The Forgotten Women Of 1857

Not just Begum Hazrat Mahal and Rani Lakshmibai but dozens of women participated in active fighting against the British. Their stories are largely unrecorded.
April 7 ...

Retroscope - No Ordinary Mother

The doorbell rang this afternoon- an odd time for it to ring. I was not expecting guests. I opened to find Nazma standing outside.

"You never call me these days!" S...

Humanity Is Above Everything Else: Ali Zafar

Pakistani singer and actor Ali Zafar has changed his display picture on his social media accounts in solidarity with the victims of the recent terrorist attack in Lahore. Z...

Retroscope : The Date

I reached a little after 11 a.m. the hour family courts open in Bandra East. In the lobby stood my husband’s assistant. Seeing me, the man quickly shifted his ga...

Earth Hour: What Is It And Why Is It So Important?

On Saturday night, cities across the world will go dark as the globe comes together in the fight against climate change.
The voluntary power cut marks Earth Hour, a gr...

Angelina Jolie Marks Five Years Of Conflict In Syria

Angelina Jolie marked five years of conflict in Syria at a press conference outside an informal refugee settlement in Fayda, in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, today. “...

5 Ways To Stop 200,000 Child Deaths

This month, hundreds of thousands of children will get access to rotavirus vaccines in India with the start of a national introduction that marks Asia’s largest to da...

JICA Organizes 8th Annual Workshop On Forestry And Natural Resource Management Projects In Sikkim

New Delhi/Gangtok, 2^nd March, 2016: The 8th Annual Workshop on Forestry and Natural Resource Management Projects...

World Wildlife Day 2016: 15 Ways To Save Earth’s Animals And Plants

Thursday marks World Wildlife Day, which the 68th session of the United Nations General Assemblydesignated as a time to celebrate and raise awareness of the planet’s ...