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Human Rights

Jason Isaacs Meets Foster Family In Mumbai, Says A Lot Of Work Required For Child Rights

Even as India is gradually opening its gates to foster care and has only recently laid down guidelines for group foster care, British actor Jason Isaacs has already started...

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Sustainable Development

For The First Time, Researchers Bridge Quantum Computers On A Single Chip

Despite the rapid emergence of mobile devices and cloud computing, it's still intuitive to think of computers as relatively self-contained systems. And, as self-contained s...

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Festivals

Boring Movies Can Be Great: A Defense Of ‘Paterson’ And ‘Everything Else’ — NYFF

The following essay was written by a participant in the 2016 New York Film Festival Critics Academy, a workshop for aspiring critics co-produced by Indie Wire, the Film Soc...

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Alternative Entertainment

Fighting Vitamin A Deficiency With A New Kind Of Sweet Potato, Radio, And People Power

Sometimes a small change can make a big difference. Across sub-Saharan Africa, a new kind of sweet potato is helping families guard against vitamin A deficiency. Radio is h...

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Gender

Wonder Woman Named Honorary U.N. Ambassador For Gender Equality

The United Nations has announced a new honorary ambassador for women and girls, and she's not a human woman or girl. She's a comic-book...

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Health

Rights of children, Delhi High Court, Juvenile Justice, Care and Protection, Act

Women of reproductive age are at highest risk of intimate partner violence and often experience unintended pregnancies. A recent research fi...

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Human Rights

Rights Of Children Completely Non-Negotiable: Delhi High Court

Rights of children are completely non-negotiable even if they are implicated in a heinous crime, Delhi High Court has said while expressing ...

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Sustainable Development

Eliminating Money, Taxes, And Ownership Will Bring Forth Technoutopia

 

Futurist and architect Jacque Fresco speaks in parables. If he goes on too long with a story, his 40-year partner Roxanne Meadows interjects facts to keep hi...

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Bollywood

Women Are Easy Targets, Says Swara Bhaskar

Swara Bhaskar doesn’t mince words. She has always voiced her opinion, even if it starts a debate. Earlier this month, she wrote an ope...

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Festivals

Love Wins At Seattle South Asian Film Festival

The 11th annual Seattle South Asian Film Festival begins Friday, Oct. 14, with a special focus on Bangladeshi cinema.
The 10-day festival — whose theme is &ldquo...

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