Rights In Education

It has been a little over seven years that one of the most comprehensive and radical education measures in modern history was introduced -- the Right of Children to Free an...

Leh engineer who inspired 3 Idiots movie bags global award

Viewers would remember having been left awe-struck by Aamir Khan’s many science experiments in the 2009 blockbuster 3 Idiots — now Sonam Wangchuk, the inspirati...

Shawn Coss Illustrates The Anguish Of Mental Illness Beautifully For #Inktober

Every October, the artists of the world come together to fill the internet with art and inspiration. This began in 2009 when one artist, Jake Parker decided to challenge hi...

Parents Should Use RTI For Education Rights Of Children

The Right to Education Act, 2009, explains that schools have a duty to give information to local bodies or government. Section 12 (3) says: “Every school shall provid...

Dehradun Organisation Educates 1300 Street Children & Is Raising Funds For Their Winter Uniforms

The Aasraa trust was started in 2009 under a bridge in Dehradun, as a small facility to teach the children of slum dwellers. The founder of Aasraa, Shaila Brijnath, is an e...

A Muslim Filmmakers Journey Breaking Her Own Stereotypes

In 2009, I quit my job as Gulf Correspondent for The Washington Post and decided to pursue filmmaking full-time. I had become a journalist to tell realistic stories about t...

The Globalisation Of Bad Food And Poor Health: Sustainable Development Or Sustainable Profits?

The proportion of deaths due to cancer around the world increased from 12 percent in 1990 to 15 percent in 2013. Globally, cancer is already the second-leading cause of dea...

Film Stars Sign In For Cause To Donate Bed Sheets To Old Folks

Tangerine teams up with Bollywood to help India’s old folks

Mumbai, March 2016: In today’s age of celebriti...

Human rights & democracy statistics

In this video, made for the Oslo freedom Forum 2009, Hans Rosling talks about the difficulty in measuring progress in Human Rights in the form of comparable numerical stati...