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...

New Kind Of 'Designer' Immune Cells Clear Baby's Leukemia

A baby whom doctors thought almost certain to die has been cleared of a previously incurable leukemia in the first human use of an “off-the-shelf” cell therapy ...

The Right Way To Tackle Gender Inequality In The Legal Profession

In 1978, when I completed my Oxford law degree, we were told we would have to be patient, it could take 30 or 40 years before there was gender equality among the judiciary....

Investigative Film Festival Opens In D.C.

The Founding Fathers thought so much of the power of the press they reserved a special spot for it in the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights. Perhaps it’s appropri...

How Thought Leaders Are Working To Achieve ‘Global Goals’

This Friday, 193 world leaders will commit to a set of Global Goals designed to end extreme poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and fix climate change in the next 15 y...

20 Must Watch Films At Jagran Film Festival

Beginning with ‘Standing Tall’ directed by Emanuelle Bercot which opened the Cannes Film Festival this year, the 6th edition of Jagran Film Festival presents an...

How Did Hollywood’s Big Summer Of Female-Driven Movies Measure Up?

At the start of the summer, Peter wrote an article wondering if 2015 was “the summer Hollywood finally bet big on women.” There were plenty of titles to support...

Reshma Makes A Bold Statement With Red Lipstick

Ogilvy & Mather has created a thought provoking campaign featuring acid attack survivor Reshma Qureshi in a bid to end sale of acids. There is no dearth of mak...

An Interactive Guide To Ambiguous Grammar.

Depending on whom you ask, the use of the active voice over the passive is arguably the most fundamental writer’s maxim, thought to lend weight, truth, and power to d...