Curtain Raiser

“Everything is a celebration in the garden of childhood”
- Pablo Neruda

A question which frequently haunted me raises its head as I write...

Amitabh Bachchan To Co-Host The 9th Anniversary Episode Of The CNN-IBN Show The Week That Wasn’t

After so many years of spoofing the major news stories of the week in a humorous and entertaining manner topped with a satirical twist, CNN-IBN’s awa...

Where The Girls Are (And Aren’t): #15Girls

The world’s girls are healthier than ever. They live longer and more of them are going to school than at any time in history.In some cases, it starts even before they...

Where’s The Best Place To Be A Woman?

“There has never been a better time in history to be born female,” said US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at this year’s Women in the World Summit...

On The Anniversary Of Sputnik, Here’s What The Probe Actually Discovered

Today marks the 58th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite ever to grace orbit, as well as the starting pistol of the space race. As ...

CNN-IBN, Thumbs Up And Being Human Presents VEER Season 2 In Association With American India Foundation.

New Delhi, 29 September 2015: In an effort to unleash the inner potential of people with disabilities and provide them the best employment opportunities, <...

Freeheld' Opens Arthouse Film Festival

When the Arthouse Film Festival enters its 25th year this fall, it will be marking the milestone with a highly anticipated dramatization of local history: “Freeheld,&...

Microbiologists Find Another 30,000 Year Old Giant Virus In Siberian Permafrost

For their part, scientists haven't had a very hard time finding those giant viruses. From a single sample of Siberian permafrost, they've managed to come up with two so far...

This 70-Year-Old Programmer Is Preserving An Ancient Coding Language On Github

Shields has been coding for more than 50 years, and over the decades he’s worked at both NYU and IBM as a research programmer—someone who pushes the boundaries ...