Emma Thompson Backs Campaign To Empower Women

Emma Thompson has backed a campaign to support and empower women and girls living in poverty around the world.
The 57-year-old actress is working with ActionAid UK to ...

SMS Contraceptive- Condoms Are Just A Click Away

What does it take for a startup to break-even within a month of its launch? The secret is to sell a product which is high on demand, but has supply barriers. SMS Contracept...

A Comic Heroine That’s Fighting The Evil Skin Whitening Industry

India’s beauty industry thrives on the country’s ugly obsession with fair complexions and skin lightening products. Prejudice against darker skinned people, esp...

Firefly Becomes First Completely Fan-Curated Music Festival

Firefly Music Festival takes place from June 15-18 in the Woodlands of Dover, Delaware. The festival has announced plans to become the first completely fan-curated music fe...

MY VIEW: English Theatre Has A Loyal Fan Base In India. But Is It Easy To Make A Career In Theatre?

Students in India are often introduced to English theatre in the form of Shakespeare’s plays. And it usually ends there. Indian dramatists like T P Kailasam, Habib Ta...

“I Am Deaf & I Love to Dance!”- Inclusive Dance Festival Offers a Platform to the Disabled

The idea behind Tandav is as profound as it is simple. Tandav was started by brothers Vishnu and Vishal Soman in 2014, with the aim of celebrating dance with people from al...

Utah Woman Has Adopted 35 Children — Including 26 with Special Needs: ‘They’ll Always Feel Loved’

Christie Jameson sometimes wonders if the idea to adopt 35 children was planted when she was 12. She came home from a doctor’s appointment with her mother one afterno...

Vivek Oberoi's web series in Marathi is all about how to make the impossible possible.

Vivek Oberoi’s nine-episode web series in Marathi is all about how to make the impossible possible

Actor-producer Vivek Oberoi is developing a nine-epis...

Law Law Land

The legal system in India is such a mess, that we believe things are better everywhere else—particularly in the US, where there may be miscarriage of justice as often...