TRADITION - BOON OR BANE

Tradition is a word that almost all Indians have grown up hearing. "India is a land of tradition", "our traditions date back to the earliest forms of civilisation", are jus...

The Brave New Bollywood Of Deepika, Big B, Ranveer Where Stars Talk About Their Frailties

If you grew up in the ’90s, you probably remember the public service ad in which Shabana Azmi holds a child suffering from AIDS and gently chides the audience by sayi...

Emmy Noether Revolutionized Mathematics — And Still Faced Sexism All Her Life

Emmy Noether was one of the most brilliant and important mathematicians of the 20th century. She altered the course of modern physics. Einstein called her a genius. Yet tod...

Getting disaster resilience right

Last year, Asia Pacific suffered 6,000 fatalities and economic losses of almost US$60 billion due to natural disasters. UNESCAP executive secretary Shamshad Akhtar outlines...

FRAME UR IDEA' @ FICCI FRAMES 2015

For the very first time FICCI Frames 2015, to have pitching sessions called ‘Frame ur Idea’.

The design of ‘Frame ur Idea’ supports the pres...

ASHA workers roped in to check swine flu cases in pregnant women

JAIPUR: More than 46,000 accredited social health activists (ASHAs) workers, who are instrumental in keeping a check on maternal health, have been roped in to prevent the s...

Negotiating Identity In The Changing Times

“The real world is simply too terrible to admit. It tells man that he is a small trembling animal who will someday decay and die. Culture changes all of this, mak...