives, but male health workers (MHWs) could complement their services significantly, according to this 2...

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THOUGHT FACTORY: DISCOVERING MAHARASHTRA'S COOL RETREATS

Beat the Heat: unveiling Maharashtra's chilling hideaways for a refreshing summer escape...

April 25 2024

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: THE RIVER OF LIFE

OP Srivastava takes us on the banks of Gautam Ghose's film. Paar, crossing the river of ...

April 24 2024

KALEIDOSCOPE: ANURAG ANAND - THE STORYTELLER ARTIST

‘I am a storyteller with art and writing as my mediums,’ says Anurag Anand, ...

April 23 2024